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Saddened by the other reviewers.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 21
Date: October 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am very saddened that the members of the former FAN-GAME King's Quest IX, are taking out their frustrations on this forum instead of dealing with the company itself. Vivendi protected its copyright as it has the full right to do, by cancelling a fan created game. Once again, the FAN-GAME KQIX has nothing to do with the above complilation.
I, for one, am thrilled to see that Vivendi has decided to re-release the old Sierra Classics for XP. I can't wait!

where is King's Quest 8

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

King's Quest games are classic, but why are they not including King's Quest 8: Mask of Eternity? I know that it was not well received when it came out (I personally liked it). But just because it was not well received, they won't include it. It's part of the series, and should be included as well.

There is no substitue for excellency

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

These games represent glory days in the age of computing. Like classic movies, they will ALWAYS have a place and be replicated though never duplicated. Let the success of these series be a sign to the game makers to continue making these incredible games. AND SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE IN ALL CAPS - CALL ON VIVENDI TO GIVE THOSE INCREDIBLE DESIGNERS OF "THE SILVER LINING" FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUPPORT!!

You've got to be kidding!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 17 / 54
Date: October 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The games are released as is, and for an as is product you should beable to get it as freeware or the amaturish remake. Even the DOS BOX emulator that comes with it cannot be opened without a file which you must risk downloading from a third party site, .rar files do not open by themselves you know. Like Vivandi, Microsoft is too chincy to develope internal download programs for this job(as easily as they could). Vivaldi compounds this afrustration by not even putting the install program in for the job. You cannot run these games with out the emulator and you cannot use the emulator as it is unopened and zipped up thighter than Paris Hilton's jeans.
four stars for "fun" of confounding waste of time trying to config it without getting a virus" two for crapola quality of compatiblitiy and it requires XP despite not being able to work IN it! Also King's Quest 6 does not include the enhanced windows version which has the better grapics in portraits and animaetoins. Who works for Vivandai again???

Weak!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: September 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought the new version of the games because I couldn't get any sound using the old version made for Windows 95. This new collection is a huge disappointment, especially considering how long they pushed back the release date. This collection does not include both versions of King's Quest I (the original and the remake). It also doesn't include any of the bonus games released with the earlier collection (Colonel's Bequest, Dagger of Amon Ra, etc.). Overall, a waste of money. I'd stick with the previously released collection.

Return of a classic series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: October 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The KQ series continues to represent the best of gaming on many levels. Modern game companies have, for whatever reason, turned away from this particular genre in favor of hack-and-slash action games. There is much here for avid gamers of all ages, however. In spite of what continues to dominate the current video game market, a large fan base still prefers these sorts of games, as evidenced by their loyal following. Older versions of single episodes of KQ sell for outrageous sums on internet marketplaces, and are not always compatible with modern machines. It's wonderful to see the return of this series in a format compatible with newer computers, so that a new generation of gamers may discover and enjoy these classics. If you enjoy games with believable heroes, inventive and challenging puzzles, captivating story-lines, unexpected plot twists, complex character interaction, beautiful music, high re-playability, and tremendous historic value in the gaming world, that are visually pleasing, then this is one compilation you won't want to pass up.

Amazing games!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of adventure games for a long time and still hold the King's Quest series close to my heart. All of the original 7 games are here and the publishers had the smarts to disclude MoE. MoE is a bad King's Quest game but not a bad game. I also own the King's Quest Collection 2 which includes many other classic games but I wanted the newer compilation so that it would run on newer computers. (You can get the older compilation to run on newer computers but it is much harder than this compilation makes it.) I would reccomend the King's Quest series to any fan of computer games, young or old because they are a very
enjoyable series. I am also looking forward to the release of Phoenix Freeware Online's The Silver Lining, which is a fan-sequel to give the King's Quest games proper closure.

WONDERFUL

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I grew up playing King's Quest and this game has brought back so many wonderful memories. It works great on my computer and the manual comes on the CD that can easily be printed out. The graphics worked great on my computer and I have had no problems so far. I have played games 1-4, and am on game 5 right now. I highly recommend this product

not capatible with SP2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love adventure games and own all the originals from Sierra and LucasArts. But alot of them don't run under XP, so I was really glad to see this title in the store. But it only runs on my XP Service Pack 1 computer, which is six yrs. old and only used for the Internet. Why was it only made for SP1? Usually I have a hard time getting stuff to run on SP1 because its made for SP2. I have a SP1 computer, a SP2 computer and a Vista computer, and they're like three different operating systems. Maybe next time, I'll buy a Mac...

exactly what you'd expect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

all the games, in all their low-fi glory. on a way faster computer. some games still crash. at least you don't have to deal with your ancient pc anymore.

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