King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
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| Developer(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1985 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Mac, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Amiga, Atari ST, PCjr |
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is the second installment in the King's Quest series created by Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra On-Line). It uses the same AGI game engine as King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown and features King Graham as the player character.
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[edit] Story
The Magic Mirror shows King Graham a vision about a beautiful woman, Valanice, imprisoned on the top of an ivory tower. Being charmed by her, he is teleported to the world of Kolyma to rescue her. There he must travel through sea, air, and even death to gain the keys that unlock the three doors to the world where Hagatha the witch has imprisoned Valanice.
[edit] Name
The name is a parody of the movie Romancing the Stone (1984) by Robert Zemeckis.
[edit] Re-releases and remakes
The game was first released in 1985 as a disk that booted on start-up but was re-released in 1987 with EGA support to run under DOS. This is why most remaining copies bear a 1987 rather than a 1985 copyright date.
Due to rather disappointing sales of the 1990 remake of King's Quest I, the prospect of officially remaking and re-releasing King’s Quest II was scrapped. However in 2002, AGD Interactive, then known as Tierra Entertainment, released a fan-made remake of King's Quest II.
The remake used a point-and-click interface, and also added VGA graphics and digital sound, including full speech for all characters of the game. This fact is noteworthy in that even though it is an unofficial, fan-made project, the game's protagonist King Graham is voiced by Josh Mandel, who also voiced the part in Sierra's official CD-ROM full-speech versions of King's Quest V and VI.
The project also added new alternate story elements and puzzles, including several side-stories, a town to visit, and references to future King's Quest games. The project was titled King's Quest II+: Romancing the Stones.
[edit] Trivia
- Future Space Quest series designers Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe were on the King's Quest II development team, beginning the long-standing Sierra tradition of using King's Quest as a training ground for future game designers.
- King's Quest II included 92 different "rooms" (individual screens), a 15% increase over the original King's Quest.
[edit] External links
- King's Quest II+ Presentation and free download of the remake.
- King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne at MobyGames
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King's Quest series
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| King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (1984) King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne (1985) King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human (1986) King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (1988) King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990) King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992) King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (1994) King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity (1998) |
