King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Parker Brothers
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Sierra On-Line
Genre: Text-Action-Adventure[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
US
4360
Non-Sega versions

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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. A port of the titular 1984 Sierra On-Line title King's Quest I, the game was released exclusively in the United States in July 1989, 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.

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Magazine articles

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Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
60
[3]
Sega Master System
60
Based on
1 review

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

Master System, US
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Cover
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Cart
Kingsquest sms us manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
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CRC32 f8d33bc4
MD5 2f579f5a3216dfc77aea636930376ba7
SHA-1 d05ae9652b85c858f4e7db0b7b7c457a4e0a6a49
128kB Cartridge (US)

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