In King's Quest VI, you play the role of Prince Alexander, as he desperately searches for Princess Cassima of the Land of the Green Isles, who is being held against her will by her captor, Vizier Abdul Alhazred. To successfully help him, he must travel between the Land's four islands and encounter strange beasts that will either help or hinder him. There are many alternate paths you can take, as well as different endings you can watch. Like its predecessor, actions are performed using a point-and-click interface. The CD-ROM version of the game includes both DOS and Windows versions, full speech, a 50-meg introduction, and the Girl in the Tower theme song.

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Alternate Titles

"國王密使 VI：希望之旅" -- Chinese title (Traditional)
"KQ6" -- common abbreviation
"King's Quest VI: Heute geerbt und morgen verschwunden" -- German Title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow	DOS	$1.15
	King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
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User Reviews

King's Quest For Grown-Ups	Unicorn B. Lynx (63703)
“Alexander, I feel so alone. I don't know what to do. Oh, Alexander, I wish you were here.”	Black Wolf (37232)
An entertaining game, with some problems	Christina Nordlander (26)
A great adventure from Sierra and one of the best IF not the best Kings Quest games!	Mr. Huh (112)
Instant Classic! One of the best King's Quests ever created!	OlSkool_Gamer (101)	unrated
This is possibly the best Kings Quest adventure in the series.	Robert Pragt (29)	unrated
Ahh ... Romance ... ain't it grand?	Jeanne (58928)
one bad theme song	vni VIC (20)	unrated
All right , but a step down from King's Quest 5.	Shayne Bates (13)

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The Press Says

Just Adventure	1999	A	100
Abandonia	Jun 06, 2004	5 out of 5	100
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
Adventure Gamers	May 16, 2008		90
Quandary	Jul, 1999		90
Adventure Corner	Dec 29, 2008		80
High Score	Nov, 1993	4 out of 5	80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Apr 20, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Pelit	Jul, 1992	79 out of 100	79

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Trivia

Chris Braymen, the game's composer, quoted a Gregorian chant (Dies Irae) in the theme that plays when Prince Alexander is captured in the Catacombs of the Isle of the Sacred Mountain. It's a famous theme, quoted as well in many classical compositions such as Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique (5th part), in Stanley Kubrick's films The Shining and A Clockwork Orange, and also in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Room of the God Machine).

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This entry was contributed by POMAH (19539), Andy Roark (257), Mr. Huh (112) and Terok Nor (10608)