King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
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Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Engines | |
Original | AGI |
EGA Remake | SCI0 |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1987 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1987 |
Windows | August 24, 2010[1] |
Key points
- Originally released as King's Quest.
- The original PC releases of the AGI version have limited audio on non-PCjr/non-Tandy systems. See Essential improvements for modern workarounds.
General information
- King's Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the King's Quest series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions for game series
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Sierra Help Pages - Technical help to get KQ running on modern operating systems for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8). | |||
Official website | Available for free. Modified to work on browsers. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne and King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] |
Version differences
Original releases
- The original 1984 release is exclusive to the PCjr and its 16-color mode. A later release that same year exclusively supported Tandy machines and their 16-color mode.[3]
- The 1987 release added support for EGA and Hercules modes while keeping support for PCjr and Tandy 16-color modes.
- An official remake was released in 1990, which was developed using the SCI engine. Is uses the basic design and puzzles from the original game while featuring remade graphics, new soundtrack, more detailed environments, and expanded text and dialogue. Tierra's/AGD's unofficial remake is based on 1990 version.
Modern re-releases and ports
- Steam only has the EGA remake available. GOG.com only has the original version available.[citation needed]
- The King's Quest Collection, the collection on Steam, is not properly configured for modern systems[4]
Essential improvements
Three-channel audio support
- The original PC releases of the game have support for three-channel PC speaker audio for superior audio quality.
Instructions |
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Instructions |
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King's Quest I Unofficial Remake
A complete and free remake of the game, it adds new VGA style graphics, dialogue, an updated Point-and-Click UI, and a complete soundtrack.
It can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10100/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10100/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | EGA, Hercules, PCjr, Tandy | See Availability for details. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (10100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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