King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity (1998) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity

King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (also known as King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity) is an action-adventure video game written and designed by Roberta Williams and released in 1998 by Sierra Studios, is the…

14 December 1998

What King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity is

King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity is an adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1998. It was published by Activision. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on 3Space.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story begins in Castle Daventry with King Graham and his minister talking about the every day affairs of running the country, when the Magic Mirror activates in front of them showing them a bad omen. They witness Lucreto the archarchon of the Realm of the Sun destroy the Mask of Eternity and releasing a wave of energy. The mirror goes on to show the kingdom's only hope, the lowly peasant and knight, Conner of Daventry from a nearby village. He is shown chatting with his neighbor Sarah, when a storm arises and a piece of the mask falls at his feet. He picks it up, and turns around to find Sarah had been turned to stone. The unleashed magic energy turned all mortals in the world to stone…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, educational and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

King's Quest VIII: The Mask of Eternity launched on 14 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party and Thief: The Dark Project.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project.

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