King's Quest III

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King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
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First release 1986
Also known as KQ3
Developed by Sierra
Published by Sierra
Distributed by Sierra
Platforms MS-DOS, Mac, Apple II
Apple IIGS, Amiga
Atari ST, TRS-80
Resolution 320x200, 16 colors
Engine AGI
Support Since ScummVM 0.10.0
Available for
Purchase
Yes

King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human was the third game in the King's Quest series. The game follows a young boy named Gwydion from the land of Llewdor, who is a slave to the evil wizard Manannan. Gwydion must escape the captivity of the wizard, and make his journey back to the kingdom of Daventry.

Installation

Required data files

For more information on how ScummVM uses game data files, see the user documentation.

All platforms

  • *VOL.* (e.g. GRVOL.0, KQ4VOL.11, VOL.1)
  • OBJECT
  • *DIR* (e.g. PQDIR, MH2DIR, DMDIR, DIRS, LOGDIR, PICDIR, SNDDIR, VIEWDIR)
  • WORDS.TOK

and if available

  • PAL.*

Apple IIGS

These files are needed to enable music playback

  • *.SYS16 (e.g. KQ.SYS16, LL.SYS16, MG.SYS16, BC.SYS16, SQ2.SYS16)
  • SIERRASTANDARD

Controls

Predictive input dialog

The Predictive Input Dialog is a ScummVM aid for running AGI engine games (which notoriously require command line input) on devices with limited keyboard support.

For more information, see the AGI/Predictive Dialog wiki page.

External links