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[HyperZone<3]

I'd be brain damaged not to pick any of these up.

What I REALLY want is the Gabriel Knight games compiled, perhaps the inevitable sales bonanza these rake in will convince Vivendi to package them together (fingers crossed).

 

[LakeEarth]

I've only played up through the first 4 King's Quest games..what were 5 onward about?

IIRC, you are Graham again in 5, and Gwydion/Alexander in 6..but that's all I know about them.

5 and 6 are the best ones! You stopped at the worst possible time.

 

[Howard Alan Treesong]

IIRC, you are Graham again in 5, and Gwydion/Alexander in 6..but that's all I know about them.

5 is okay but the story/puzzles are kind of nonsensical at times. A very early non-parser adventure, but well overshadowed by SCUMM games of the same era. You play as an older King Graham.

6 is the best King's Quest of the "modern" era by a long shot, possibly eer. You play as Alexander...the CD version has great voice acting. Not only is it really clever and cool, it has heavily branching paths--many puzzles have multiple solutions, and there are at least 3 very distinct ways through the game. 3 was really good, too...maybe Alexander as the main character is the secret to quality.

7 kind of sucks, it's when Sierra was in their "let's make Don Bluth animated movies" era. Oh well.

 

[lollerskates]

Who did the Kyrandia trilogy? I would love to play Malcoms Revenge again. Westwood right? I bet they died a reaaly long time ago :x

 

[DMczaf]

Right game, wrong beach. He's actually talking about the isle of wonder where

Spoiler

you have to trick the gnomes that only have one "sense" each into thinking you're anything but a human.

I wasnt actually looking for the exact beach (I know what you're talking about.) I just put "King's Quest VI" into Yahoo and got that on the first page. Damn it, now I want to play some KQVI. Hurry up!

 

[LakeEarth]

Will these games be adjusted for newer computers? I played KQ6 on my old 450mhz computer and Alexander would shoot across the screen like The Flash.

 

[Clever Pun]

Quest for Glory compilation, please.

 

[GitarooMan]

Who did the Kyrandia trilogy? I would love to play Malcoms Revenge again. Westwood right? I bet they died a reaaly long time ago :x

Yeah, one of the few games I ever lost is Malcolm's Revenge and it pisses me off to this day. I loved that game, especially the music. Westwood was bought by EA I think and dissolved.

 

[Neo_ZX]

Was there ever a remastered KQ 1-4? I seem to remember a fan project or something to that effect.

I have the old compilation with KQ1-6, Daggar of Amon Ra, Colonel's Bequest and some other games. I also bought KQ7 separately when it first came out. Some good memories playing KQ5 on my first computer - a 486DX2 66MHz. I remember being amazed when Graham fell into the water it sounded so real.

Now they tempt me to buy the same compilation again. Arghhhh must resistttt...

 

[Red Scarlet]

5 is okay but the story/puzzles are kind of nonsensical at times. A very early non-parser adventure, but well overshadowed by SCUMM games of the same era. You play as an older King Graham.

6 is the best King's Quest of the "modern" era by a long shot, possibly eer. You play as Alexander...the CD version has great voice acting. Not only is it really clever and cool, it has heavily branching paths--many puzzles have multiple solutions, and there are at least 3 very distinct ways through the game. 3 was really good, too...maybe Alexander as the main character is the secret to quality.

7 kind of sucks, it's when Sierra was in their "let's make Don Bluth animated movies" era. Oh well.

Ah ok, cool. I liked 3 a lot as well. Thanks for the info. I stopped at 4 due to them not making 5+ for Amiga (as far as I know of), LakeEarth!

 

[storybook77]

Yeah, one of the few games I ever lost is Malcolm's Revenge and it pisses me off to this day. I loved that game, especially the music. Westwood was bought by EA I think and dissolved.

Yes, what is left of Westwood is now EA LA. EA retained the rights to Kyrandia along with C&C, AFAIK.

 

[_PsiFire_]

I already have them all..

 

[Jugendstil]

Quest for Glory compilation, please.

QFT! It must happen!

 

[storybook77]

I'd be first in line for a Gabriel Knight compilation.

 

[Cheeto]

Right game, wrong beach. He's actually talking about the isle of wonder where

Spoiler

you have to trick the gnomes that only have one "sense" each into thinking you're anything but a human.

That's it! Thank you sir... It was pretty complicated for me back then, and I'd love to get back into it. I thought the graphics were mind blowing though.

 

[the year 20XX]

5 is okay but the story/puzzles are kind of nonsensical at times. A very early non-parser adventure, but well overshadowed by SCUMM games of the same era. You play as an older King Graham.

6 is the best King's Quest of the "modern" era by a long shot, possibly eer. You play as Alexander...the CD version has great voice acting. Not only is it really clever and cool, it has heavily branching paths--many puzzles have multiple solutions, and there are at least 3 very distinct ways through the game. 3 was really good, too...maybe Alexander as the main character is the secret to quality.

7 kind of sucks, it's when Sierra was in their "let's make Don Bluth animated movies" era. Oh well.

I really love the Sierra adventure games of the 'early graphical interface' period- KQ5, SQ4 and (especially) 5, LSL 5, (maybe Freddy Pharkas goes in there somewhere).

 

[nincompoop]

Was there ever a remastered KQ 1-4? I seem to remember a fan project or something to that effect.

King's Quest I & II
King's Quest III

 

[Jcgamer60]

Wow, so many memories. Kings Quest VI was great.

 

[Wario64]

So what's the deal? EBgames says coming next week.

 

[dak1dsk1]

Don't forget its DosBox...

 

[Netrunner2k2]

I never worked with DOSbox before, but after I got the King's Quest package it took about 5 minutes to play the game. Pretty simple. I havn't typed in the "install.exe" in quite some time.

I am going to start with KQ1 and go all the way through. Great games.

 

[pCeSlAyEr]

I'll be picking up the Kings Quest and Space Quest collections altho I already have the complete sets.

BTW the Kings Quest 1 - 3 remakes are beautiful, I wonder why sierra never spent the time to recreate them properly.

If I had to pick between all the Kings Quest games I'd probably pick KQ3... the magic was awesome... BREW OF STORMS CHURN IT UP!!! POW POW DIE DRAGON!!

 

[AgentOtaku]

KQVI



....one of my all time favorite adventure games


"....girl in the TOOOWWEER!"

 

[tHoMNZ]

omg i remember playing kings quest, buying a cream pie
getting scared in the woods
talking to the gypsie
dying in the desert and getting pecked at by vultures lol

and space quest! must buy

 

[Bog]

Will these games be adjusted for newer computers? I played KQ6 on my old 450mhz computer and Alexander would shoot across the screen like The Flash.

No, we're all using 386s to play these.

 

[Rahul]

So, did anyone pick one of these compilations up? I need impressions, stat!

 

[Vieo]

It should be on DVD, not CD-ROM. I remember playing King's Quest II on my old Tandy. 5.25" diskette. LOL. I never beat the damn game, but it was fun. I'll be definitely picking this up as I haven't played a point-and-click adventure since Chronicles of the Sword, which wasn't too shabby. I'll try my hardest not to look at any hint manuals.

BTW, was King's Quest 8 the 3D one or was it the one featuring a girl as the main character. Mask of Eternity suuuuuucked!

 

[Illuminati]

So, did anyone pick one of these compilations up? I need impressions, stat!

I couldn't find it at my GameStop\EB. The closest one that has copies is miles away.

 

[Bluemercury]

Im having doubts here, ive seen so many collections of these games, what do these bring new?

 

[Illuminati]

Im having doubts here, ive seen so many collections of these games, what do these bring new?

Why do they need to bring anything new?

 

[Vieo]

Im having doubts here, ive seen so many collections of these games, what do these bring new?

I think everyone should buy a copy. The old King's Quest Collection goes for insane prices on eBay, just like the Ultima Collection. When they were in stores they were only $20. Maybe the same thing will happen again.

 

[Vark]

Im having doubts here, ive seen so many collections of these games, what do these bring new?

They're just the old versions made a little more XP friendly.

Personally Gametap has KQ SQ and a few other old adventure games (zork) and they all run great in XP.

 

[dak1dsk1]

I think everyone should buy a copy. The old King's Quest Collection goes for insane prices on eBay, just like the Ultima Collection. When they were in stores they were only $20. Maybe the same thing will happen again.

how about the roberta williams KQ collection? Is that *rare* now too?

 

[bummyhead]

Vivendi ****ing sucks. The Larry pack does not include Larry 7, nor does it include the CD, hi resolution voice acted version of Larry 6, nor does it include the original Larry 1, only the point and click remake.

Luckilly I bought the Ultimate pleasure pack way back whenl, that actually includes EVERY larry game.

 

[Azure Dream]

Damn, I was looking forward to the Larry pack. That one seems to have gotten screwed over the worst.

How ironic. *beaten senseless*


How about the other packs? Do they use the non-voice versions too? (The ones that had it available, anyway.)

 

[AgentOtaku]

listen to the 2nd to most recent CGW podcast, they go into depth on these packs and why they essentially blow....once again, these titles aren't getting the respect they deserve =/

 

[Azure Dream]

Thanks, I'll give it a listen. But ugh, it sounds like they messed this up pretty badly for how long they dragged their feet on it and kept promising slipping release dates. I'm sure it was a project with a lot of challenges, though.

 

[Jo-El]

listen to the 2nd to most recent CGW podcast, they go into depth on these packs and why they essentially blow....once again, these titles aren't getting the respect they deserve =/

They say the packs blow? or the games?

 

[AgentOtaku]

They say the packs blow? or the games?

the packs. Essentially the same games with no upgrades running still in dos emulation on your desktop. You have to print out the manuals, because they were too cheap to include those, as well as cds being in paper sleeves instead of jewel cases...

There's nothing like the making of's that came with some of these titles as well extra books, collectibles or anything

 

[Giard]

I remember when I was a little kid, I think I was playing the fourth game and I was scared because of a tornado in a desert that skinned you

 

[Mejilan]

I hope that they at least stripped out that copy protection silliness that was common back in those days. You know, the crap where you had to turn to a certain page and find the xth word of the yth paragraph on the zth page...?

 

[Coop]

From what I've read its just the last compilation pack they released, but this time it comes with Dosbox.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Space Quest and Larry collection are mine.

 

[A Black Falcon]

LSL pack is missing the CD version of LSL6 (so no voice acting) and the whole game of LSL7.

PQ pack is missing PQ5: SWAT.

Manuals are on-disk only - no paper manuals.

No extra games are included, unlike the King's Quest: Collection Series or Roberta Williams Anthologies.

No other extras are included either -- again, unlike previous KQ collections (and perhaps other ones too).

All packs include just one version of each game, and it's always the final DOS release or remake -- so LSL1 is LSL1-VGA, KQ1 is KQ1's later release and not the original one, and none of the Windows versions are included -- and while I do prefer the DOS versions of the Sierra adventure games I have, the Windows ones are different enough to be worth a look... KQ6 supposedly has a particularly improved Windows version when compared to DOS, with higher-resolution character portraits... though I do prefer the DOS versions of all of the Sierra adventure games that I have. Even so, the differences (such as full MIDI soundtrack in KQ5 instead of Roland like the DOS version has) are significant enough to make them missed (like the original versions of LSL1/KQ1/etc), if just for completism.

I probably missed some things, too...

Yeah, it's very shoddy work, but what do you expect from "Sierra" these days?

 

[AgentOtaku]

LSL pack is missing the CD version of LSL6 (so no voice acting) and the whole game of LSL7.

PQ pack is missing PQ5: SWAT.

Manuals are on-disk only - no paper manuals.

No extra games are included, unlike the King's Quest: Collection Series or Roberta Williams Anthologies.

No other extras are included either -- again, unlike previous KQ collections (and perhaps other ones too).

All packs include just one version of each game, and it's always the final DOS release or remake -- so LSL1 is LSL1-VGA, KQ1 is KQ1's later release and not the original one, and none of the Windows versions are included -- and while I do prefer the DOS versions of the Sierra adventure games I have, the Windows ones are different enough to be worth a look... KQ6 supposedly has a particularly improved Windows version when compared to DOS, with higher-resolution character portraits... though I do prefer the DOS versions of all of the Sierra adventure games that I have. Even so, the differences (such as full MIDI soundtrack in KQ5 instead of Roland like the DOS version has) are significant enough to make them missed (like the original versions of LSL1/KQ1/etc), if just for completism.

I probably missed some things, too...

Yeah, it's very shoddy work, but what do you expect from "Sierra" these days?

thanks for the summary though

 

[A Black Falcon]

thanks for the summary though

*looks through thread again*

Oh right, that's what I forgot... King's Quest VIII being missing just like LSL7 and PQ5. Almost got it all though...