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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: Parker Brothers

Developer: Microsmiths

Developer(s) of original games: Sierra On-Line

Genre: Text-Action-Adventure^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1989-07^[2]		4360

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Apple II Apple IIGS Atari ST IBM PC Macintosh

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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is a Sega Master System graphic adventure game developed by Microsmiths and published by Parker Brothers. Released exclusively in the United States in July 1989, the game is a port of the titular 1984 Sierra On-Line game King's Quest I, and adopts the original's verb/noun interface to a proprietary engine for use with the Master System Control Pad.

The game is one of few Sega Master System titles released by a third-party publisher, and one of few released exclusively in the United States.

Version comparison

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown uses its own engine, with a verb/noun interface similar to early LucasArts titles, and original tile and sprite-based graphics. It is based on the original iteration of King's Quest, and shares both the puzzles and points-list of that game. Some puzzles and rooms have been slightly arranged (for example, the boulder covering the dagger rolls a different direction), an extra item exists (three-leaf clovers), additional places to die were added, and progress is now saved with a password system.

Hints

US hints

Magazine articles

Main article: King's Quest: Quest for the Crown/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[3]

	60
Based on 1 review

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

Master System, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	f8d33bc4
MD5	2f579f5a3216dfc77aea636930376ba7
SHA-1	d05ae9652b85c858f4e7db0b7b7c457a4e0a6a49

128kB

Cartridge (US)

References

[:File:KingsQuest_SMS_US_Box.jpg_p-1] File:KingsQuest SMS US Box.jpg

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.8_04.pdf_p13-2] Computer Entertainer, "July 1989" (US; 1989-07-17), page 13

[:File:EGM_US_003.pdf_p13-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September/October 1989" (US; 1989-0x-xx), page 13

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a PC adventure game developed by [[Sierra]] which was subsequently ported to the [[Sega Master System]] by [[Microsmiths]]. It is one of the few Master System games to be released exclusively in North America.
+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a [[Sega Master System]] graphic adventure game developed by [[Microsmiths]] and published by [[Parker Brothers]]. Released exclusively in the United States in July 1989, the game is a port of the titular 1984 [[Sierra On-Line]] game ''[[wikipedia:King's Quest I|King's Quest I]]'', and adopts the original's verb/noun interface to a proprietary engine for use with the [[Control Pad (Master System)|Master System Control Pad]].
+The game is one of few [[Sega Master System]] titles released by a third-party publisher, and one of few released exclusively in the United States.
+==Version comparison==
+''King's Quest: Quest for the Crown'' uses its own engine, with a verb/noun interface similar to early [[LucasArts]] titles, and original tile and sprite-based graphics. It is based on the original iteration of ''King's Quest'', and shares both the puzzles and points-list of that game. Some puzzles and rooms have been slightly arranged (for example, the boulder covering the dagger rolls a different direction), an extra item exists (three-leaf clovers), additional places to die were added, and progress is now saved with a password system.
 ==Hints==