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In earlier King’s Quest games there was always some kind of idea how long each new game took place after the previous game. Usually the refrences were made within the manuals or official Hint guides, and ocassionally a date would be refrenced within the games themselves(Rosella is almost 20 in KQ7).
However I’ve searched through all that I have on Mask of Eternity, and can’t find one refrence to how much time passed between KQ7, and when it takes place. Only thing I notice is that Graham looks quite a bit older than in previous games, though that might not mean much.
Ken, did Roberta ever have a specific idea for how much time passed between then end of KQ7 and when MOE took place?
Does anyone else have any obscure refrences I may have missed from some interview, or other documentation that refrences the game?
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In earlier King’s Quest games there was always some kind of idea how long each new game took place after the previous game. Usually the refrences were made within the manuals or official Hint guides, and ocassionally a date would be refrenced within the games themselves(Rosella is almost 20 in KQ7).
However I’ve searched through all that I have on Mask of Eternity, and can’t find one refrence to how much time passed between the end of KQ7, and to when MOE takes place. Only thing I notice is that Graham looks quite a bit older than in previous games, though that might not mean much.
Ken, did Roberta ever have a specific idea for how much time passed between the end of KQ7 and when MOE takes place?
Does anyone else have any obscure refrences I may have missed from some interview, or other official documentation that refrences the game?
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Yes I’m quite aware of that timeline. However its unofficial and contains much material invented by Phoenix Online studios for the backstory for their game. Its cool, but it doesn’t always match up with backstories given in manuals, and official hintguides. The date for when MOE takes place in their timeline is their invention as far as I know, and isn’t derived from any official source.
That is the reason why I’m asking if there was ever any official refrences to how long after KQ7 that MOE takes place, or if anyone on the MOE team had any idea in mind in their production notes. I only have access to MOE Hintguide, manual, the game, and a few online interviews, and they really don’t mention anything for when MOE takes place.
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What about this?
http://www.sq7.org/KQ/index.php/Official_King’s_Quest_Timeline
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Ya, that’s the one I’ve been working on (based on specific refrences from official material), glad to see people are reading it.
Infact that’s the reason I was asking, since I would have liked to put something for MOE other than just Date Unknown, it doesn’t make for compelling topic you know?
I was hoping Ken could get an answer from Roberta on the issue, that is if she could remember any details, as that is so long ago.
However, I was able to get an answer from Mark Seibert, the other producer for the game, and he said;
I’m sure we had this conversation. Since Graham is still around, it can’t be too long of a period of time, but I don’t think we ever gave it an exact time frame – I think we merely discussed it in terms of “Graham is now old.”-Mark Seibert, March 11, 2006.
While its not specific, it at least seems to imply it graham may be in his late 60-70s or older. But still not specific enough that I could feel safe about creating a topic on the issue, even using circa notation.
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