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.

King's Quest III: To Heir is Human is an adventure game; as in any other game using the AGI engine, you move your hero, Alexander, with arrow keys and control his actions by typing commands (which are typically verb/noun phrases).

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Alternate Titles

"KQ3" -- common abbreviation
"King's Quest III" -- In-game title

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Much longer than the two first games, and the first game to use a timer	DOS	B14ck W01f (37398)
An imaginative installment, in which the series really starts to blossom	DOS	Jayson Firestorm (153)
Quite possibly the most challenging KQ in the series, one of the best too!	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (99)

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The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Nov 20, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Tilt	DOS	Apr, 1987	16 out of 20	80
Techtite	DOS	2000		80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Atari ST	Oct, 1987	740 out of 1000	74
Adventure-Treff	DOS	Jul 23, 2011		70
Just Games Retro	DOS	Jul 14, 2007		70
Adventure Gamers	DOS	Nov 24, 2005		70

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Trivia

King's Quest III introduces an automapping system to the genre: a magic map, found in the game, can be used to teleport to most of the explored locations.

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