King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones Enhanced Edition is a non-canon enhanced remake (version 4.0) of King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones (Tierra) by AGDI games.
Background[]
Experience a whole new adventure with hand-painted storybook graphics and an enhanced storyline.
The fan game includes a point and click interface, and also added VGA-like graphics and digital sound. Less of a true remake, but more of a retelling, the project 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. As with most fan-made remakes, controversy remains over the copyright issues surrounding the game (with the developers having to obtain limited permission from the IP owners). Because the game tried to keep the high sophistication and realism of the later games, the original scenario was 'fleshed out', a story background was developed, and some elements were added in order to improve realism, continuity, and for originality. For these reasons, since the game did evolve beyond the scope of a simple remake, and the 3 magic keys became 3 magic stones, bringing the spoofy title 'Romancing the Throne' closer to its original, the 1984 movie title 'Romancing the Stone'.
AGDI received a special fan license allowing them to make the game.
Differences between Tierra versions and enhanced edition[]
There is voice-actor for the narrator. A few of the voices were actually completely redone for this version of the game (Hagatha, Monk, and Sharkee King, for example), while others were just enhanced from the original versions and made to sound a bit clearer.
Many of the portraits are updated with new artwork.
All artwork is repainted from scratch.
There is new sprites and animations.
Murray the Demonic Talking Skull was removed, and doesn’t appear in this version.
Version releases[]
- 3.0 Enhanced Edition: The King’s Quest II Remake (v3.0) was released March 14th, 2009. Version 3.0 of the King's Quest II remake was released on March 14, 2009. This now includes the music and speech packs as part of the game download, as well as adding a plethora of touch-ups, enhancements, improvements, and many other new features to the game.
- 3.1 Enhanced Edition: The King’s Quest II Remake (v3.1) was released September 1st, 2010. Version 3.1 of the King's Quest II remake was released for both PC/Windows and Apple Mac on September 1st, 2010. This build addresses several minor bugs and oversights.
The King’s Quest II Remake (v3.1) was released September 1st, 2010.