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{{ReleaseInfobox
| ReleaseName = King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
| image = [[Image:KQ5-c.png|190px]]<br />
''King's Quest V Cover''
| ReleaseVersion = 
| ReleaseDate = {{1990}}
| ProjectStatus = N/A
| Developer = {{SierraDev}}
| Publisher = {{SierraPub}}, {{KonamiDev}}&nbsp;(NES)
| Designer = {{RobertaWilliams}}
| Category = {{SierraFull}}
| Source = {{NoSource}}
| Genre = {{Adventure}}
| Engine = {{SCI1}}
| Platform = {{DOS}}, {{Win3x}}, {{Mac}}, {{Amiga}}, {{TandyVIS}}, {{FMTowns}}, {{PC98}}, {{NES}}
| Localization = {{English}}, {{Spanish}}, {{German}}, {{Italian}}, {{French}}
| Website = [[s:|www.sierra.com]]
}}
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==<br /> Description ==

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'''''King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder''''' is the fifth installment of the [[King's Quest Series]].

In keeping with Sierra's tradition of using cutting edge technology in its current games they were developing, King's Quest V is Sierra's first [[w:VGA|VGA]] game and one of the first ever VGA games. The game featured Sierra's new [[w:Point_and_click|Point & Click interface]]. The [[w:Multimedia_PC|MPC]] re-release was one of Sierra's first CD-ROM games. The huge increase in storage capacity allowed for both digital sound effects and speech files, making it Sierra's first talkie adventure game. To accommodate the addition of the digital audio files, the SCI1 interpreter had a new type of resource added, [[AUD]]. Prior SCI games had to embed digital samples (only 8-bit mono) in a [[SCI_Specifications:_Chapter_4_-_The_Sound_subsystem#The_SCI0_Sound_Resource_Format|SOUND]] resource. The size was limited to just 65536 bytes, total. Small digital samples could also be included in the MT-32 sound track, but this was limited to those lucky few who owned a [[Roland MT-32]] module. The full AUDIO resources only required the user to have a digital sound card.
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==<br /> Versions ==

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===SCI1 (early)===

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="800"
! width="435" | Game !! width="125" | Game version !! width="165" | Interpreter version !! width="75" | Date
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V VGA ||  width="125" align="center" |0.000.051 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.060 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V VGA ||  width="125" align="center" |0.000.062 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.060 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|}

===SCI1 (late)===

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="800"
|- 
! width="435" | Game !! width="125" | Game version !! width="165" | Interpreter version !! width="75" | Date
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V VGA (Fr./Eng.) ||  width="125" align="center" |1.000 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.784 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V VGA (Ger./Eng.) ||  width="125" align="center" |1.000 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.784 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|-
| width="435" | King's Quest V VGA (Sp./Eng.) ||  width="125" align="center" |1.000 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.784 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|}

===SCI1 (unknown)===

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="800"
! width="435" | Game !! width="125" | Game version !! width="165" | Interpreter version !! width="75" | Date
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V EGA ||  width="125" align="center" |0.000.055 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.058 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V EGA ||  width="125" align="center" |0.000.062 ||  width="165" align="center" |1.000.073 ||  width="75" align="center" |&nbsp;
|}

===Unknown versions===

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="800"
! width="435" | Game !! width="125" | Game version !! width="165" | Interpreter version !! width="75" | Date
|- 
| width="435" | King's Quest V (CD) (SCI11) ||  width="125" align="center" |1.000.052 ||  width="165" align="center" |x.yyy.yyy ||  width="75" align="center" |1990
|}
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==<br /> Screenshots ==

{| align="center" width="80%"
| align="center"|[[Image:KQ5SS1.png|320px]]
| align="center"|[[Image:KQ5SS2.png|320px]]
|}

==<br /> Story ==

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==<br /> About ==

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==<br /> Downloads ==

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=== GOG ===

* [http://www.gog.com/gamecard/kings_quest_4_5_6?pp=310b86e0b62b828562fc91c7be5380a992b2786a Buy the full game on GOG.com]

=== New Installer ===

* [[SHPBin:NewInstallers/KQ5ForDOSBox.exe|SHP New King's Quest 5 DOSBox Installer]]
:: Requires files from the original distribution media. Works with all versions of the game.

=== Demos ===

* <!-- [[ Demo]] --><span class="Inactive">King's Quest V Demo - None known</span>

=== Patches ===

* [[SHPBin:Patches/KingsQuest/KQ5(KQ5FIX).zip|Official KQ5FIX Patch]]<span class="DLInfo"> ZIP File [68.4 KB]</span><br />Resolves:
** Restore problems
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==<br /> Walkthroughs/Hints ==

* [[shp:Walkthroughs/KQ5Walkthrough.html|King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder Walkthrough]]
* [[shpf:6|SHP King's Quest Forums]]

==<br /> Related Links ==

* [[King's Quest Series]]
* [[SHP:Games/KingsQuest/KQ5Help.html|King's Quest V on The Sierra Help Pages]]
* [[SHP:Games/KingsQuest/KQSeriesHelp.html|King's Quest Series on The Sierra Help Pages]]
* [[w:King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!|King's Quest V on Wikipedia]]
* [[w:King's Quest|King's Quest Series on Wikipedia]]
* [[mobygame:kings-quest-v-absence-makes-the-heart-go-yonder|King's Quest V on MobyGames]]
* [[mgsrs:kings-quest-series|King's Quest Series on MobyGames]]
* [[Sierra Release List]]

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