King's Quest III: Difference between revisions

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In the game, you are Gwydion, the slave of the evil sorcerer Manannan; you cook and clean for him, but long for freedom. One day, Manannan decides to go on a journey, and the race is on-- you now have the ability to explore the land of Llewdor and find a way to escape the evil man. But escape is only part of the adventure-- you also have a burning desire to find out who you are, where you came from, and how you can get home...

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: If you mess up even once while casting the spells, [[Nonstandard Game Over|you turn into some horrible creature]]. Also, {{spoiler|this is what the cat cookie does to Manannan}}.

** And by "mess up", we mean ''misspell a single word or forget a comma''. Especially infuriating if you're Canadian or British, and use a different spelling for certain words.

* [[Black Cloak]]: Manannan wears one. He's also linked via later game to the Black Cloak Society, which may or may not be a [[Legion of Doom]].

** The innocuous items punishment is justified, however: Manannan might have raised you from childhood, but he's not been nice about it, and he's absolutely ''paranoid'' that you might learn to do something about that before he can find another child to raise (at which point he'll kill you).

** And Gwydion is far from Manannan's first child slave, and according to a [[Apocalyptic Log|diary]] in the remake, not the first to attempt using the wizard's own spells against him. No doubt he's become [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] over the years.

* [[Copy Protection]]: An infamous case-- you need the manual to cast the spells, and you have to cast them exactly as they are in the book. The spells are very complex and one typo will have you dying. Oh, and you absolutely have to cast several of the spells to beat the game. In the freeware remakes, there is [[Captain Obvious|obviously]] no need for copy protection spellcasting, so spellcasting is heavily simplified in one and the other has the instructions on screen instead of requiring a manual.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Manannan's idea of punishing Gwydion is to force him to do the [[Village People|Y.M.C.A. dance]].

* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: That so many people remember being frustrated by this game is a sign of how widespread piracy was even back then: the game is ''remarkably'' easy if you have the actual game manual which contains the spell formulae. Gathering the ingredients and casting the spells covers about two-thirds of the game.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: The Oracle explains that Graham has passed this due to {{spoiler|Rosella being chosen as a [[Human Sacrifice]]}}, which is why he cannot fight the dragon.

* [[Drop in Nemesis]]: Manannan will use any excuse he can to appear out of nowhere, and either torment you for not performing your tasks, or just flat out kill you on the spot for doing something that might be a threat to him. Finally getting rid of him feels ''really'' good.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Manannan.

* [[Fairy Tale]]: Typical of the franchise

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: The Three Bears, Medusa, pirates and a three-headed dragon.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Edwyn Tiong|Dan McNeely]] as the eagle in the AGD remake.

** In the [[Expanded Universe]] material, the cat he keeps was a rival of his, and he's done this more than once.

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: Rosella. It's up to you to get her out.

* [[Inept Mage]]: Gwydion, unless you help him master the goddamn spells.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: {{spoiler|Gwydion is Prince Alexander. It is referenced many times in all of the later games.}} This reveal is very easy to miss in this game itself.

* [[Pixel Hunt]]: One of the ingredients you have to collect for a spell is a snake skin. It is a brown squiggle in the desert-- where, incidentally, there are hundreds of other brown squiggles. Happy hunting!

* [[Point of No Return]]: Once you're on the ship, that's it. Hope you got everything you needed back in Llewdor.

** And again, once you're off the ship, and at various points in the mountains. These are less crucial, though.

* [[Save the Princess]]: The oracle has just dropped a few bombshells. Massive three headed dragon attacking the faraway land of Daventry, the princess is being sent as a [[Human Sacrifice]]. Even better, kid, {{spoiler|she's your twin sister}}. The ship at the dock is headed that direction. What are you waiting for?!

** In the AGDI remake, the music that plays when you die by falling sounds like the end of the ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' theme song.

* [[Smooch of Victory]]: From your sister. [[Brother-Sister Incest|Ew, not like that, you pervert.]]