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Amiga
...
3.3
Apple II
...
5.0
DOS
78
3.8

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

  • "KQ4" -- common abbreviation

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User Reviews

Ground breaking in some ways, backwards in others DOS Great Hierophant (70)
One-line summary not available DOS Black Wolf (37235)
Possibly my personal favourite of the King’s Quest series DOS Jayson Firestorm (150)
A great effort in graphics and sound for its time. DOS woods01 (156)
I played KQ4 when it was NEW ... and I wasn't bored! DOS Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (59103)
Excellent classic adventure game from Sierra - My all time favorite classic PC game DOS OlSkool_Gamer (101)

The Press Says

Quandary DOS Jan, 1995 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
CU Amiga Amiga Feb, 1990 85 out of 100 85
Amiga Computing Amiga Sep, 1990 81 out of 100 81
Atarimagazin Atari ST 1989 8 out of 10 80
Adventure Classic Gaming DOS May 01, 2000 4 out of 5 80
Abandonia DOS Jun 06, 2004 4 out of 5 80
Zzap! Amiga Sep, 1990 76 out of 100 76
Power Play Amiga Oct, 1990 72 out of 100 72
Adventure Gamers DOS Sep 29, 2006 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Just Games Retro DOS Dec 01, 2008 68 out of 100 68

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Trivia

If you go into fresh water and type "drink piss", Rosella will say "Ahhhhhh! It tastes good!".

I'm not sick or anything, I just was bored so I was trying stuff and thought this was intresting.


This entry was contributed by POMAH (19592), Andy Roark (257), Guy Chapman (1722), Terok Nor (10618) and Servo (51686)
 

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