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Description

The king and queen gave birth to two children, Alexander and Rosella, and the kingdom was once peaceful. It wasn't long until Alexander was snatched from his crib and things started to take a turn for the worse. A three-headed dragon threatens the ever-peaceful Daventry, and requires a maiden to be sacrificed every year. Rosella is the chosen one.

Alexander, meanwhile, is taken to a faraway land of Llewdor. Named Gwydion, Alexander becomes a slave to an evil wizard called Manannan who prepares to kill Alexander on his 18th birthday, for fear that he would discover the wizard's spells and use them against him.

King's Quest III: To Heir is Human is an adventure game; as in any other game using the AGI engine, you move your hero, Alexander, with arrow keys and control his actions by typing commands (which are typically verb/noun phrases).

Alternate Titles

  • "KQ3" -- Common abbreviation
  • "King's Quest III" -- In-game title

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User Reviews

An imaginative installment, in which the series really starts to blossom Jayson Firestorm (153) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Possibly the challenging King's Quest ever made *Katakis* (37456) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars
Quite possibly the most challenging KQ in the series, one of the best too! OlSkool_Gamer (99) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

Tilt Apr, 1987 16 out of 20 80
Techtite 2000 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Adventure Classic Gaming Nov 20, 1998 4 out of 5 80
Adventure Gamers Nov 24, 2005 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Adventure-Treff Jul 23, 2011 7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars7 Stars 70
Just Games Retro Jul 14, 2007 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft 1993 62 out of 100 62

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Trivia

King's Quest III introduces an automapping system to the genre: a magic map, found in the game, can be used to teleport to most of the explored locations.


This entry was contributed by POMAH (27692), Andy Roark (253), Scaryfun (11063), TapeWyrm (6), *Katakis* (37456) and Belboz Bronze Star Contributing Member (6578)
 

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