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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.

To get through the game, you, as Alexander, must prepare and cast spells that will help you on your quest to escape Manannan and safely arrive back in Daventry to rescue his sister from the dragon. To perform actions, commands, which usually take the form of a verb/noun sequence, are entered into the game.


Alternate Titles

  • "KQ3" -- common abbreviation

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User Reviews

Much longer than the two first games, and the first game to use a timer Black Wolf (36083) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars
An imaginative installment, in which the series really starts to blossom Jayson Firestorm (150) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Quite possibly the most challenging KQ in the series, one of the best too! OlSkool_Gamer (101) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
The best King's Quest? I think so .... JubalHarshaw (287) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars

The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming Nov 20, 1998 4 out of 5 80
Just Games Retro Jul 14, 2007 71 out of 100 71
Adventure Gamers Nov 24, 2005 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70

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Trivia

This is the first game of the series in which the characters have pink(ish) skin. Although in the final scene of the game, when you return with Rosella to the King and Queen, King Graham, still has yellow skin, as he did in the first two games. (Maybe he suffers from jaundice, or was born in Springfield?)


This entry was contributed by POMAH (15705), Andy Roark (263), TapeWyrm (6), Black Wolf (36083) and Belboz Bronze Star Contributing Member (6615)
 

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