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.

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Alternate Titles

"KQ4" -- common abbreviation
"King's Quest IV: המיסתורין של רוזאלה" -- Hebrew spelling

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	King's Quest IV The Perils of Rosella	DOS	$2.00
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User Reviews

Ground breaking in some ways, backwards in others	DOS	Great Hierophant (199)
The prettiest KQ game I have played so far	DOS	Katakis (37454)
Possibly my personal favourite of the King’s Quest series	DOS	Jayson Firestorm (153)
A great effort in graphics and sound for its time.	DOS	woods01 (154)
I played KQ4 when it was NEW ... and I wasn't bored!	DOS	Jeanne (75620)
Excellent classic adventure game from Sierra - My all time favorite classic PC game	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (99)

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The Press Says

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Power Play	DOS	1989	72 out of 100	72
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Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1993	70 out of 100	70
Just Games Retro	DOS	Dec 01, 2008		60
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Sep, 1990	75 out of 100	25

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Trivia

Rosella of King's Quest IV makes a cameo appearance in Leisure Suit Larry 2: Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places). She can be found tending the barbershop in the airport. In game when you type "look girl" it responds with:

"You find Daventry Women Sexy. (But then you find any woman sexy!)" followed up with the question, "By the way, have you played 'King's Quest IV' yet?
"Why no, I haven't " Larry replies, "is it good?"
"Well I certainly think so," she concludes, "maybe it's just me!"

Indeed, it is you Rosella. It is you. :)

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