King's Quest II: Romancing The Throne

King's Quest II: Romancing the throne was the sequel to the classic best selling game King's Quest I. It used the same AGI engine as King's Quest I.

Background
The saga of Graham, now King of the Land of Daventry. His quest to rescue a princess locked away in a tower that is both miles and dimensions away. The adventure begins on a deserted beach, and will take the player to undersea worlds and into a vampire's castle. The answer to Graham's challenge lies behind a magic door and its three keys which unlock untold secrets.

Development
See Romancing the Throne Development.

Reception
"It's like playing an animated cartoon"-Computer! magazine, "If you liked King's Quest, you'll love the sequel"-Consumer Software News, "Roberta Williams has simply outdone herself"-Computer Entertainment, King's Quest II has the "the most lushly painted and highly detailed scenery seen since...well, King's Quest I."-Questbusters journal. "The interactive story is presented in full color, animated, three-dimensional graphics and scored with multipart music and sound effects. King's Quest attempts to merge the best aspects of text adventures with graphics of arcade games. The animated graphics are simply the best we have ever seen on a home computer."-Computer Gaming World, June 1985.

Re-releases and Remakes
It was first released in 1985 as a disk that booted on start-up but was re-released in 1987 with EGA support to run under DOS. This is why most remaining copies bear a 1987 rather than a 1985 copyright date.

The Apple II version has improved sound over the PC version.

Due to rather disappointing sales of the 1990 remake of King's Quest I, the prospect of officially remaking and re-releasing King's Quest II was scrapped. However in 2002, AGD Interactive, then known as Tierra Entertainment, released a fan-made retelling and remix of King's Quest II.

The fan game used a point and click interface, and also added VGA graphics and digital sound. The project also altered many details from the original story. It removed a few characters and altered others, while it added new puzzles and story elements, including several side-stories, a town to visit, and references to future King's Quest games. The project was titled King's Quest II : Romancing the Stones. As with most fan-made remakes, controversy remains over the copyright issues surrounding the game.

Easter Eggs

 * On the cliffs after the snake, there is a boulder with a little hole in it. Type LOOK IN HOLE while standing in front of it, you will see a preview demo of Sierra's Space Quest 1!


 * In the Apple II version you will see a preview for King's Quest III in the same hole.


 * Behind a tree is a note discussing King's Quest III


 * Typing in "What is graham name" or "what is graham last name" will give the answer "cracker".


 * Strangely in KQ2 the parser reponds to calling any female characters, "slut", "whore", "bitch", "cunt", "hose bag" or a "sperm burping gutter slut". These nouns lead to the standard character descriptions. Shades of Leisure Suit Larry? Strangely one can also use any of the female character names such as Valanice, Red Riding Hood, Witch, Grandma, Hagatha, etc, in order to look at any other female characters.