King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder is the fifth installment of the King's Quest Series.
Description
In keeping with Sierra's tradition of using cutting edge technology in its current games they were developing, King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder is Sierra's first VGA game and one of the first ever VGA games. The game featured Sierra's new Point & Click interface. The 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.
Versions
SCI1 (early)
Game Game version Interpreter version Date King's Quest V VGA 0.000.051 1.000.060 King's Quest V VGA 0.000.062 1.000.060 SCI1 (late)
Game Game version Interpreter version Date King's Quest V VGA (Fr./Eng.) 1.000 1.000.784 King's Quest V VGA (Ger./Eng.) 1.000 1.000.784 King's Quest V VGA (Sp./Eng.) 1.000 1.000.784 SCI1 (unknown)
Game Game version Interpreter version Date King's Quest V EGA 0.000.055 1.000.058 King's Quest V EGA 0.000.062 1.000.073 Unknown versions
Game Game version Interpreter version Date King's Quest V (CD) (SCI11) 1.000.052 x.yyy.yyy
Screenshots
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Download
- Buy the full game on GOG.com
- SHP New King's Quest 5 DOSBox Installer (requires files from the original distribution media)
- King's Quest V Demo - None known
- Official KQ5FIX Patch
Walkthroughs/Hints
Related Links
- King's Quest Series
- King's Quest V on The Sierra Help Pages
- Game Series on The Sierra Help Pages
- King's Quest V on Wikipedia
- King's Quest Series on Wikipedia
- King's Quest V on MobyGames
- King's Quest Series on MobyGames
- Sierra Game List
