King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
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…
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! is an adventure developed by Sierra On-Line, released 9 November 1990 on Amiga, DOS, FM Towns and Mac. The main story takes about 10.5 hrs to finish.
What King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! is
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! is an adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1990. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amiga, DOS, FM Towns, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series. It runs on Sierra's Creative Interpreter.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.5 hrs.
What it launched against
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! launched on 9 November 1990, within three weeks of Super Mario World, F-Zero, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
Released around the same time: Super Mario World, F-Zero, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 30
Dlc
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