King's Quest ZZT

King's Quest ZZT is a fan-made game developed by Interactive Fantasies which apparently takes place between KQ5 and KQ6.

Ravenlos, the evil cousin of the sorcerer Manannan, is planning to conquer Daventry. Prince Alexander is not willing to go fight against him and his army, until his father has an accident, which changes his mind. Alexander visits the old wise gnome for a medicine for his father, and after he is healed, he sets off for the long and dangerous mission. Along the way he meets strange creatures like Centaurs, Elves and Ogres and visits many places, like the mountains of Llewdor, the island of Tamir, the Aberian Desert, etc...

The geography of the world in King's Quest ZZT is fairly inconsistant with other King's Quest games and official literature. For example, Llewdor and Tamir are seperated into two seperate islands. In the official lore they are both part of the same continent. Another example is that they placed a desert directly east of castle daventry when infact that area is hill lands and is covered with the Old Woods further east. Though the team did do an excellent job in recreating several locations specifically seen in the original King's Quest games in over head view, with the limitations of the ZZT engine. '' However one odd aspect of the King's Quest ZZT is that Alexander refers to his world as the world of "King's Quest", and refers to the previous adventures he or other characters were on by the title of the games. For example when he finds Manannan, a major plot point during the game's fairly simplistic story, he says, "Hey, its the evil sorcerer Manannan who I turned into a cat in King's Quest 3". However, this is likely for the benefit of the player, as the game was released to an audience of all ZZT fans, whether they were King's Quest fans or not.