G'day, today we're going to take a look at Kings Quest IV
The story starts where Kings Quest III left off, with King Graham tossing his adventurers
hat towards his two children, Alex and Rosella.
Before either can catch the hat the King fall gravely ill, with what appears to be a heart
attack.
Devastated Rosella returns to the throne room, where Genesta the fairy contacts her through
the magic mirror.
She offers a magic fruit that will cure her fathers illness, but Rosella would have to
help her in order to return to Daventry.
Rosella accepts and is transported to Tamir, where Genesta explains that Lolotte the evil
fairy has stolen her Talisman which she will need to send Rosella home.
Additionally if not returned in 24 hours Genesta will die!
You're directed to Lolotte's castle in the mountains.
Genesta returns home to rest, and you're left to face the world by yourself!
Free now to roam the world the first place I often run into is the seven dwarves house.
I remember quite vividly the first time I found it as a kid, it was the first place
I really interacted with in the world.
If you look around their house you'll notice it's quite messy, if you clean up, the dwarfs
come home and reward you with a meal.
One leaves a pouch of diamonds behind.
If you return this pouch to them in the mine you'll get to keep the pouch, and are given
a lantern.
You'll need both later.
Wandering the landscape you'll find other characters as well, such as Pan the satyr.
... a wandering Minstrel ...
and a Unicorn to name a few.
You can just go directly to Lolotte's castle.
She would lock you up in a cell, but her son Edgar likes you, so instead she gives you
a chance to prove your worth.
First she asks you to capture and bring her the unicorn.
You need to shoot it with an arrow from cupid, so it doesn't run away, and get a bridle so
it can be ridden to Lolotte's castle.
The bridle is a tricky thing to find, I never found it as a kid.
It's located in the bow of a boat on an island you arrive at after being swallowed by a whale.
To top it off you can't return to this island, so if you don't find it you're stuck.
Upon taking the Unicorn to Lolotte, she will give you a second task, fetching the Hen that
lays golden eggs from the Ogre's house.
This is a much smaller task than the first one, all you need is the bone from behind
the waterfall.
Once you have the hen and escape the Ogre, Lolotte requests that you retrieve pandora's
box.
This puzzle focuses on the haunted house.
Be sure to get the scarab from the witches first as the undead will pursue you near the
house.
The puzzle here is fairly straight forward, you'll eventually get a key to the tomb where
pandora's box is.
Lolotte is of course suitably pleased with the three items you acquire for her, she decides
to reward you by having you marry Edgar!
If you don't act, you'll get one of the alternate endings where Rosella is forced to marry Edgar
and never see's her family again.
So after everyone is asleep you sneek into Lolotte's room and shoot her with the remaining
arrow from cupid's bow.
Lolotte dies because pure love poisons her evil somehow, so grab the talisman.
Edgar graciously lets you have the run of the castle after her death.
This is an oportunity to put things right on the way out of the castle, for a full score
run you need to free the unicorn, return pandora's box to the tomb and lock it in, and take the
hen with the talisman to genesta.
Hopefully you've remembered the magic fruit, otherwise you get another alternate ending
where Graham dies.
If you have the fruit and return to genesta with the talisman the day is saved, and you
return to daventry just in time to save your father.
I got this game when I was about 11 years old from a friend of my older brother.
It was the first adventure game I ever played.
Back then we didn't have online guides so I never completed it as a kid.
Despite this I still really enjoyed playing it.
Recently I played it with my daughter, who enjoyed the artwork and music, her favourite
part being Lolotte's castle near the end.
Kings Quest IV was technically impressive for it's time being the first Sierra game
to utilise the SCI engine.
It's also the first to have wider support for sound cards, mouse support, and a female
protagonist.
However these things aren't what made this game timeless.
That comes from the artwork, music and effort that has gone into the puzzles and story.
That's all I have for today, I hope you enjoyed todays video.
Thanks for watching and I'll catch you next time!