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''King's Quest: Quest for the Crown'' (originally simply "King's Quest") is the first game in the long-running ''[[
[[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]] -- that's important, too.
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* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Your reward for winning the game.
* [[Death
* [[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.
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* [[Magic Mirror]]: The magic Mirror, one of the Three Treasures of Daventry. It foretells that you shall win the game.
* [[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
* [[Oxygen Meter]] / [[Super Drowning Skills]]: If you walk into the water, Graham will flounder helplessly until he drowns. Unless you type "swim" at which point he will start swimming. He will drown if you stay in the water too long, however.
* [[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
** The dwarf appears at random ''times'' but always in the same two ''screens''.
** 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.
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** 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
** Alexander is given a hefty sum of money from this in ''[[King's Quest VI
** Coins from the chest also appear in ''[[
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