Description
King's Quest is an adventure game where you play Sir Graham, a brave knight who is sent on a quest to retrieve three treasures that were stolen by deception and stealth: a shield that protects its bearer from invaders, a mirror that foretells the future, and a treasure chest that is forever filled with gold. If Graham takes these treasures back to the royal castle, then the ailing King Edward the Benevolent will hand over the crown. During his travels, Graham will meet characters that will either help or hinder him.
You move Graham around with arrow keys, and perform actions by typing commands into the game, usually a verb/noun sequence. Some of the puzzles in the game rely on fairy tales, and a good knowledge of them is needed to complete them.
Alternate Titles
- "KQ1" -- Common abbreviation
- "King's Quest: Quest for the Crown" -- 1987 re-release title
- "King's Quest 1" -- Informal title
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Trivia
One puzzle, naming the gnome's real name must have been deemed too hard (or obscure) in the original version of King's Quest. I believe the clue was "Think back-wards" or something along those lines. The answer? The player had to write out the alphabet as follows:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
And substitute the letters from "Rumplestiltskin" with the letter below on the line. Of course most people entered "Rumplestiltskin" spelled back-wards (logical) and this didn't work. In the SCI (1987) re-release of the game the puzzle was made simpler with "Rumplestiltskin" back-wards being the correct answer.
