King's Quest IX- Every Cloak has a Silver Lining

I realize a thread about King's Quest might be a bit out of place on TNL, seeing as how (a) it's a PC game and (b) it's old as shit, but I figure some people might have some interest in this. Anyway...

Stumbled upon this link early this morning, and was pretty happy with what these guys are trying to do... a bunch of King's Quest fans who were unhappy with how King's Quest VIII turned out and how Sierra treated the series (and adventure gaming in general), took it upon themselves to create a much better final installment for this series, much more akin to the earlier KQ games.

Well, they can explain themselves a lot better then I can, so here's the link:


http://www.kq9.org/


I like what they're doing, but I think they could use some better 3D artists for the project. But hey, it's freeware, and it's pretty nostalgic for people like me (King's Quest VI is like the best adventure game ever... or one of them, if you ask me).

Wow, people actually putting money where their mouth is. My respect goes out to them for even attempting this.

I haven't played King's Quest since elementary school.

Another cool link...

http://www.agdinteractive.com/

Full remakes of King's Quest 1 and 2, for free to download. Enjoy.

(Looks like the link to KQ1 is down at the moment, but KQ2 is up and working fine along with the music and speech packs. Note that these are pretty much pretty VGA remakes, or revisions, to the old KQ games... XP compatable too. And not as ugly as KQIX is looking currently ;) )

(Edit #2! Keep trying the links, they apparently work if you try them a couple times.)

Man, the difference graphics wise is like night and day. Good find NoFace.

Sweet.

Looks awesome for a fan project and I'll give it a try.

I played all the KQ games up to six I think? I don't think I ever played much of the KQ where you were the princess/daughter/chick/whoever she was.

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Originally Posted by Kidnemo

Sweet.

Looks awesome for a fan project and I'll give it a try.

I played all the KQ games up to six I think? I don't think I ever played much of the KQ where you were the princess/daughter/chick/whoever she was.

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Yeah, KQ7... I played it but didn't much enjoy it. They really wanted to make the make the game Disney-esque or something, and I didn't felt it jived very well. All the Graham/Alexander KQ games were pretty great I thought (5 and 6 especially).

I remember being stuck for ages, weeks and weeks atleast in KQ6 I think...

It was near the end of the game, and you were sneaking into this caslte. There was a long hallway with guards patroling it, you had to hide behind this one specific pillar (and there were tons in the hallway), and unless you were perfectly lined up behind said pillar, like, down to the pixel, the guards would see you.

Argh.

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Originally Posted by NoFace

Note that these are pretty much pretty VGA remakes, or revisions, to the old KQ games...

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Actually they revised them a fair amount. The puzzles are harder, and the story's a bit more fleshed out. If you dig around on their site there's a page somewhere that explains all the differences.

Sweet... I was unware. I stumbled on them while checking out KQIX info, and had just now downloaded them to give 'em a shot later today hopefully.

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Originally Posted by Kidnemo

I remember being stuck for ages, weeks and weeks atleast in KQ6 I think...

It was near the end of the game, and you were sneaking into this caslte. There was a long hallway with guards patroling it, you had to hide behind this one specific pillar (and there were tons in the hallway), and unless you were perfectly lined up behind said pillar, like, down to the pixel, the guards would see you.

Argh.

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Haha I remember that... fun stuff. I think I was cheating my way through the game at that point, stupid kid who was too quick to run for help... :)

If there was one genre that would break a persons soul and turn them to a FAQ, it would be point n' click adventure games. Sometimes the stuff was just so obscure that it was nearly impossible to figure out what you needed to do next (see post above about pillars).

KQ is great, but the king of the genre in my eyes will always be Quest for Glory.