Difference between revisions of "King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow"
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Revision as of 23:56, 2 December 2019
Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Engines | |
SCI1.1 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | September 30, 1992 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1993 |
Windows 3.x | 1993 |
Windows (ScummVM) | February 25, 2010 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- The manual is required to pass the in-game copy protection (digital versions include it)
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Sierra Help Pages - King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
- King's Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the King's Quest series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Bundled with King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella and King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[1] |
|||
Steam | Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8). |
- The Steam collection is not properly configured for modern systems[2]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\KQ6SG.***[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10100/pfx/[Note 2] |
- These are the default paths used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user
- For the GOG.com re-release, the
C:\
drive is mapped to<path-to-game>
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | can be enabled in combination with voice acting via ScummVM | |||
French | Floppy version only | |||
German | Floppy version only |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | EGA, MCGA, VGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | Use ScummVM (a 64-bit build is also available). | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 SX | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | EGA, MCGA, VGA |
Windows 3.x | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.0 MME | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB |
Mac OS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 Colours |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (10100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.