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Description

King Graham and Queen Valanice were glad to have their children back. Graham thinks that it is time to pass onto them his old adventurers' hat. When he throws it across the room, he suffers a heart attack and collapses on the floor, and he is carried off to bed. The only way that Graham's health can be restored is by retrieving the magic fruit in the faraway land of Tamir. A beautiful fairy called Genesta offers Rosella the chance to be transported to the land, and find the fruit. But once she gets transported, she cannot be sent back unless she helps the fairy regain her talisman that was stolen by the evil witch, Lolotte.

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is the first game in the series to have a female as a lead character. As Rosella, you will meet characters that will either help or hinder you. You move Rosella around with arrow keys, and perform actions by typing commands.

Unlike the previous King's Quest games, which used the AGI engine, KQ IV uses the new SCI engine; the most visible effect is that the game is paused while you're typing, giving you time to give even the longest commands.

Alternate Titles

  • "KQ4" -- common abbreviation

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User Reviews

One-line summary not available Black Wolf (37274) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
Possibly my personal favourite of the King’s Quest series Jayson Firestorm (150) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Ground breaking in some ways, backwards in others Great Hierophant (70) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
A great effort in graphics and sound for its time. woods01 (156) 3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars3.6 Stars
I played KQ4 when it was NEW ... and I wasn't bored! Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (54876) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Excellent classic adventure game from Sierra - My all time favorite classic PC game OlSkool_Gamer (101) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars

The Press Says

Quandary Jan, 1995 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Adventure Classic Gaming May 01, 2000 4 out of 5 80
Abandonia Jun 06, 2004 4 out of 5 80
Adventure Gamers Sep 29, 2006 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Just Games Retro Dec 01, 2008 68 out of 100 68

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Trivia

The big deal with this game when it came out was that it incorporated stereo music support for sound cards. The composer, William Goldstein, also wrote the music for the musical Fame. Another big deal back then was the inclusion of a female protagonist.


This entry was contributed by POMAH (18619), Andy Roark (263), Guy Chapman (1718), Terok Nor (10118) and Servo (51212)
 

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