King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

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First posted on 01 May 2000. Last updated on 15 May 2010.
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King's Quest III: To Heir is Human introduces not only Prince Alexander but his twin sister Princess Rosella. It opens a whole new possibility for the King's Quest series—a female protagonist. So there it is—King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, the first game in the series to let you play a female character! The sequel continues immediately where the previous game has left off. King Graham is…

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Very Good

I completed this game twenty years ago. It's quite a wonderful game. Around the fantasia land though I can't remember all the progressing details about the adventure of Rosella, but there're still many characters and beautifu scenry in my mind now, exspecially in the ending while Rosella leaving, she met the prince at the beach, and they're surely falling in love at that moment.

Canada By Josephine • On 17 April 2009 • From HK

HI EVERYONE IT'S ME ANDREAS JUST REPORTING BACK THAT I HAVE FINALLY BEATEN THIS GAME. IT'S TAKEN ME SIX LONG YEARS BUT I'VE FINALLY DONE IT AND NOW I AM A KING'S QUEST CHAMPION!! YIPPEE!!!!
THANKS AGAIN,
ANDREAS THEODOROU

United States By ANDREAS THEODOROU • On 15 July 2008 • From SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA

The difficulty of the monsters varied depending on the speed of the computer you were on. Back then there was not much variation in processor speed (for a platform, that is) so instead of querying an internal clock, timing routines were calculated by crunching numbers. A loop over the registers was assumed to take a certain time. This made it so that monsters moved at different speeds relative to Rosella depending on how fast your computer was! Easily doable on a PC AT or 286, absolutely impossible on a PC or PC/XT. At one spot you had to outrun the ogre in his own house -- a section of the game that was impossible to pass on a slower computer.

United States By Ian • On 15 May 2008 • From Berkeley, CA

Very Good

This was a crazy hard game (even with the tip guide, which I admit to purchasing) - reading this review made me wax nostalgic!

United States By David • On 20 April 2008 • From Philadelphia, PA, USA

Very Good

I had a lot of fun with this game as a 9-10 year old, but I agree that the troll was too difficult! I'm pretty sure that I never finished the game because of that stupid troll.

United States By Andy • On 14 December 2007 • From Richmond, VA

Excellent

I played this game when I was about ten, it's a fantastic adventure, though at times awfully challenging. The graphs are b-e-a-u-t-y-ful and da music is great!
KQ4 is truly a true classic among sierra adventures! i HIGHLY recommend it to everyone!

Finland By hazzee • On 13 January 2007 • From hki fin

My mother gave me the game kings quest iv. It contained 4 disk, but she has lost the manuel, and to verify ownership it ask you to enter diffrent words found in diffrent paragraphs. I need to aquire a new manuel. The phone number on the disk is not a good number anymore. Do you know how I can aquire a copy of the manuel. Thank You, D.

United States By Debra Cornelius • On 04 July 2004 • From Brazoria, United States

I THINK KING'QUEST IV AN EXCELLENT GAME. I ONLY BOUGHT ONE BUT I THINK THE REST WILL BE AS CHALLENGING AS THIS.
THANK YOU.
ANDREAS THEODOROU

By ANDREAS THEODOROU • On 30 March 2002 • From SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA