King's Quest I: Quest For The Crown (VGA Remake) FAQ V. 1.0
For PC
Copyright 2004, Maxx
MaxNardi gmail com
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CONTENTS
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I. Version History
II. Introduction
III. Game Basics
IV. Walkthrough
V. Credits
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I. VERSION HISTORY
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-Version 0.1:
FAQ started
Finished the Introduction and Game Basics sections
Finished the Finding the Magic Mirror branch of the Walkthrough
-Version 0.5:
Finished the Finding the Magic Chest branch
Finished the Walkthrough section
Finished the items and Enemies lists
-Version 1.0:
Finished the Easter Eggs list
Finished the Credits section
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II. INTRODUCTION
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The original King's Quest was designed by Roberta Williams and released
in 1984. Many feel that this is the game that truly pioneered graphics-
based adventure gaming on the PC. Its popularity has earned it at least
seven sequels, as well as a few remakes. The first of which was done
buy Sierra sometime in 1990. Unfortunately nobody cared about the game
anymore, and it didn't sell well at all.
This is where Anonymous Game Developer Interactive comes in. This group
of talented developers took it upon themselves to recreate the classic
King's Quest to give the adventure genre fans something worthwhile. It
was released on August 7th, 2001. An additional voice pack add-on was
released on September 1st, 2001, and later on, a music pack, adding
even more professionalism to the remake. They have done this completely
nonprofit, and with a very small development team. That being said,
they have done an excellent job. So good, in fact, that I decided to
write my third FAQ on it. Even though there maybe already two guides, I
figured a third one can't hurt. Besides, maybe people while like the
format of this one better.
Visit their website at http://www.agdinteractive.com/ to download their
remake of Kings Quest (for free) as well as their other projects.
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III. GAME BASICS
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Icons
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The game relies on a point-and-click system for controls. There are
also a number of icons at the top of the screen for your use. Figuring
out what each does isn't difficult at all, but I'll make a short list
anyway.
-Walk Icon: Point this icon in the spot that you wish to walk to and
click. Graham will walk to whichever point you clicked on.
-Eye icon: Use this to study objects and get a view on your
surroundings. Clicking on objects or areas will give you a short
description of whatever you clicked on.
-Hand Icon: Use this icon if you want to interact with an
object/surrounding. This allows you to pick up items or knock on doors.
-Talk Icon: Using this icon starts dialogue with Graham and other
characters.
-Inventory: Click on the satchel to view all of the items you are
currently carrying.
-Options: Within this are menus to tweak the game settings
-Question Mark: This gives you a brief tutorial of the controls and
keyboard shortcuts.
Points
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Once you start playing you'll notice the point number in the top right
corner of the screen. Almost every action in the game has a positive or
negative point factor tacked onto it. The maximum number of points is
158, so ideally you should be able to play through the game the correct
way and get a perfect score. Using this guide will show you how to do
that.
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IV. WALKTHROUGH
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The Story
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You are Sir Graham, one of the noblest knights in all of Daventry. King
Edward the Benevolent is very sick and fears that he has not much time
left to live. But he still longs to see Daventry return to its former
glorious state. He calls in Graham to retrieve three lost treasures: a
future-telling Magic Mirror, a Magic Chest that is forever full of
gold, and a Magic Shield that can protect it's user from all attacks.
King Edward tells Graham that once he has collected all of these
treasures, he will become the new King of Daventry.
For your reference, here is a link to a map of Daventry made by the
creators of the game. This will make finding areas easier.
http://www.agdinteractive.com/images/guide-KQ1-daventry.jpg
Finding the Magic Mirror
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Unlike the original version, you must find the treasures in a set order
in this remake. The first one is the Magic Mirror. As soon as you are
outside the castle and gain control of Graham head west twice. Make
sure you don't wander down into the moat, or else the moat monsters ill
eat you. Walk behind the small rock in this area and push it out of the
way (+2 points). Make sure you're behind it when you do this, otherwise
it will roll right on top of you and kill you. Under it will be a
dagger, take it (+5 points). Be careful not to click on any spot while
you have the dagger equipped. This will make Graham throw it away and
lose 5 points.
Go one screen to the north to find the large Oak Tree. Use the Hand
Icon to climb up the large oak tree (+2 points). Once you've reached
the next screen carefully walk to the end of the branch and grab the
Golden Egg (+6 points). I say carefully walk because the slightest
misstep will cause Graham to fall out of the tree. Luckily this won't
kill you.
When you have gotten the egg and are back at the base of the tree, head
south and west. This will take you to the edge of the Serene Lake. Pick
up the stones on the ground (+1 point). Then go north but watch out in
this screen because sometimes the Wolf will appear. If he catches you
you're dead, so if you see him run out of the area. When the coast is
clear go east twice. You'll be in one half of the Carrot Gardens, go
north. Here you'll meet a small elf. Talk to him to receive the Magic
Ring (+3 points). This ring can make you invisible for a short period
of time.
Now it's time to find the Old Well. Go south once and west twice to
come across it. You can climb down the well two ways: by sitting in the
bucket and lowering yourself down, or by turning the crank and climbing
down the lowered rope afterwards. Either way gives you +2 points.
You'll also need the bucket attached to the rope. You can get it by
cutting the rope with the dagger while you're standing beside the well,
or cutting the rope when you've lowered yourself down into the well.
Again, either way gets you +2 points.
When you have the bucket, click the water at the bottom of the well to
dive underneath the surface (+4 points). Swim over to the top-left
corner to reach the other side and dry land. While you're here, use
your bucket on the water to fill it (+2 points). You can drink this
water, but it will cost you those 2 points. Now head west into the
dragon's chamber (+1 point). You can either throw your dagger at him to
kill him (+3 points) or splash your bucket of water on him to douse his
fire-breath and to fill the chamber with smoke (+5 points). When the
dragon is gone, swipe the Magic Mirror (+8 points). Now use the western
exit to leave the cave (+2 points).
Finding the Magic Chest
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You'll probably have noticed that you didn't even use the pebbles, egg
or Magic Ring I told you to get. You'll use those later on, I just told
you to get them now because you were close to the area. You'll also
notice that if you're following the route in this guide, this game goes
by pretty fast. But that's because I'm here telling you what to do. If
you didn't have this guide and were just going at it with no
instruction, it would have taken you hours to get that Magic Mirror.
Because there is no inclination of what you're supposed to do next in
the game. Who would have thought to look under that rock for the
dagger, or to cut the bucket from the well? Not me. But maybe those who
played the original version already know all of this
Anyway, back to the game. Now you'll need to get the Magic Chest. From
the cave you just exited, go east and then north to find the
Gingerbread House. Use your Hand Icon on the house to eat some of it
(+2 points). Open the door by using the Hand Icon on it twice and go
inside. Walk into the bedroom and take the note off the table (+1
point). Then wait there for the witch to enter. Make sure she does not
see you, or else she will capture you. Wait for her to step onto the
stool near the cauldron and walk behind her. Then use your Hand icon on
her to push her into the cauldron (+7 points). Open the nearby cabinets
(+2 points) and grab the cheese (+2 points).
Read the note you took from her table (+2 points). Leave the house and
go west once and south twice. Make note of this Goat Pen. Head west
once, and with any luck a Fairy Godmother will appear and give you a
spell that will protect you. This may not happen all the time, though.
Whether she does or doesn't head west into the Carrot Garden and pick a
carrot (+2 points). Eat it and lose two points (but you can always pick
another one). Now go back to the pen and open it. Give your carrot to
the goat (+5 points) to make him follow you. Make sure the goat is
behind you, and after you've left the open don't walk back into it or
you'll lose 5 points. With the goat following you, go south, west, and
south twice. Try to cross the land bridge here and by stopped by a
troll. Let the goat take care of the troll by knocking him off the
bridge (+4 points). Now there are a few alternative ways to get past
this part. I described the only way that will actually gain you points;
the others will make you lose them. But for the guide's sake, here's
the other ways you could have gotten past the troll. You could have
given him the golden egg (-6 points), the closed pouch (-3 points), the
opened pouch (-6 points), the walnut (-3 points), the Magic Mirror (-8
points), the Magic Ring (-3 points), the Magic Chest (-8 points), the
scepter (-6 points), or the Magic Shield (-8 points). Giving him any
item that deducts 8 points from you score also means you can never beat
the game. You'll notice that a few of those items you don't even have
yet. That's because there are some parts that you can do in any order,
so you could differ your path through the game from what I describe and
come up with a few extra items before you need them. But you could have
only given him items if you didn't have the goat with you.
Walk west across the bridge and talk to the gnome. He'll ask you to
guess his name. If you don't guess his name right three times, he will
give you a key (+3 points). If you do want to guess his name correctly,
type Ifnkovhgroghprm into the prompt (+9 points). He'll give you some
beans as a prize, but don't eat them (-4 points). The difference
between getting the beans or keys is the number of points and the path
needed to be taken to reach the clouds.
If you got the beans head east twice, and plant the beans in the
fertile soil to make a beanstalk grow (+2 points). Climb all the way up
to the top to reach cloudland (+2 points). Climbing is pretty tough
since you can fall off so easily, but after a few tries you'll get the
hang of it. Once you've reached the clouds, go east.
Head east, south, and east twice to find a screen with two trees; the
tree on the right has a hole at the base. Walk up to it and use your
Hand Icon to retrieve the slingshot from the hole (+2 points). Now go
north and west to encounter the giant, who will chase you. You can use
your slingshot to kill him (+3 points), or tire him out be either using
the Magic Ring on yourself (to make yourself invisible) or by
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