.KINGS QUEST 1: Quest for the Crown (1984)
Originally commissioned by IBM as a show-piece for their ill-fated PCjr,
Roberta Williams' King's Quest would become an industry best-seller the
following year when it was released for the IBM PC and new Tandy 1000
computers. The game first started life as a protected booter with CGA
4-colour graphics. Later versions featured 16-colour EGA graphics (the
first game to do so), better sound, and Sierra's iconic interface.
STORY:
The King of Daventry is nearing the end of his life. Tragically, he
has no heir to carry on the royal line, and he worries that his kingdom
will be left without a leader. Daventry is already a shadow of its
former glory, as the three treasures of the realm have been lost to the
ages. And so the king summons his bravest knight, Sir Graham, and sets
him on this quest - return all three of the lost treasures, and the
throne will be his. Not an easy task, but the recovery of the Mirror,
the Chest of Gold, and the Shield will take Sir Graham through mythical
perils and magical dangers, and forge a new kingdom from the ruins of
the old!
The remainder of this file contains information about the booter
version, but most of it also applies to later versions.
Starting the Booter:
Turn off Turbo before starting. After the game has started, you can turn Turbo back on.
This game can be copied using COPYIIPC.EXE but it cannot be run from a different disk type.
There are no drop-down menus or function keys
Two separate words when required next to each other are shown here with an underscore
between them.
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Keys:
Tab : status
Ctrl+I: status
Ctrl+M: same as Enter
Arrow keys : to move (press same key again to stop)
Numeric keypad: to move (including angles)
Backspace: erase last letter
Pause : pause
Esc : pause
= : to swim
+ : reprint previous command
- : crouch
0 : jump or duck
7 : restart game
5 : restore game
3 : save game
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Special words:
show_status : status
show_score : status
show_inventory: status
copy_disk : make a play disk from the master disk (ignore the Disk Write Error messages)
You can only boot from the master disk.
save_game : save your game
restore_game : load your game
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List of keywords
abraham across all alligator alligators an another armor around arthur at ax axe banner
banners bean beans beanstalk bed beg bird bottle boulder boulders bow bowl break bridge
brook bucket bush bushes cabin cabinet cage call candy carrot carrot_patch carrots castle
catch cattails cave cavern chandelier charles cheese chest chris climb close cloud clouds
clover cloverleaf coins copy corral corridor cottage crack crack_open creek cupboard cut
dagger diamonds disk dive door doors doug douse down dragon drink drop dwarf eat egg elf
enter entrance every exit fairy fairy_godmother feed feel female fence fiddle fill find
flag flags floor flower flowers fourleaf_clover game garden gate get_out get_in get_into
get giant girl give gnome go go_in goat godmother gold_egg gold_nut gold_walnut golden_egg
golden_walnut greg ground guess guitar hal hall hallway handle hatchet help hill hills
hole holes house hurl husband hut i ifnkovhgroghprm ifnkvohgroghprm in into inventory
jump ken key key_hole keyhole kill king kiss kneel knight knob lake lamp leprechaun
leprechauns lion lions lock log look lower macneill male man me mirror moat mountain
mouse love murder mushroom nap necklace nest nikstlitselpmur nikstlitslepmur not note
now number of off offer ogre old old_goat on open opening other_side out oven over
paper pearl pearl_necklace pearls pebble pebbles pen people pet pick pick_up plant plants
play please pluck pond pouch pour pump push put_on raise rat reach read remove restore
ride ring river rock rod room rope rowland rub rumpelstiltskin rumplestiltsklin
save say sceptre schwab score shack shield show sit sky slay sleep slide sling slingshot
smell some sorcerer speak staff stair staircase stairs stairway stalactite stalagmite
status steal steps stew stone stones stove stream stump stumps swim swiming swimming
swiss_cheese table take talk taste teresa that the these this those throne through
throw tie tingley to torchh toss touch treasure tree tree_stump trees troll trunk
tunnel turn under unlock untie up use violin wall walnut walnuts water waterfall
wear well why wife window witch with wolf woman woodcutter woodcutters_wife word words
These writers are in the keyword list:
Charles Tingley
Ken MacNeill
Chris Iden
Doug MacNeill
Greg Rowland
plus some other people? abraham, arthur, hal, schwab, teresa
plus some suspicious words? swiming, torchh, ifnkovhgroghprm, ifnkvohgroghprm,
nikstlitselpmur, nikstlitslepmur, rumpelstiltskin, rumplestiltskin
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List of objects: pouch pouch_of_diamonds goat bucket carrot fourleaf_clover walnut bowl
pebbles gold_key magic_beans magic_mirror magic_chest sling gold_egg cheese
note sceptre magic_shield fiddle magic_ring mushroom gold_walnut water
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Hints:
1. Before going anywhere, say "look plants", "look alligator", "look moat", "look castle",
"look tree" to get the idea of looking at EVERYTHING.
2. Pretend the bridge over the moat is flat. Cross it and go visit the King who is sitting
on his throne. He will give you your objectives.
3. The bucket is at the well. The bucket is the needed container to get water from the lake.
4. The dagger is for cutting, not killing.
5. The goat loves carrots, but don't feed it, just show it.
6. The goat doesn't like heights, and won't climb. It drowns in water.
7. The goat can't see the carrot when you're invisible.
8. The garden surrounded by a low wall contains carrots. You can eat them too.
9. The wolf can't see you when you're invisible.
10. The wolf is daunted by the protective spell, the magic shield, and the goat.
11. The elf might give you a magic ring. It makes you invisible but once.
12. You need the gold key to unlock the big door in the side of the mountain.
13. You can look through the keyhole.
14. The witch is daunted by the protective spell, the magic shield, and the goat.
15. The goat will get rid of the troll.
16. The troll will take your treasure.
17. You can eat the gingerbread house (the witch's house), including the door.
18. The sorcerer is daunted by the magic shield.
19. Get an ordinary walnut from its tree. Open it to get the gold walnut.
20. You need a ceramic bowl. It looks like a basket on the ground.
21. Get some pebbles from the edge of the Raging River
22. Get the Golden Egg from the tree with the hole in its side.
23. The dwarf wants your treasure.
24. Don't go into the small cave while you are small, else you grow large and can't get out.
25. The wooden bridge might collapse.
26. You have to cross the left-right bridge to reach the gnome.
27. You have to guess the gnome's name. His name is ifnkovhgroghprm.
28. He'll give you some magic beans and maybe a gold key.
29. Plant the beans in the carrot patch.
30. The beans will grow into a beanstalk which extends into the clouds.
31. A giant lives in the clouds
32. The ogre is daunted by the protective spell and the magic shield.
33. Eating the mushroom makes you small
34. If you go to the bottom of the well, it will probably be difficult to get out again.
35. You can use a bucket full of water to put out the dragon's fire if you are close enough.
36. The shield won't protect you from the dragon.
37. The dragon guards the magic mirror.
38. The giant is daunted by the protective spell, the magic shield, and invisibility.
39. You can get the treasure when the giant falls asleep.
40. You can kill the giant with the slingshot and pebbles.
41. A tree which has a large hole in its base contains the Sling.
42. You can enter the witch's house if you have the protective spell.
43. You can push the witch into the oven.
44. Get the cheese and the note from the witch's house.
45. Give the cheese to the rat.
46. The leprechauns can detect you even when invisible. They revere the fourleaf clover.
47. The leprechauns like fiddle music.
48. The leprechaun king has the magic shield and the golden sceptre.
49. The woodcutter will accept anything, but will only give you the fiddle for food.
50. The best thing for the woodcutter is the magic bowl, while it is full of stew.
51. The pouch of diamonds is in the old tree stump.
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ROUGH MAP
Hand-written PDF
6 pine |walnuts |bowl say |river |front |bend in |large |witch's |witch's
trees |pick a |'fill' |trees |view of |river |tree |house |house
few rocks |walnut |to use it |rock on|troll & |old tree |trunk | |
magician | | |left |bridge |stump | | |
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lake |door to |little |cliff |four- |lake |bird | |large rock
trees |clouds |elf |river |leaf |with |cave | |tree with
stump |put key |(offer |rock |clovers |rushes | | |brown trunk
cloud |in door | ring) |tree | | | | | witch
|unlock | | | | | | |
|open | | | | | | |
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wolf |climb |carrots |carrots|fairy |goat |goat |well |well
|tree | | | |pen |pen | |
|golden | | | | | | |
|egg | | | | | | |
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lake |rock |castle |castle |lake |river |diamond |lake |trees
clouds |with | | |trees |into |in | |in park
tree- |dagger | | |flowers |lake |stump | |
trunk | | | | | |get | |
| | | | | |pouch | |
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house |ogre |s in |m room |troll |stone |lake |house |house
| |river |need to|bridge |bridge |rock | |
| |castle |catch |w/out | |tree | |
| |m room |bird* |rail | | | |
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exit |tree |turn in |fork in|key |side view |large |tree |tree
rock |rock |river |river |old ** |of troll |bed of |in |in
from |clouds |pick up |at rock|gnome |bridge |flowers |swamp |swamp
elf's | |pebble | | |w/rail | | |
room | | | | | | | |
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|climb |2nd level |locate | |cave | |offer bowl
|stairs |turn |tree w/| |large | |to woodcutter
|go to |corner |sling | |granite | |say 'fill'
|far |watch for |shot | |boulder | |get fiddle
|side of |steals |use | |in rear | |
|stairs |possess- |pebble | |of cave | |
|else |ions |& kill | | | |
|fall: | |giant | | | |
|1st | |take | | | |
|level | |chest | | | |
| | |with | | | |
| | |money | | | |
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* = you can't get into this room unless you have 'catch bird'
** = you can't get into this room unless you have offered the egg to the troll
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Solution of: King's Quest 1
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walk over bridge,go west,open door,enter castle,follow red carpet,bow king,
talk king,leave castle,walk bridge left,go north,get carrot,go west,climb tree,
look nest,get egg,go down,go south,move rock,look hole,get dagger,go north,
go east 3 times,in this location u get a magic spell from fairy gedmother,if
she's not there go other location and come back,if u have spell go east,
go east,go south,look in stump,get pouch,go south 3 times,go east 4 times,
get bowl,look bowl,fill bowl,go north,look beach,get pebbles,go west,go south,
get walnut,open walnut,go west (watch out),go south,swim through water and go
from this location to the north(watch out),go west,eat house,open door,enter
house,open stove,open cupboard,get cheese,get note on the table,read note,
leave house,go north 4 times,go west,open gate,show carrot,go south with goat,
go south,go west,walk over bridge,go west,walk over bridge)goat help u),
go south,look man,talk man,ask name 3 times,get key,go south,go south,get clover,
go south,go west,go west,go south,go west,go west,go south,go west,enter house,
give bowl,get fiddle,leave house,go east,go south,go east,go south,go south,
(now enter the strange house,inside use keys 7 and 9 to go up,down 3 and 1.)
unlock door,open door,enter door,up,up,up,leave cave,go south,go to tree
and look hole,get sling,go north,go west, play fiddle,walk in this location
till the giant falls in sleep,get chest,go east,enter cave and go down,outside
the strange house go east,walk in this loc. till a little elf appears,
talk elf,(u get ring),swim east,swim and then walk east,go east,go east,
outside the cave,walk here till appears a bird,jump on bird in the right side
from the screen,use key 0,after landing go west,get mushroom,go east,jump
in the hole,go south,go west,give cheese to rat,open door,enter door,go south,
get shield,go back to the first room with the strange creatures,play fiddle,
go back to room king,get sceptre,walk up the stairs,go to the hole,eat mushroom,
outside go north,climb pail(jump bucket),go water,swim,dive water,swim through
the hole,throw dagger,get mirror,enter hole,swim up,climb rope,go south,swim
east,go east,go east,walk over bridge and go to king..
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WALK OVER BRIDGE - GO WEST - OPEN DOOR - ENTER CASTLE - FOLLOW RED
CARPET - BOW KING - TALK KING - LEAVE CASTLE - WALK BRIDGE LEFT - GO
NORTH - GET CARROT - GO WEST - CLIMB TREE - LOOK NEST - GET EGG - GO
DOWN - GO SOUTH - MOVE ROCK - LOOK HOLE - GET DAGGER - GO NORTH - GO
EAST 3 TIMES - IN THIS LOCATION U GET A MAGIC SPELL FROM FAIRY
GEDMOTHER - IF SHE NOT DISAPPEARS GO OTHER LOKATION AND COME BACK -
IF U HAVE SPELL GO EAST - GO EAST - GO SOUTH - LOOK IN STUMP - GET
POUCH - GO SOUTH 3 TIMES - GO EAST 4 TIMES - GET BOWL - LOOK BOWL -
FILL BOWL - GO NORTH - LOOK BEACH - GET PEBBLES - GO WEST - GO SOUTH
- GET WALNUT - OPEN WALNUT - GO WEST (WATCH OUT) - GO SOUTH - SWIM
TROUGH WATER AND GO FROM THIS LOCATION TO THE NORTH(WATCH OUT) - GO
WEST - EAT HOUSE - OPEN DOOR - ENTER HOUSE - OPEN STOVE - OPEN
CUPBOARD - GET CHEESE - GET NOTE ON THE TABLE - READ NOTE - LEAVE
HOUSE - GO NORTH 4 TIMES - GO WEST - OPEN GATE - SHOW CARROT - GO
SOUTH WITH GOAT - GO SOUTH - GO WEST - WALK OVER BRIDGE - GO WEST -
WALK OVER BRIDGE)GOAT HELP U) - GO SOUTH - LOOK MAN - TALK MAN - ASK
NAME 3 TIMES - GET KEY - GO SOUTH - GO SOUTH - GET CLOVER - GO SOUTH
- GO WEST - GO WEST - GO SOUTH - GO WEST - GO WEST - GO SOUTH - GO
WEST - ENTER HOUSE - GIVE BOWL - GET FIDDLE - LEAVE HOUSE - GO EAST -
GO SOUTH - GO EAST - GO SOUTH - GO SOUTH - (NOW ENTER THE STRANGE
HOUSE - INSIDE USE KEYS 7 AND 9 TO GO UP - DOWN 3 AND 1.) UNLOCK DOOR
- OPEN DOOR - ENTER DOOR - UP - UP - UP - LEAVE CAVE - GO SOUTH - GO
TO TREE AND LOOK HOLE - GET SLING - GO NORTH - GO WEST - PLAY FIDDLE
- WALK IN THIS LOCATION TILL THE GIANT FALLS IN SLEEP - GET CHEST -
GO EAST - ENTER CAVE AND GO DOWN - OUTSIDE THE STRANGE HOUSE GO EAST
- WALK IN THIS LOC. TILL A LITTLE ELF APPEARS - TALK ELF - (U GET
RING) - SWIM EAST - SWIM AND THEN WALK EAST - GO EAST - GO EAST -
OUTSIDE THE CAVE - WALK HERE TILL APPEARS A BIRD - JUMP ON BIRD IN
THE RIGHT SIDE FROM THE SCREEN - USE KEY 0 - AFTER LANDING GO WEST -
GET MUSHROOM - GO EAST - JUMP IN THE HOLE - GO SOUTH - GO WEST - GIVE
CHEESETO RAT - OPEN DOOR - ENTER DOOR - GO SOUTH - GET SHIELD - GO
BACK TO THE FIRST ROOM WITH THE STRANGE CREATURES - PLAY FIDDLE - GO
BACK TO ROOM KING - GET SCEPTRE - WALK UP THE STAIRS - GO TO THE HOLE
- EAT MUSHROOM - OUTSIDE GO NORTH - CLIBM PAIL(JUMP BUCKET) - GO
WATER - SWIM - DIVE WATER - SWIM TROUGH THE HOLE - THROW DAGGER - GET
MIROR - ENTER HOLE - SWIM UP - CLIMB ROPE - GO SOUTH - SWIM EAST - GO
EAST - GO EAST - WALK OVER BRIDGE AND GO TO KING..