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{{quote|''If I have learned anything in my life, I have learned this: When in doubt, or in trouble, pick up anything that is not nailed down, and if it is, look for loose nails or boards. Check carefully into, under, above, below, and behind things. Read everything; you might learn something. Wear clean undergarments, brush after meals, and always remember: nothing is as it appears.''|'''Advice from King Graham's father Sir Hereward''' }}
'''''King's Quest''''' was the very first animated graphical adventure game on the PC. Featuring a stunning 16 colors and genuine animation, the game showed off the cutting-edge abilities of IBM's 1984 hardware release, the [[IBM PC Jr|PCjr]]. It sold poorly until it was released for the Tandy 1000 almost a year later, when it established [[Sierra]] as the foremost developer of adventure games until the mid-1990s. The game used a [[Text Parser]] of the kind seen in earlier games, such as ''[[Zork]]''.
Today, the original ''King's Quest'' is regarded as a classic of the genre, having spawned seven official sequels, all improving in quality up until the eighth. A [[The Silver Lining (video game)|ninth game]], a [[Fan Sequel]], was in the works until a cease-and-desist letter was issued in 2005... and then rescinded. And then Activision [[Fanwork Ban|issued a new cease-and-desist letter]] in 2010. And then it was rescinded... again. ''[[The Silver Lining (video game)|The Silver Lining]]'' is currently being completed, with four of the five planned episodes already available at [http://www.tsl-game.com/ their website]. Different teams, such as [[AGD Interactive]] and
A precursor to the series, ''[[Wizard and the Princess]]'', also known as ''Adventure in Serenia'', was made in 1980 by On-Line Systems, designed by Roberta and Ken Williams, the founders of what would [[Sierra|Sierra Entertainment]].
The first game tells the story of Sir Graham, an adventurer who sets out to recover three legendary lost artifacts of the kingdom of Daventry in order to win the crown of the dying king. Gameplay involved typing commands to perform such tasks as GET CARROT and GET FOUR LEAF CLOVER, not to mention OPEN DOOR (or SWIM...). Latter games involve his quest to rescue a princess and the adventures of the family that inevitably results from this rescue. Games 5-7 move to a point and click interface, while 8 is a three-dimensional RPG. Roberta Williams was apparently forced, over her own objections, to include hack-and-slash arcade elements in
An episodic [[King's Quest (2015 video game)|revival]] of the series was made in 2015 by The Odd Gentlemen, which finished one year later.
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* '''Games'''
** ''[[King's Quest I|King's Quest I: Quest for The Crown]]''
** ''[[King's Quest II|King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne]]''
** ''[[King's Quest III|King's Quest III:
** ''[[King's Quest IV|King's Quest IV:
** ''[[King's Quest V|King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]''
** ''[[King's Quest VI|King's Quest VI: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]''
** ''[[King's Quest VII|King's Quest VII: the Princeless Bride]]''
** ''[[King's Quest: Mask of Eternity]]''
* '''[[King's Quest (novel)|Novels]]'''
** ''[[King's Quest:
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: The Black Cloak Society. {{spoiler|At least three villains are identified as members of the group, and a fourth member is named, but nothing ever comes of it.}}
** Arguably, all of the KQ villains could, theoretically have belonged to the society. Dahlia (in the first game) and Hagatha (in the second) shared their MO of [[The Plan|clever plans]], and use of [[The Dark Arts]]. Lolotte and Malicia are more debatable. Williams stated she didn't ''intend'' to tie all the games together, that it was just a one-shot mention. [[Fanon|Given how much sense it makes, though, the fans tend to run with it anyway]].
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "Girl in the Tower" in ''King's Quest VI'', "Land Beyond Dreams" in ''King's Quest VII''
** The [[Fan Remake|Fan Remakes]] get in on the act with "When I Saw You" ([[AGD Interactive]]'s KQ2+ ), "Coming Home" (AGD's KQ3 Redux), and "My Way Home" (Infamous Adventures' KQ3 VGA).
* [[Badass Family]]: Not in the casual way of [[Badass]], but every single member of Graham's family has gone on a daring adventure. Yes. ''Even Valanice.''
** Well, King Graham is built like a linebacker, that just doesn't usually do him much good against the powerful creatures he faces. Alexander, for his part, holds his own in a sword fight with a useless sword. Give him a book of magic, however, and he's a fairly competent sorcerer. Rosella manages to {{spoiler|shoot an evil fairy in the heart with an arrow}}.
** You've got to be a certain level of [[Badass]] just to marry into the family, it seems. Cassima more than earns her stripes when she finally stands up. Edgar spends a lot of time under [[More Than Mind Control]], but still comes through when needed. Valanice [[Took a Level
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Black Cloak]]: The Black Cloak Society
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: At least until the bottom fell out of the adventure game market in the mid-late '90s, taking Sierra with it.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: You'll typically hear some variation of, "Perhaps you can find a use for it," throughout the series as the royal family of Daventry collect items.
* [[Chaos Architecture]]: Justified, explained, and averted. The game worlds have almost ''nothing'' in common with each other...but that's because they don't even take place in the same countries. Part of Daventry is only briefly explorable in ''III'', but it looks like the area in ''I'' and seen in the intros of the first two games.
** A ''very'' clever aversion comes in ''[[The Silver Lining (video game)|The Silver Lining]]'', wherein the land of the green isles is almost completely identical to its incarnation in ''VI'', but with some expansion.
** Played straight in ''Mask of Eternity'' though. At least the Daventry portion of it. The land of the dead doesn't even ''look'' like it does in ''VI''. ([[Fridge Brilliance|Presumably because Connor isn't in the same spot as Alexander was in]].)
* [[Changing of the Guard]]
* [[Copy Protection]]
* [[
** Edgar is a [[
* [[Drop in Nemesis]]: Several.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Being inspired by fairy tales, the series has quite a share of princesses: Rosella, Alicia, Cassima. Celeste might count as one, but she goes by 'Lady Celeste'.
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* [[Expanded Universe]]: Three [[Tie-in Novel|Tie-In Novels]] and [[Novelization|Novelizations]] of the games in the Player's Guide.
* [[Fairy Tale]]: The series' principal source of inspiration. Dozens of familiar fairy-tale characters and situations are used or referenced throughout the franchise.
* [[Fan Remake]]: The first three games have been remade to give them updated interfaces and graphics (the third even getting two remakes by two different teams), the fourth may or may not be still in progress by yet another team, and the [http://www.textadventures.co.uk/review.php?game=112 fifth was remade into a text adventure].
* [[Fan Sequel]]: Several, of varying quality. There are the action-oriented [https://web.archive.org/web/20020422231926/http://hydra78.tripod.com/king.htm King's Quest ZZT and ZZT2]. There's also the highly odd [https://web.archive.org/web/20090130050122/http://www.angelfire.com/games5/intermezzosoftware/ King's Quest 2¼: Breast Intentions]. A much-hyped the "ninth game," titled ''[[The Silver Lining (video game)|The Silver Lining]]'', with full voice-acting and 3-D graphics, underwent legal battles for years. Now the Cease and Desist order has been rescinded, meaning that [http://www.tsl-game.com/ The Silver Lining has been released]! And then there's [[Spiritual Successor]] [[A Tale of Two Kingdoms]].
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: The series mixes creatures, plots and stories from [[Classical Mythology]], ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', traditional fairy tales, [[High Fantasy]] and whatnot. Take ''King's Quest VI'', for instance: it's got Druids, Grecian [[Winged Humanoid|Winged Humanoids]], [[Alice in Wonderland|Lewis Carrol-esque whatizits]], genies and many others inhabiting the same chain of islands. [[Justified Trope|Justified by the creators]]: the [[All There in the Manual|supplementary material]] implies that Daventry is at the crossroads of reality and imagination, and [[All Myths Are True|all fairy tales are true there]].
* [[Genie in a Bottle]]: Several.
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* [[Mercy Rewarded]]: Several.
* [[Modest Royalty]]: In all games but the first and the last, the protagonist(s) is (are) a member of royal family. However, they wear very modest clothing (e.g., Graham in ''KQII'' and ''V'', Rosella in ''KQIV''), have none of the haughtiness usually associated with royalty and never use it to solve problems or push around other people.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: While the games have never taken themselves ''too'' seriously, the cartoony ''King's Quest VII'' was a drastic change in style. And then it went right to the other extreme of [[Warhammer
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Several throughout the series.
** Hagatha in ''KQII''
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