Difference between revisions of "King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne"
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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
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− | {{Availability/row| Retail | | floppy | | + | {{Availability/row| Retail | | floppy | Disk versions use {{DRM|CPC Copy Protection}}, typically referred to as a Key-disk. Later releases on various compilations had the copy protection removed. | | PC booter, DOS, Mac OS }} |
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | kings_quest_1_2_3 | DRM-free | Bundled with [[King's Quest: Quest for the Crown]] and [[King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human]]. Pre-packaged with [https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] <br /> [[DOSBox]] version is also available (when using [[Store:GOG.com|GOG Galaxy]]).<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | kings_quest_1_2_3 | DRM-free | Bundled with [[King's Quest: Quest for the Crown]] and [[King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human]]. Pre-packaged with [https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] <br /> [[DOSBox]] version is also available (when using [[Store:GOG.com|GOG Galaxy]]).<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows }} | ||
{{Availability/row| Steam | 10100 | Steam | Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8). | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| Steam | 10100 | Steam | Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8). | | Windows }} |
Revision as of 13:16, 18 March 2020
Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Mark Langbehn |
Engines | |
AGI | |
Release dates | |
PC booter | June 1985 |
DOS | 1987 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1988 |
Windows (ScummVM) | August 24, 2010[1] |
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Sierra Help Pages - King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
- 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 |
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Retail | Disk versions use CPC Copy Protection DRM, typically referred to as a Key-disk. Later releases on various compilations had the copy protection removed. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with King's Quest: Quest for the Crown and King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human. Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[2] |
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Steam | Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8). |
- The King's Quest Collection, the collection on Steam, is not properly configured for modern systems[3]
- A web browser version is also available.
Essential improvements
King's Quest II Unofficial Remake
A complete and free remake of the game, it adds new VGA style graphics, dialogue, an updated Point-and-Click UI, and a complete soundtrack.
It can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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PC booter | |
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 |
---|---|
PC booter | |
DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\KQ2SG.*[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
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 |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | Hercules, CGA, EGA, Tandy, VGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
PC booter | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 Intel 8086 | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 kB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | CGA, CGA Composite | Tandy/PCjr |
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2.11 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Hercules, CGA, EGA, Tandy | VGA |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Mac OS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 9.2.2 | |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68000 | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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.