KING'S QUEST IV: THE PERILS OF ROSELLA INTRO AGI VERSION (HQ)

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Sound: Tandy

This game was simultaneously produced and published in the AGI and SCI engines. The AGI engine was used in all earlier Sierra adventure games, the SCI in all later ones. The main advantages of SCI are a higher video resolution (320x200 rather than 160x200 in AGI), sound card support, mouse support, and a more versatile scripting system.

The AGI version was made because Sierra supposed that contemporary low-end systems would be unable to run the SCI version and would require a 'lighter' version of the game. However, sales figures proved them wrong and the AGI version was swiftly discontinued. Because of its rarity, the AGI version could be considered a collector's item.

The two games are identical in gameplay, except that the SCI version was updated with some additional parser responses. However, AGI version 2.0 contains the famous 'beam me' easter egg (which transported Rosella to a Star Trek-esque room with all of the development team present). This easter egg is neither present in any SCI version nor in AGI version 2.3.

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[bswiders]

I had the SCI version as a kid, but our computer had a crappy sound card or something, and all the music and audio sounded just like the AGI version. So now I'm having an impossible time approximating my childhood experience on an emulator.

[Thatneslper]

The music sounds like something from the Sega Master System. I guess I am just so used to the SCI version.

[crumbelievability]

Hey... you stole that description from Wikipedia, didn't you?

(Or did Wikipedia steal it from you?)

[kentj1]

My dad used this as a bed time story one time, and it was the best bed time story he ever showed us.

[mrfreespirit]

Actually AGI was the only thing I could get. Didn't think it was THAT rare.  Wow!

[mrfreespirit]

Ahh, with the tandy music. Memories.

[sasnooskin]

Oh the memories....this was far and away the best entry in the series.

[userd1546]

I remember when KQ4 came out our uncle sent us the SCI version. I was crushed since we only had 256k of memory on our Tandy 1000. Fortunately, it included a coupon to receive the AGI version. Thanks for uploading this!