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Description

While it was a beautiful sunny day, King Graham decided to go out for a walk in the woods and hope that everything is normal when he got back. However, while he was gone, an evil wizard called Mordack uses a spell to warp his castle out of Daventry, along with the royal family. Soon after, Graham came back, only to realize that the castle is gone. After he wonders why, an owl called Cedric speaks to him about it and transports him to the land of Serenia, where his boss Crispin helps him get ready to face up to Mordack. Cedric is asked to go with him to make sure that Graham does not get in trouble.

Alternate Titles

  • "國王密使 V" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
  • "KQ5" -- Common abbreviation

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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder DOS $2.18  
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King’s Quest 4+5+6 $9.99  
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User Reviews

You think that KQ is outdated, little man? Ha! Let Sierra show you a thing or two Black Wolf (37239) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Probably the best of the fabulous King's Quest Games Valerie Frankel (3) unrated
Doesn't deserve half the good press it gets Benjamin Vigeant (8) 3.25 Stars3.25 Stars3.25 Stars3.25 Stars3.25 Stars
Going back was no fun at all The Gay Elf (16) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
One of the first adventure games I played James1 (242) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Another great adventure in King's Quest land... Plus new interface gameplay! OlSkool_Gamer (101) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
King's Quest V is a major turning point for Sierra vni VIC (20) unrated
Sierra's game interface takes a turn for the worse. Old man gamer (325) 2.75 Stars2.75 Stars2.75 Stars2.75 Stars2.75 Stars

The Press Says

Just Adventure 1999 B+ 83
Quandary May, 2003 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Adventure Classic Gaming May 29, 1998 4 out of 5 80
Power Play Feb, 1991 66 out of 100 66
Adventure Gamers May 25, 2007 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60

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Trivia

The 16 color version came with 10 3.5" DD disks and 6 5.25" HD disks. 5.25" DD (360k) disks could be ordered directly from Sierra. (A hard disk was required to use the 360k disks.)

Installing the game was less intuitive than other Sierra releases due to the variety of options supported. An addendum to the manual was included which attempted to explain all of the installation options. The game could be played entirely from hard disk, half from hard drive and half on floppy, or entirely on floppy if two drives were present. If you were playing with one 3.5" drive and one 5.25" drive, installation began on either 5.25" disk #6 or 3.5" disk #10. All other combinations began installation on 5.25" disk #5 or 3.5" disk #9. (confused yet? King's Quest V may also be the only Sierra title where installation doesn't begin with either disk #1 or the Startup disk.) Probably in the interest of simplicity, media cost, and sanity most (if not all) of Sierra's later games shipped with just one set of disks per package eliminating the ability to play entirely from floppy but simplifying installation.


This entry was contributed by POMAH (21773), Andy Roark (254), ZZip (806) and Terok Nor (12099)
 

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