While it was a beautiful sunny day, King Graham decided to go out for a walk in the woods and hope that everything is normal when he got back. However, while he was gone, an evil wizard called Mordack uses a spell to warp his castle out of Daventry, along with the royal family. Soon after, Graham came back, only to realize that the castle is gone. After he wonders why, an owl called Cedric speaks to him about it and transports him to the land of Serenia, where his boss Crispin helps him get ready to face up to Mordack. Cedric is asked to go with him to make sure that Graham does not get in trouble.

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Alternate Titles

"國王密使 V" -- Chinese title (Traditional)
"KQ5" -- common abbreviation

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Merchant	Title
	King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
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User Reviews

You think that KQ is outdated, little man? Ha! Let Sierra show you a thing or two	DOS	Black Wolf (36083)
Probably the best of the fabulous King's Quest Games	DOS	Valerie Frankel (3)
Going back was no fun at all	DOS	The Gay Elf (13)
One of the first adventure games I played	DOS	James1 (248)
Another great adventure in King's Quest land... Plus new interface gameplay!	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (101)
King's Quest V is a major turning point for Sierra	DOS	vni VIC (20)
Sierra's game interface takes a turn for the worse.	DOS	Old man gamer (325)
Doesn't deserve half the good press it gets	DOS	Benjamin Vigeant (8)

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The Press Says

CU Amiga	Amiga	Aug, 1991	89 out of 100	89
Just Adventure	DOS	1999	B+	83
Quandary	DOS	May, 2003		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	May 29, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Power Play	Amiga	Jan, 1992	66 out of 100	66
Power Play	DOS	Feb, 1991	66 out of 100	66
Adventure Gamers	Windows 3.x	May 25, 2007		60
Adventure Gamers	DOS	May 25, 2007		60

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Trivia

The 16 color version came with 10 3.5" DD disks and 6 5.25" HD disks. 5.25" DD (360k) disks could be ordered directly from Sierra. (A hard disk was required to use the 360k disks.)

Installing the game was less intuitive than other Sierra releases due to the variety of options supported. An addendum to the manual was included which attempted to explain all of the installation options. The game could be played entirely from hard disk, half from hard drive and half on floppy, or entirely on floppy if two drives were present. If you were playing with one 3.5" drive and one 5.25" drive, installation began on either 5.25" disk #6 or 3.5" disk #10. All other combinations began installation on 5.25" disk #5 or 3.5" disk #9. (confused yet? King's Quest V may also be the only Sierra title where installation doesn't begin with either disk #1 or the Startup disk.) Probably in the interest of simplicity, media cost, and sanity most (if not all) of Sierra's later games shipped with just one set of disks per package eliminating the ability to play entirely from floppy but simplifying installation.

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