Difference between revisions of "King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne"

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Adventure in Serenia	1982
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown‎	1984
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne	1985
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human	1986
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella	1988
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!	1990
King Graham's Board Game Challenge	1992
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow	1992
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride	1994
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity	1998
The Silver Lining (unofficial)	2010
King's Quest (2015)	2015

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM

General information

Sierra Help Pages - King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne

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

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Bundled with King's Quest: Quest for the Crown and King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Steam		Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8).

The King's Quest Collection, the collection on Steam, is not properly configured for modern systems^[3]

A web browser version is also available.

Essential improvements

King's Quest II 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
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10100/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10100/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

These are the default paths used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

300px

Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, VGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.11
Processor (CPU)	Intel 8088
System memory (RAM)	256 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 MB
Video card (GPU)	CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, VGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.0 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

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68000
System memory (RAM)	256 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

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.

References

[Proton_path_note-4] 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.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (10100) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] New release: King's Quest 1+2+3 - GOG.com

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] The Sierra Help Pages - The Many Problems with the 2006 VU KQ Collection

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 {{mm}} [http://kingsquest.wikia.com/wiki/King%27s_Quest_Omnipedia King's Quest Omnipedia] - A huge wiki for the King's Quest series
-{{GOG.com links|kings_quest_1_2_3|kings_quest_series|for game series}}
+{{GOG.com links|kings_quest_2_romancing_the_throne|kings_quest_series|for game series}}
 {{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/10100/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] for game series
 {{mm}} [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=670 Steam Users' Forums] for game series

Developers

	Sierra On-Line
Engines
	AGI
Release dates
DOS	May 1985
Mac OS (Classic)	1988
Windows	August 24, 2010^[1]