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The Cost

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i got this by chance when a video game store was going out of sale and paid only 9.99 for it which i see now is a steal i was thinking of getting the compilation but since it has some bad reviews im just gonna keep the ones i have although it does have some problems with windows and DOS going back and forth but i really just got it for KQ7 my faaaaaaaaaave out of all of them...i miss those games..i really do...

Patience is Everything

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Vivendi Universal who acquired Sierra On-Line and all intellectual properties therein some time ago has announced that there will be Windows XP compatible compilations of the "King's Quest", "Space Quest", and "Police Quest" game series available during the holiday season of 06'. Yes, it is true that these compilations were promised in March of this year, but the most recent press release I have read indicates they are on course. After close inspection of the packaging of this particular product, I believe it would be a try at your own risk proposition to get this to work on a modern PC. Trust me, I still have my Space Quest and King's quest disks from when I purchased them new in the eighties but they will not work on a modern PC due the DirectX usage of modern PC's. These games require far less computing power and thus are not recognized without a fully tweaked DosBox emulator. Hope this helps and happy shopping.

You can't get this anywhere else!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Someone said below "you can buy kings quest 15th anniverary with games 1 through 6 much cheaper and then purchase kings quest 7 separately much cheaper"

This may be true BUT, this collection has more than 7 games. There are also 3 full additional non-king's quest game and a handful of bonus games. Buying 1-6 and then buying 7 seperately will make you miss out on the other games!

This collection is fun for all ages - either for nostalgic reasons, or just b/c you like adventure! Highly recommended!

you can get it cheaper

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

you can buy kings quest 15th anniverary with games 1 through 6 much cheaper and then purchase kings quest 7 separately much cheaper

I need help playing my King's Quest on XP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: February 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I got the King's Quest Colection Series a while back, only paid 30 bucks for it so I see that I am lucky :-), anyways, I LOVE these games but I just got a new computer with XP and all that and now I can't play the games!! I read in a review below that it is possible to play them, I just have to turn my compatibilty back to Windows 95 but I looked and can not find that anywhere! Someone PLEASE help me with this because I absolutely LOVE these games and want to play them now... Please Email me at kel192004@yahoo.com with any information. Thanks everyone!

Getting Hard To Find

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: January 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For those of you criticizing the prices here on Amazon for this amazing collection i find it kind of funny. Most of you (myself included) have no problem plopping down 50 bucks for a new game but when it comes to the greatest collection of games EVER released including the first 7 Kings quest games, and a remake of the first 1 - with better graphics only available in this collection as well as a host of other classic adventure games and other bonuses to numerous to list 100 bucks or so starts to sound like a bargain - and believe me you probably wont save any money on ebay on this one - hard to find is a gross understatement. (Supply and demand)

I have my copy and i love it.

You can run games on XP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: September 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I won't bother repeating how wonderful ALL of the games are, because everyone has either said it or already knows it. I am writing this in response to the review that says you cannot run it on XP- you can. You must change the compatibility settings to windows 95. Right click, and go to properties. You will see the compatibility tab. Just change the settings to windows 95 and check all the boxes.

Great ride but not worth the price of admission

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: April 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Kings Quest collection is, in my opinion, the best adventure series ever but these prices that the people are selling them at are utterly and stupidly ridiculous! Now as far as the games are concerned, EVERY game in the series is great and awesome there really isn't a bad game in the whole series and the way each game connects from the last is done perfectly and brilliant. I think the best way to describe this series is like playing a awesome novel that always keeps ahold of your attention. Now as far as the price concerns obviously these greedy jackasses are asking for WAY too much. Mainly because these games are meant to be played on older systems, KQ 1-4 are DOS games and KQ 5-7 were designed for WIN 3.1. I have a Pentium II processor and run WIN98SE and I sometimes have problems running KQ 5-7 so I could imagine this collection wouldn't work too well if at all on more modern systems. Even if you do have an older computer and want to purchase this collection you could find it for alot cheaper on ebay (little hard to find but be patient there's usually someone selling it.) So to summarize, Awesome, kick ass, rocking games but overpriced by greedy jackasses so check Ebay.

Won't work on XP

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: March 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have tried installing this game on Windows XP after I was told by the seller of this product that it would be compatible. On the first attempt, the install screen did show up and went through the tests, but then said it could not read a file in the program. Now when I try to install the game, it won't even display the install screen. This is a huge dissapointment because the games are such huge classics.

King's Quest Collection: A Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

These games have taken their place in computer history. King's Quest is the series that got Sierra started. King's Quest and the accompanying games are great fun for everyone in the family. But be forewarned - on the older games, typing is required, and it's not always easy to navigate.

Because these games are so old, compatibility can be a problem. For sound, however, downloading "VDMSound," currently at http://ntvdm.cjb.net/ or http://vdmsound.sourceforge.net/ will help.

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