For months Prince Alexander of Daventry has shut himself away from the world, thinking only of Princess Cassima, who he met while imprisoned in the previous game. Eventually he can take it no longer, and he hires a ship to search for the Land of the Green Isles located on the edge of the world. After months of searching he finally sets sight upon the island kingdom, only for a freak storm to strike the ship, destroying it and leaving him the only survivor. His troubles are far from over, however, as he soon finds out that the King and Queen have passed away, the Greens Isles are on the brink of war, and his beloved Princess Cassima may even be held prisoner by the royal vizier.

Like its predecessors in the series, King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. For Alexander to save the Isles, he must travel between the Land's four magical islands, each based on myth and fables, and encounter people and strange beasts that will either help or hinder him. Alexander must be careful as well, because, as with all the King's Quest games, poor choices or missteps will often prove fatal for the Prince. Puzzles are solved linearly, although late in the game there are two completely different paths to take to reach the final confrontation. Like the previous game, actions are performed using a point-and-click interface with icons that represent verbs ("walk", "examine", "use", "talk", etc.).

The CD-ROM version of the game includes both DOS and Windows versions, full speech, a pre-rendered 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 spelling (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	$0.14
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User Reviews

King's Quest For Grown-Ups	Unicorn Lynx (132760)
“Alexander, I feel so alone. I don't know what to do. Oh, Alexander, I wish you were here.”	B14ck W01f (37398)
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 (99)	unrated
This is possibly the best Kings Quest adventure in the series.	Robert Pragt (29)	unrated
Ahh ... Romance ... ain't it grand?	Jeanne (73920)
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
Tilt	Dec, 1993	95 out of 100	95
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2007	9.5 out of 10	95
Quandary	Jul, 1999		90
Adventure Gamers	May 16, 2008		90
High Score	Nov, 1993	4 out of 5	80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Apr 20, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Adventure Corner	Dec 29, 2008		80
Pelit	Jul, 1992	79 out of 100	79
Power Play	Jan, 1993	78 out of 100	78

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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 (26139), Andy Roark (253), Mr. Huh (112) and Terok Nor (15623)