King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown Enhanced Edition is an enhanced remake of the unofficial King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown VGA by AGD Interactive.
Background[]
The game includes new enhanced game backgrounds and character dialog portraits. It also includes an optional "No-Dead Ends" gameplay mode. It also added full narrator speech and lip-synching for all characters. Full Vista support. Like the previous version it is heavily based on the official 1990 sci/ega remake of KQ1 by Sierra. Unlike previous versions full speech and music is included in the program instead of separate downloads.
AGDI received a special fan license allowing them to make the game.
Differences between KQ1VGA and KQ1VGA Enhanced[]
Newly enhanced game backgrounds and character dialog portraits. All new "No Dead-Ends" gameplay mode (optional). Full Narrator speech and lip syncing for all characters.
New AGD Interactive logo movie to replace the old Tierra version.
Most of the artwork was completely hand painted in the Enhanced version, the original used a lot of material ripped from KQ5 (Dark Forest, Forest of Serenia, etc), Quest for Glory and other Sierra series simply recolored (photoshopped).
In the the Enhanced 4.0 version, the designers strayed further from the art style in Sierra’s KQ1SCI, with different choice of colors, for some of the screens in Daventry.
Many of the inventory graphics were completely redone. Some areas like the gingerbread house were completely changed.
This version does not support translation packs.
Unlike previous versions, King's Quest I Version 4.1 no longer contains a MIDI soundtrack.
With the "No Dead-Ends" feature, no longer will you need to restore to an earlier save-game and retrace your steps just to perform one minor action differently. Every dead-end scenario in the game has been accounted for, either by prevention or by giving the player multiple chances to "get it right." In addition, "No Dead-Ends" mode also removes some of the unfair deaths (such as pushing the dagger-concealing rock from the wrong side), making the game more friendly to new players. Other puzzles involving tricky walkable pathways have also been simplified.
Version history[]
Version 4.0, January 17th, 2009, King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown Enhanced Edition (AGDI) This build removed the translation support seen in the previous version. It however includes the music and speech packs as part of the game download, as well as adding a plethora of touch-ups, embellishments, improvements, and many other new features to the game.
Version 4.1 of the King's Quest I remake was released for both PC/Windows and Apple Mac on September 1st, 2010. This build addresses several minor bugs and oversights.