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Gameplay involved typing commands to perform such tasks as GET CARROT and GET FOUR LEAF CLOVER, not to mention OPEN DOOR (or SWIM.).

The first game tells the story of Sir Graham, an adventurer who sets out to recover three legendary lost artifacts of the kingdom of Daventry in order to win the crown of the dying king. The series has also inspired many fan sequels and remake/reimaginings, see FanWorks.Kings Quest. The new reimagined King's Quest reboot (aka King's Quest: Adventures of Graham) was developed by The Odd Gentlemen, the creators of The Misadventures of P.B. Although some fans are quite vocal against the eighth game, at the time it got mostly decent reviews (and sold more than the previous one). Today, the original King's Quest is regarded as a classic of the genre, having spawned seven official sequels, all improving in quality up until the eighth (although the sixth is generally considered the peak of the franchise). The game used a Text Parser of the kind seen in earlier games, such as Zork. It sold poorly until it was released for the Tandy 1000 almost a year later, when it established Sierra as the foremost developer of adventure games until the mid-1990s. Featuring a stunning 16 colors and genuine animation, the game showed off the cutting-edge abilities of IBM's 1984 hardware release, the PCjr. King's Quest was the very first animated graphical adventure game on the PC. Advice from King Graham's father Sir Hereward ("Quoted" in the King's Quest Companion)