Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.

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Hello all. I’m new to the site.

I was hoping someone could help me out. I had a few Sierra games for my Apple IIc, such as King’s Quest IV, Leisure Suit Larry, and Space Quest. I’ve been in a discussion with someone, and he is certain that these games only came out for the Apple IIgs.

I KNOW these games existed for the IIc, as I actually had the games, hint books, etc., but other than saying that they existed, I can’t back my claim up.

Would someone mind helping me with a listing of what Sierra adventures came out for the IIc/IIe (Police Quest was another, I know), or even if they have any info. on box, manual, or catalog scans? I searched the web, but most info is based towards the DOS platforms, and I figure that I could get more of an official word here.

Thanks in advance for all and any help.

– Guy

[Unknown,Unknown]

(re: Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.)

Hi Guy,

I actually started by Sierra adventures on an Apple IIe. Here are the games that came out for it for sure:

Leisure Suit Larry I
Police Quest I
King’s Quest I-IV
Space Quest I-II
Thexder

I believe that’s it. I know there were others like boxing, etc that came out earlier. But during the Quest faze, these are the ones I remember.

Thanks.

Manish

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(re: re: Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.)

There was also “The Black Cauldron”, which was a rather brilliant game.

[Unknown,Unknown]

(re: re: Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.)

As far as I know, KQ4, LSL1, and SQ1 was released for the Apple IIgs, but if you have proof that these games were released for Apple II, that would be good. Perhaps you could find the box covers, or maybe e-mail me the screenshots.

[Unknown,Unknown]

(re: Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.)

If you have not already, take a look at this website.

It has lots of the Apple II games, even for download.

If it’s not there, there is still the possibility it was made.

http://www.virtualapple.com 

MikeP.

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(re: re: Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.)

That’s a really cool site. Thanks!

Thing is, I know the games I listed above existed, though I can’t find any box art or catalog scans to verify my claims.

I was hoping if one of the Willaims still went through the message boards, they could clarify that these titles really were available for the platform. But truthfully, I’m willing to accept any kind of proof as alas, my old disks went the way of the dodo.

[Unknown,Unknown]

(re: Sierra Games For Apple IIc/IIe.)

I found this site:

http://members.aol.com/SWMoreTP/Collectiblesoftware.html 

Seems like pretty good evidence that it did exist. This site is dated January 2002. So they most likely do not have it for sale anymore.

Here is a clip from the site:

SIERRA
Gold Rush (O4, Apple IIGS) – $20
King’s Quest III (D5, Atari ST) – $20
King’s Quest IV (O3, Apple IIE/IIc) – $15
King’s Quest V (IBM CD in box) – $12
King’s Quest V Hint Book (O4.5 by Sierra with Adventure
Window) – $10
King’s Quest IV (P4.5, Apple IIGS) – $19
Official Book of King’s Quest, The (O2.5 by Sierra) – $19

–jason

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Alright! King’s Quest IV came out in both a SCI and AGI version. Unfortunately, KQIV used AGI3 and SCI0. Personally, I thought AGI3 was a bad idea. Everything was name coded. Anyway…

King’s Quest IV AGI was released only on 3.5 inch floppies for the AppleII series. Which leads me to believe that it was never released for the AppleIIe/c/+. Plus, the boot disk for KQIV used ProDOS16 which would never run on a AppleIIe/c/+. So, this leads me to beleive that the old AppleIIe/c/+ could not handle the requirements of AGI3. And, for some reason, the staff at Sierra thought that the AppleIIGS could not handle SCI0. Personally, from my programming experiences on the IIGS, I know for a fact that it could run SCI0, 0.1 and 1.0. I tried getting the 16-bit SCIW and SCI32 to run on my old GS, but it couldn’t handle it.

Yes, I wrote a SCI emulator on my GS and after upgrading the processor and memory, it handled KQIV, SQIV and SQ5 quite beautifully. Unfortunately, I no longer know where the emulator cd is anymore.

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