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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen's 1992 adventure, widely seen as the best of the King's Quest series.

Prince Alexander follows a vision of Princess Cassima to the Land of the Green Isles, only to find her parents dead, her kingdom in the hands of the vizier Alhazred, and the islands turned against each other.

Sold on GOG together with King's Quest IV and V.

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About the game

Each island has its own creatures and riddles, from living chess pieces to the Land of the Dead.

There is a short path and a long path to the ending, and doing more along the way rewards you with the best finale.

History

Designed by Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen and released by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The CD-ROM version added full voice acting.

Jensen went on to create the Gabriel Knight series.

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Ways to play

GOG.com King's Quest 4+5+6, ready to play on modern computers
Paid Open

Extras

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Official extras on GOG Buying the GOG version also gets you these extras, free to download from your GOG library:
Manual (27 pages)
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