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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

The manual is required to pass the floppy disk version's in-game copy protection (digital versions use the CD-ROM release, which omits the copy protection)

Can be run under ScummVM

General information

Sierra Help Pages - King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!

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		Floppy disk release
Retail		CD-ROM release
GOG.com		Bundled with King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella and King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Steam		Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8).

Version differences

Original releases

The floppy disk release came in two versions: one which supported EGA exclusively, and one which supported MCGA and VGA.

The CD-ROM release supports MCGA and VGA exclusively and is the only release to have digitized voiceovers.

Digital releases

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

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

For the GOG.com re-release, the C:\ drive is mapped to <path-to-game>

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu

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	EGA, Tandy, PCjr, MCGA, VGA	See Availability.

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

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 386
System memory (RAM)	2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	19 MB
Video card (GPU)	EGA, Tandy 16-color, PCjr 16-color, MCGA, VGA

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 386
System memory (RAM)	2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	19 MB

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	6.0.7
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68000
System memory (RAM)	2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	19 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 Colours

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] MobyGames - King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1991) Amiga release dates

[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://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
	SCI1
Release dates
DOS	November 9, 1990
Mac OS (Classic)	1991
Windows	1992^[1]