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'''''King's Quest: Quest for the Crown''''' (originally simply
[[Excuse Plot|The plot is simple]]. You are Graham, a knight in the realm of Daventry. Your king has tasked you with finding Daventry's three lost treasures: A magic shield that protects the kingdom from war; a magic mirror that can see the future; and a magic treasure chest that magically replenishes itself. To find these treasures, Graham must explore the kingdom and solve puzzles. Oh, and [[It's a Wonderful Failure|avoid]] [[The Many Deaths of You|random]] [[Yet Another Stupid Death|deaths]]
The game is best known for its [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] setting, limited graphics and interface (blocky 8-bit characters and [[Text Parser]]), often exasperating puzzles, random deaths and [[Unwinnable]] situations (though the fan remake has a "no unwinnable situations" mode). It has been remade with better graphics twice, once by Sierra itself, and once by fans.
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* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Your reward for winning the game.
* [[Death by Despair]]: The King dies from this at the end.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: There is very little plot, which is present mostly as an excuse to mash different fairy tale characters and situations together. [[All There in the Manual]], my friend.
* [[Fairy Tale]]: A major source of characters and puzzles. This game includes references to ''The Three Billy Goats Gruff'', ''Rumpelstilkzin'', and ''Hansel and Gretel'', among others.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: In the same game as Rumpelstilkin, there are leprechauns. Yeah.
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* [[Nintendo Hard]]: The beanstalk (in the original EGA version, that is). And some of the puzzles as well.
* [[Our Giants Are Bigger]]: One of the antagonists is the giant from ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]''.
* [[Oxygen Meter]]
* [[Sequel Hook]]: In the epilogue, it's mentioned that King Graham looks into the magic mirror and sees his descendants [[Turn Out Like His Father|having many more adventures]]...
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Not killing some of the monsters (and resorting to trickery instead) gets you more points, but isn't required to win the game.
* [[Unwinnable by Design]]:
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** Earlier versions of the game allow you to drop things from your inventory, ''including'' those three treasures. Whatever you drop is [[Lost Forever]]. Ironically, you can drop the treasures between the moment that the game checks for them to get to the endgame, and the actual endgame.
* [[Useless Useful Skill]]: There is a command for ducking, which you need precisely never in the game. It does help you keep from getting caught by the witch.
* [[Video Game Remake]]: It has both an official one and a fan one, which is available for free online.
* [[Zillion-Dollar Bill]]: The bottomless gold chest, [[What Happened to the Mouse?|never seen nor referred to again]]. Alexander is given a hefty sum of money from this in ''[[King's Quest VI|King's Quest VI: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]''. Due to Shipwreck, he's left with just [[Bag of Spilling|one]] at the start of the game. The description of the coin does say it comes from the chest though. Coins from the chest also appear in ''[[King's Quest II]] [[Video Game Remake|+]]''.
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