Status internpepper Nov 12, 2020
I grew up playing this game and despite what everyone says, I like that owl!
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (1990)
Amiga · DOS · FM Towns · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PC-9800 Series
3.74 from 166 ratings
419 members have it in their collection · 5 playing now · 102 backlogged · 50 wish listed
How long? Main story 1h · 100% 4h (from 3 logged playthroughs)
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder is an adventure game in the long-running King's Quest series. Players control King Graham as he embarks on a quest to rescue the Royal Family of Daventry, who have mysteriously disappeared. The game takes place in a fantasy world filled with magic and peril, where Graham must overcome obstacles and solve …
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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder is an adventure game in the long-running King's Quest series. Players control King Graham as he embarks on a quest to rescue the Royal Family of Daventry, who have mysteriously disappeared. The game takes place in a fantasy world filled with magic and peril, where Graham must overcome obstacles and solve puzzles to progress. As the fifth installment in the series created by Roberta Williams, King's Quest V builds upon the graphical adventure game format that Williams pioneered, combining text and visuals to create an immersive storytelling experience. The game continues the legacy of the King's Quest series, which had become a popular and influential franchise in the computer gaming industry by the time of its release.
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Details
- Developers
- Sierra On-Line
- Publishers
- Activision, Sierra On-Line
- Genres
- Adventure, Point-and-click, Puzzle
- Themes
- Fantasy, Historical
- Series
- King's Quest
Release dates
- Nov 09, 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS
- 1990 (Full Release) (Europe) DOS
- 1991 (Full Release) (North_America) Amiga, Mac
- 1991 (Full Release) (Europe) Amiga
- 1991 (Full Release) (Japan) FM Towns, PC-9800 Series
- 1992 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Feb 25, 2010 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Also available on
- King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder! (1992) · NES
Related
Bundled in
- King's Quest Collector's Edition (Dec 1994) · DOS, PC
- King's Quest Collection (Sep 2006) · PC
- King's Quest 4+5+6 (Feb 2010) · PC
- 5 ft. 10 Pak: Vol. I
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Rating distribution
5 stars
46
4 stars
58
3 stars
42
2 stars
13
1 star
7
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status peter Dec 9, 2018
So I played a few hours of this today. I got through probably 3/4 of it. Forgot how obscure a few of the puzzles are. If you don't have a guide, or haven't already played this game, I don't know how you'd get out of the witch's woods. Doing everything in the right order on the mountains? Good luck. Basically …
Read moreSo I played a few hours of this today. I got through probably 3/4 of it. Forgot how obscure a few of the puzzles are. If you don't have a guide, or haven't already played this game, I don't know how you'd get out of the witch's woods. Doing everything in the right order on the mountains? Good luck. Basically you just need to save a whole lot, and try a bunch of different things. Definitely not a game for everyone. Maybe not a game for anyone (but me :P)
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