King's Quest: Quest For the Crown (DOS)

King's Quest: Quest For the Crown

Platform: DOS Year: 1987 Developer: Sierra On-Line, Inc. Buy: Amazon

For other games in the series see King's Quest.

The 1987 DOS release of King's Quest: Quest For the Crown is an upgrade from the original PCjr and Tandy releases in 1984 with some bug fixes and a better soundtrack. In King's Quest you play the role of Sir Graham, the king's most trusted knight. It is up to you to seek out and find the three lost treasures of Daventry to restore the kingdom to its former glory.

The player controls Graham by using the arrow keys or keyboard to move him around, and typing out commands such as "look at the castle" and "take the walnut". The player will have to spend a lot of time wandering around the map, carefully examining the various plants, rocks, and people that inhabit the land.

Because it is one of the first adventure games of its type, King's Quest sets a precedence for later adventure games to follow, including the entire Sierra adventure series, as well as the Lucasfilm Games, the Kyrandia trilogy, and many others.

Screenshots

The title screen. The classic starting position. Opening the castle doors. Bowing to the king (and losing my cap). Hey look, a big rock. King's Quest also sets an early precedence for millions of ways of dying.

Music

The music of King's Quest: Quest For the Crown is pretty basic, consisting mostly of short chirps and buzzes. The only really long song is the opening song which is just an arrangement of Greensleeves. Other public domain tunes are used including Pop Goes the Weasel for the fiddle, and Chopin's Funeral March for when you dies.

Players who had a 3 voice chip heard better music than those with just a PC speaker. Both soundtracks have been recorded, tracks starting with a 1 are recorded from the Tandy 3 Voice chip, tracks starting with a 2 are recorded from the PC Speaker.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
101	Title	Traditional	Unknown	0:43		Download
102	Castle Door	Unknown	Unknown	0:02		Download
103	Danger	Unknown	Unknown	0:02		Download
104	Dwarf	Unknown	Unknown	0:02		Download
105	Fiddle	Traditional	Unknown	0:02		Download
106	Falling	Unknown	Unknown	0:04		Download
107	Dead	Frédéric Chopin	Unknown	0:06		Download

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
201	Title	Traditional	Unknown	0:43		Download
202	Castle Door	Unknown	Unknown	0:02		Download
203	Danger	Unknown	Unknown	0:02		Download
204	Dwarf	Unknown	Unknown	0:02		Download
205	Fiddle	Traditional	Unknown	0:02		Download
206	Falling	Unknown	Unknown	0:04		Download
207	Dead	Frédéric Chopin	Unknown	0:06		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Peter Kelly
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Traditional
  • Not Credited Composer: Frédéric Chopin
  • Not Credited Composer: Unknown
  • Not Credited Arranger: Unknown

(No source. Game lacks audio credits)

Source verification is needed.

Game Rip

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The music was ripped from the resource files using AGI Studio 1.38b. Because there currently aren't any players that accurately support the 3 voice format, the music was recorded during game play through DOSBox emulating a Tandy 1000.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

(No Source - There is no sound setup. The game engine automatically detects which device you have and uses the optimal.)

Releases

USA Title: King's Quest: Quest For the Crown (1st Edition) Platform: DOS Released: 1987-??-?? Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc.     USA Title: King's Quest: Quest For the Crown (2nd Edition) Platform: DOS Released: 1987-??-?? Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc.     France Title: King's Quest: Quest For the Crown + Remake Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc.     Germany Title: King's Quest: Quest For the Crown + Remake Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc.     Italy Title: King's Quest: Quest For the Crown + Remake Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc.     UK Title: King's Quest: Quest For the Crown + Remake Platform: DOS Released: 199?-??-?? Publisher: Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/kings-quest - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/565065-kings-quest-quest-for-the-crown - GameFAQs.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Quest:_Quest_for_the_Crown - Wikipedia.

View King's Quest
King's Quest: Quest For the Crown	•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne	•  •  •  •  •  •
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human	•  •  •  •  •  •
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella	•  •  •  •  •
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!	•  •  •  •  •  •
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow	•  •  •
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride	•  •  •
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
King's Quest: Chapter 1 - A Knight to Remember	•  •  •  •
Notable Songs	Greensleeves
Notable Personnel	Mark Seibert • William Goldstein • Dan Kehler • Al Lowe • Chris Braymen • Margaret Lowe • Ken Allen
Notable Companies	Sierra-Online