King's Quest fangames

The King's Quest fan series like their predecessors are often inspired by classical fairy tales, fantasy, classic horror, and mythology. Whereas the original series references to other works were often direct, some of the fan developers such as AGD Interactive chose to obscure the references in some way. For example, Dracula (who was directly taken from the novel of the same name) was replaced with the Count Caldaur who instead of being evil turns out to be good. Little Red Riding Hood was replaced by the character Possum/Anastasia, and Grandma became Lavidia (curiously Anastasia can be seen reading a copy of Little Red Riding Hood, further showing that she is not the classic fairy tale character). Medusa was replaced with the character Smaude, who turns out to be a cursed maiden and innocent.

• King's Quest ZZT (1997) - by Interactive Fantasies[13][14][15]
• King's Quest ZZT 2 (2000) - by Interactive Fantasies[15][16][17]
• King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (2001)/Enhanced Edition (2009), unofficial modernized VGA remake of King's Quest I SCI by AGD Interactive (formerly "Tierra Entertainment").[18]
• King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones (2002)/Enhanced Edition (2009), also by AGD Interactive, based on King's Quest II.
• Peasant's Quest (2004) by Homestar Runner, a satirical parody of King's Quest and similar adventure games, set in the world of Peasantry.
• King's Quest 2 ¼: Breast Intentions (2005) - a game by Intermezzo Software.[19][20]
• King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human (2006), by Infamous Adventures, unofficial modernized VGA remake of King's Quest III.
• King's Quest V - The Text Adventure (2007) - created by Steve Lingle, it is an unofficial text adventure remake of King's Quest V.[21]
• Owl's Quest: Every Owl Has It's Day (2007) - by Jstudios.[22]
• King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human (a.k.a. King's Quest III Redux) (2011), by AGDI.
• The Silver Lining (2011), by Phoenix Online Studios.
• Cedric Shooter (2018), by arj0n.
• King's Quest IV VGA Talkie Unofficial Fan Patch (2022) - it is a result of an initiative taken by a Sierra Fan, Jerzy Grzechnik, who gathered all the material from the unfinished and abandoned KQ4 remakes, modified it, added the missing backgrounds, changed colors of some of the character's animations and recorded all the voiceovers. It is technically NOT a remake, but a patch which can ONLY work while bundled with the ORIGINAL game via Myles Johntson's ScummvMX interpreter.
• King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Retold (2022) - by DrSlash, a point-and-click remake of King's Quest IV.[23]

Alexander sets out on adventure to stop Ravenlos (the evil cousin of Mordack and Manannan).[13]

Following Rosella and Valenice's return to Castle Daventry, a big festival is held. A messenger comes to the castle, explaining to them that Ravenlos, the evil cousin of the sorcerer Manannan has conquered the island of Llewdor, and is planning to conquer Daventry. Graham was furious of the news, and asked his son Prince Alexander to defend the kingdom. Alexander was not willing to go fight against him and his army, until his father collapses sick, which changes Alexander's mind. Alexander visits the old wise gnome for a medicine for his father, and after he is healed, he sets off for the long and dangerous mission. Along the way he meets strange creatures like Centaurs, Elves and Ogres and visits many places, like the mountains of Llewdor, the island of Tamir, and the Aberian Desert.[24][25]

A nod to the King's Quest ZZT games is made in The Silver Lining’s "The Four Winds" meta-fiction newsletter. This includes the events surrounding the Centaurs and the Ogres in King's Quest ZZT (and a nod towards ZZT2), with expanded material tying it into the Phoenix Online Studios' backstories for the wind Sirocco, Zephyr, and the wizard Crispin.[26]

While Alexander is staying in the Elven village, hostilities have shocked the country of Daventry again. The Relentless Army attacks the castle and kidnaps his parents. Alexander travels to stop invading forces and prevent the Kingdom of Dalban's plans[16]

KQ2 ¼ takes place between KQ2 and KQ3. Valanice sets out on an adventure to find her kidnapped son, and save him from starvation. The game uses the classic AGI system. Along the way she meets the woodcutter and his wife, pirates, henchmen, Charon, Rumplestiltskin, and others.[19][20]

A text based re-imagining of the King's Quest V adventure. It contains an almost completely original script, with all new descriptions for the events and areas in the game.

Owl's Quest: Every Owl Has It's Day is an unofficial adventure fangame developed and released in free download format by Jstudios for Microsoft Windows on May 26, 2007.[27][28] It is a short parody of the King's Quest series (specifically King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! and the fangame The Silver Lining) starring Cedric the Owl from King's Quest V. The game is set a short while after King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity.[29]

Cedric receives an invitation from King Alexander to attend a birthday ceremony in the Land of the Green Isles.[30] Having had a curse put on him by Crispin, Cedric must attempt to make his way to Crispin and have the curse removed so he can fly to the Green Isles. Cedric explores new locations in Serenia, including Cedric's treehouse, the Inverted Tower of Repunzel, and thwarts snakes and scorpions to make his way to Crispin's house, and finally to the Green Isles. The game includes a full voice cast (minus the narrator).

The gameplay is similar to the interface found in King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride. It includes a single icon interface, an inventory section, and a feature to look at items. The single cursor can be used to speak to characters or look at objects on the screen. The art style is a crude mix of KQ7 animation style, with close-up photos from KQ5 and KQ6. The background artwork is a mix of crude hand-drawn art, and images taken from KQ5 and KQ6.

The game has a total of 8 points, with not much more than ten puzzles to solve.[31] There are a total of three ways to die in the game (killed by a scorpion, a snake, or falling into a pit).

The game was developed by Joel Page using the Adventure Game Studio, created for the monthly AGS competition. It has a full voice cast except the narrator. All parts presumably done by Joel Page (as he is the single person on the credit screen). The game uses a mix of music largely taken from KQ7.

The parody aspects of the game poke fun at situations in KQ5 with mixed results. For example, Cedric encounters and can be killed by things he warned about in KQ5. He is forced to go into places, he would have told Graham to avoid in KQ5. The game makes fun of Crispin's mispronunciation and use of generic magic words (in which case he uses the 'bibbidi bobbidi boo' from Cinderella). It makes fun of Cedric's "annoying" voice and nature. It even attempts to break the fourth wall at times with Cedric conversing with the narrator.

The game was given a special two part "Let's Play" review on That Guy with the Glasses by Paw Dugan. In the videos he and his co-host kept a running timer of the total number of typographical and grammatical errors in the game's script. They also pointed out the satirical aspects of the game that make fun of Cedric, and certain over-used plot contrivances in KQ5. They poke fun at the game's bugs. The videos also show the replies from the live events audience making fun of the game. Some of the footage were used in a special on Sierra fan game development scene.[32]

In this funfair-style arcade mini-game adaption of Sierra's KQ5 owl named Cedric, the players have to kill Cedric as many times as possible within the 20 seconds time limit. The players use two weapons: pistol & shotgun. The game was developed by Arjon van Dam using the Adventure Game Studio.