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Kalisn · 8th September 2007, 05:56 AM

I believe Kings Quest and Police Quest were both recently re-released here. Not sure if you would find them down your way though.

Up here Future Shop (standard electronics / games store) was selling them. As far as playing, I think at least XP compatible (just a simple port of some form I think)

From the Kings Quest Wiki...

"In September 2006 Vivendi Universal released King's Quest Collection, a compilation CD for Windows XP encompassing games I-VII. Rather than porting the games directly, however, the release used the original, unmodified versions run under the DosBox emulator and a Windows frontend. As a result, it is also possible to run King's Quest I-VI on other platforms with a little tweaking and ports of DosBox versions .63-.65. (King's Quest VII is run natively under Windows, and compatibility was broken under DosBox .70.)"

Police Quest & Space Quest both have similar comments. Nothing on the Quest for Glory series though...

8th September 2007, 05:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kalisn Elite Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,792	I believe Kings Quest and Police Quest were both recently re-released here. Not sure if you would find them down your way though. Up here Future Shop (standard electronics / games store) was selling them. As far as playing, I think at least XP compatible (just a simple port of some form I think) From the Kings Quest Wiki... "In September 2006 Vivendi Universal released King's Quest Collection, a compilation CD for Windows XP encompassing games I-VII. Rather than porting the games directly, however, the release used the original, unmodified versions run under the DosBox emulator and a Windows frontend. As a result, it is also possible to run King's Quest I-VI on other platforms with a little tweaking and ports of DosBox versions .63-.65. (King's Quest VII is run natively under Windows, and compatibility was broken under DosBox .70.)" Police Quest & Space Quest both have similar comments. Nothing on the Quest for Glory series though... __________________ Purveyor of Random Green Dots Officially Sanctioned Franchise! TOG $10 Monthly Sponsor Last edited by Kalisn; 8th September 2007 at 06:04 AM.