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King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

DOS - 1988
Also available on: Amiga - Apple II - Apple IIgs - Atari ST

AGI was the in-house, parser-based EGA game engine that Sierra used for its adventure games in mid-80s (e.g. Police Quest 1, King's Quest 3, Leisure Suit Larry 1). King's Quest 4 was finished with AGI, but then Sierra decided to upgrade the game to the newer SCI engine which allowed for better graphics (SCI engine was later used for Police Quest 2, Colonel's Bequest, and Hero's Quest 1, to name a few).

This AGI version was actually released, but was pulled from the shelves and replace with SCI version very quickly.

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Rastan Saga 06 Dec. 2025

Could you please add this here? https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2907-king-s-quest-iv-retold-vga-talkie-/ This is a completely free-legal-developed version of this game. It's completely fan-made and legal. I can't download it from the original site because I can't access it. Please upload this game here. It's a very important game to me, but a week has passed and I still haven't been able to play it because I can't find another link.

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CEN 17 Mar. 2019

I prefer the version with SCI engine and improved EGA-graphics.

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tnt900 17 Nov. 2015

i love kings quest till the 7th one came out

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Mysha 18 Oct. 2015

Thanks to download the game king s quest

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christinean 25 Sep. 2015

The damn stairs and ledges! Get me every time.

1
Maniac4u 20 Jun. 2015

Has anyone been able to download these games?

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Anonymous 20 Dec. 2014

Thx Nowhere Girl for the tip on how to bypass the copy protection

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Anonymous 27 Apr. 2014

To save, Change your directory of Save (i.e. change from C: to A: or to a USB Flashdrive). Try saving to other directorys.

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JG 12 Dec. 2013

How do you save?

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Jerome 31 Jul. 2013

Never let a blind man peek.

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Jim 10 May. 2013

This might be the best game ever.

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Nowhere Girl 10 Feb. 2013

Simple way to bypass copy protection: press alt-D, then type "marble". By the way, if you type "pirate" instead, the game will end, but it's an Easter egg - worth trying.
It's really a treasure - the AGI version is very rare. It sure looks worse, but not that bad - it was one of the last AGI games and by that time the developers had learned to squeeze the most out of this engine. No more Lego-like figures, like in the first two parts of "King's Quest"... And this version contains a pearl: a funny, anachronistic Easter egg which is exclusive to this version. Probably you've read about it: after defeating Lolotte and, if I remember well, before going downstairs, type "beam me" - in the left side of the hall, I guess (the goons aren't a threat anymore at this point because they are grateful too to be rid of Lolotte ;)). Quite a lot of funny information and a room completely out of tune with the rest of the game.

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1 23 Dec. 2012

;)

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admin 13 Sep. 2012
Admin

Manual has been added ;)

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Wolverine79936 08 Sep. 2012

There's no manual. Copy protection but no manual to get the answers out of. ;)

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Carlos 06 Mar. 2012

how can i read the text on the game i can't read it

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Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 1 MB English English

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