Thanks to a tip from a local friend who alerted me when she spotted "some computer stuff in a dumpster outside a house that's being renovated," I am now the delighted owner of a game I've wanted since I was a kid: the original IBM-published "King's Quest!"
This game was initially developed by Sierra and funded by IBM as a showcase for their ill-fated PCjr computer, and it was pretty cutting-edge in 1984. It featured a sophisticated (for the time) branching storyline by the incomparable Roberta Williams and relatively smooth multi-color animation. This was the first adventure / RPG game that incorporated an animated player-character, which was a huge evolutionary step away from earlier text-based games like Zork. I'm so excited to have found this!
If you're curious to see what else I pulled out of this insanely-packed dumpster, take a look at my Twitter thread here - it's pretty wild!
wowbobwow on August 29th, 2021 at 00:55 UTC »
Thanks to a tip from a local friend who alerted me when she spotted "some computer stuff in a dumpster outside a house that's being renovated," I am now the delighted owner of a game I've wanted since I was a kid: the original IBM-published "King's Quest!"
This game was initially developed by Sierra and funded by IBM as a showcase for their ill-fated PCjr computer, and it was pretty cutting-edge in 1984. It featured a sophisticated (for the time) branching storyline by the incomparable Roberta Williams and relatively smooth multi-color animation. This was the first adventure / RPG game that incorporated an animated player-character, which was a huge evolutionary step away from earlier text-based games like Zork. I'm so excited to have found this!
If you're curious to see what else I pulled out of this insanely-packed dumpster, take a look at my Twitter thread here - it's pretty wild!
seantabasco on August 29th, 2021 at 01:18 UTC »
I love this game, but what misleading cover art!
D_Gibb on August 29th, 2021 at 03:48 UTC »
The King's Quest series were the ones that we played through as a family starting in 1987.
Space Quest was fun to play with my dad.
My brother loved the Police Quest games.
Hero's Quest (later Quest for Glory) were my favorites.
Leisure Suit Larry was for my dad....
I grew up on Sierra games. They've got a special place in my heart and my childhood.
Does anybody else remember Sierra On-Line?I played on that ALL THE TIME in the early 90s (1991)?)