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Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews
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Rating:8.9
A classic through and through. Can you guide Sir Graham to the three treasures?
This is a classic. Nuff Said. i didn't get to play this game until the early 90's, when games were coming more and more sophisticated. At first I thought it was horrible, but after several hours I learned to respect i... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
What Gamespot Users have to say about King's Quest I: Quest For The Crown
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Rating:2
Loses What Made the PC Game Great
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown on the Sega Master System is a bare bones port of the classic adventure PC game. This game does keep the key elements from the original, such as using interactive graphics, the game layo... Read Full Review
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Rating:4
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Deaths...Oh My!
A Piece of HistoryIt is time to reach back...back to a time where games could break the mold and do something so revolutionary that, not only had it never been done before, but it influenced all those to follow it. Not m... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.5
A true classic. The start of story-based games
It's probably incorrect to classify this game as old-school, as it was the pinacle of adventure games in its time. In world of text-based games, King's Quest came out tops! I recently had the pleasure to playing the o... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.5
Very fun puzzle-solving, exploring and adventuring!
King's quest is another one of those ports that worked so well on the master-system featuring decreased difficulty, stronger interface and smoother gameplay in general. Graphics: The use of colors in this game is wha... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.5
Like opening a story and jumping into the pages, King's Quest offers an adventure that keeps you 'til the end.
Graphical text-adventures were at their peak around the time King's Quest had been released, Sierra being the number-one for this specific genre. It had been so successful, it had turned into a surprisingly-long series. ... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.5
A great remake of a classic Sierra adventure.
The King's Quest series stands as one of the first series' of graphical adventure games following successful text adventures like the Zork series. Over the years the King's Quest series received a significant and dedicat... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.5
A pretty fun game, with some almost obligatory frustration.
When I played this game I pictured Quest for Glory 1 without the fighting. Which honestly would suck. I was pleasantly surprised. The game is relatively fun, but at times just annoying. For example, one thing that w... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.4
This remake is good nut not a revolution
This game is a remake on the original King´s quest 1. Its nothing in the game that are quite differnet from the original and if there are its not better then the original. For example you cant gther the treasure in... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.9
Best game ever?
Kings Quest I is in my top 5 games of ALL TIME. I have been playing games for 22 years. I have played every infocom game ever made all the way up to current releases. Kings quest I has the best storyline of any advent... Read Full Review
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Rating:8
The King's Quest series, beginning with game 1, is well worth your time. These games actually require thinking!
The King’s Quest series hails from the days when you really had to think to solve the many puzzles in the game. The games were innovative when they were released, and they have a timeless quality. Given that Vivendi Un... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
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