King's Quest
Sierra On-Line 
1984
- Aka:
- King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Roberta Williams
- Systems:
- AGI
- Platforms:
- Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS , Atari ST, Macintosh, PC
- Genres:
- Fantasy, misc.
- Related:
- King's Quest [1: King's Quest, 2: King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne, 3: King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human, 4: King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella]
- Entered by:
- Gunness
- Added:
- 19-01-2012
- Edited:
- 21-01-2013
Synopsis
A menu controlled version was released for the Sega Master System in 1987.
The game was expanded in 1990, done with the SCI system and controlled via a point'n'click interface.
A freeware remake was released by AGD Interactive in 2001
Resources (Upload file)
- Solution (Amiga)
- by ?
- Solution
- by THayes
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Further Info:
- YouTube walkthrough
- Search at Atari Legend
- Search at Lemon Amiga
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
[+] Users who have solved this game
[+] Users currently playing this game
Amazing at the time, KQ1 was the seed for a whole sub-genre which peaked commercially ten years later. Impeccably presented given the means at the time, but puzzles are (ironically) its weakest point: too rough, unfairly clued (the infamous gnome had to be tweaked in later versions) and dependent on random discovery. The game also relies too much on finicky controls and cheerily dispensed death. Despite all this, King's Quest can be enjoyed in its original form (the PCjr version) and its historical impact can't be overstated.