Since the parody was to take place in Daventry, and would use all the same backgrounds and sprites - they decided to make this additional VGA version of King's Quest, which we all thank them for now. This game is actually a side-project to a King's Quest parody they are making. It is not the only game Tierra Entertainment had in the pipeline either. Made with Chris Jones free Adventure Game Studio engine by three aspiring game developers, this is an exceptional achievement. And best of all, you will be glad to learn that it is freeware. everything is up to the standard the Sierra VGA games set. The voice acting is great, and certainly worth the additional download. If Sierra Studios were to have made this themselves, I doubt they'd have done it much differently. They have done this with an amazing professionalism. The game even comes with an additionally downloadable Voice Pack - featuring the voice actor who played Graham throughout the original Sierra games as well: Josh Mandel. They took it upon themselves to modernize King's Quest I by adding beautiful VGA graphics, an intuitive mouse/icon interface, and 16 bit sound.
And this is where Tierra Entertainment stepped in. It received an EGA counterpart, which still had a parser interface, which by now looks very dated as well. This honour befell King's Quest as well, but a lot sooner than the aforementioned series. Sierra has always been aware of this problem, and has released revamped versions of most of its long-running series. By now most, if not all adventure gamers have grown used to an icon-based interface, and colorful SVGA backgrounds. Nowadays, due to the heavy changes in computer hardware, the games look dreadfully dated, and only the great gameplay remains. This is because each King's Quest game was both a technical masterpiece, and a masterpiece of gameplay. Sierra's King's Quest series is most definitely one of the best known, and most loved adventure game series ever.
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