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Game Title: King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (Family Box)
Release Date: xx-xx-1990
Release Number: 1
Part of Series: King's Quest
Previous Game in Series: King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
Next Game in Series: King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Designer: Roberta Williams

While it was a beautiful sunny day, King Graham decided to go out for a walk in the woods and hope that everything is normal when he got back. However, while he was gone, an evil wizard called Mordack uses a spell to warp his castle out of Daventry, along with the royal family. Soon after, Graham came back, only to realize that the castle is gone. After he wonders why, an owl called Cedric speaks to him about it and transports him to the land of Serenia, where his boss Crispin helps him get ready to face up to Mordack. Cedric is asked to go with him to make sure that Graham does not get in trouble.   (From Mobygames description)

Alternate Releases:
King's Quest V: Absences Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (Graham Box)
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King's Quest 5 Copy Protection
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King's Quest 5 History

Roberta says:
After King's Quest IV and The Colonel's Bequest, I need to rethink the basics for King's Quest V.  The market was changing to where most people didn't want to take the time to learn to type, spell, or figure out how you talk to a computer via an adventure game.  I had to design an icon interface with that future in mind; something that's about as easy to use as it's going to get.  On a design note, I preferred working with the no-typing interface because I had more time to think about the plot and puzzles instead of writing all those error messages for people typing things that alternated from the story.  Unfortunately it took some time to realize all the possibilities the new format offered; some players felt icon-based games were less challenging.  I kept thinking about this as I wrote King's Quest VI.

By the way, there's an "Easter Egg" hidden in King's Quest V.  After Graham slides down the snowy slope and breaks the sled; save your game.  Now toss Graham's cloak on the sled to see the fun.  (From Roberta Williams Anthology manual, 1996)


Technical Tip:
If you are attempting to install and play this game on a modern system you should visit The Sierra Help Pages New Installers for Sierra Games.  Playing most of these games on modern machines require the use of DOSBox and these install files make it a snap to have these old classics up and running in no time.

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