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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
 

"Prince Alexander is washed up on the shores of the Green Isles, where he must rescue his lady love from the clutches of an evil vizier."


Developer Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s) Sierra On-Line
September 30, 1992
Platform PC, Mac
Perspective Third-Person
Presentation 2D or 2.5D
Control Point-and-click
Theme Fantasy
Gameplay Quest
Graphic Style Stylized art
Media CD, 3.5" diskettes
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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow review
King's Quest VI is a love story for the ages, as the prince of Daventry seeks romance and Sierra finally delivers the game that everyone can fondly embrace.
Score: ****1/2
May 16, 2008
#3: King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (CD-ROM version) top 20
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (CD-ROM version) is #3 in the Top 20 Adventure Games of All-Time.
April 2, 2004


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King's Quest III: To Heir is Human
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown

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Technical Information
Version info
Originally released on 3.5" floppy; CD-ROM version released in 1993. Re-released as part of the King's Quest Collection Series (1999) and the King’s Quest Collection (2006).

System requirements
1999 Collection Series:
MS-DOS or Windows 3.1/95
486/25 MHz processor
8 MB RAM
2x CD-ROM drive
SVGA 640x480, 256 color
Sound card with DAC

2006 Collection:
Windows 2000/XP
Pentium III 800 MHz or equivalent Athlon processor
128 MB RAM
Windows compatible video and sound card
CD-ROM drive
1.2 GB hard drive space

Known issues
n/a