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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
 

"King Graham must take on a vengeful wizard in order to win back his castle and imprisoned royal family."


Developer Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s) Sierra On-Line
1990
Platform PC, Mac, Retro
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, Proprietary format
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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder review
KQV's technical achievements speak for themselves, but the gameplay will leave many not giving a hoot.
Score: ***
May 25, 2007


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King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
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
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