KING'S QUEST V (VGA Version) Adventure Game Gameplay Walkthrough - No Commentary Playthrough

[@stormskye3578]

36 years old, and this remains my favourite game of all time

[@justinbrink7425]

Nice

[@lukebeatty3109]

It’s damn good. I removed getting it from Egghead!

[@giuliolgf]

The map I drew to pass through that damn desert was one of the best thing I have ever done in my entire life...

[@TheAdatto]

Me too. Every adventure had a maze. Just like Kyrandia

[@BigfootDadExploresMontana]

Yup, explored the whole thing as far as I could go in any direction and made a hand-drawn map grid. Had it around for years but then lost track of where I put it.

[@Abelhawk]

"My castle. What has happened." So glad they actually got professional voice actors for Kings Quest VI.

[@Ambaryerno]

I LOVED the voice acting in Quest for Glory IV, though. The birth of the legend of Jennifer Hale.

[@gschaaf713]

i only played kings quest 6 when i was a kid and going back and looking at the games that came before it, it really contrasts the differences. the professional voice acting changes the whole feel of the game.

[@janmartenlocher]

@@gschaaf713 I played KQ5 first, without VOICES just TEXTS, and I Loved it therefore!

[@unbridledenthusiasm]

@@Ambaryerno Awesome voice acting in that game

[@towerdragon4487]

I remember calling the 1900 hint lines for help it was like $5.00 a minute my father was not very happy.

[@rodneyws1977]

Dummy. You could write them a letter with your question and they'd write back with the exact answer.

[@brillopad6901]

I did it a few times as well, also called the Nintendo game counselors a few times for some hard games I was stuck on back in the day. That's just how it was in the days before the internet if you're friends didn't know how to get past something.

[@erickress4221]

That's what I did although it felt like forever to get a response. Also I couldn't hear them speak. I had to read everything...you had the music though. Good times.

[@MrGGGarone]

There were also the gaming magazines , you would just hope they had that particular game in there...

[@konami1979]

Some of the classic Sierra games were virtually unplayable without a strategy guide back in the day.

[@MrGlenbw]

9:10 - 9:34 POSSIBLY THE MOST ICONIC MOMENT IN PC GAMING HISTORY.

[@justinbrink7425]

A bit clumsey are you?

[@hank_430]

💯

[@ellen.1169]

Watch out, Graham! a POoOOoIiIiiIiiiIiSsOooUUNNnNnous snake!"

[@dudeross9120]

Begone you slithery varmint! Scat!!

[@nomadvideomachine]

After months of playing I found a Walkthrough book in our local library. Can you imagine? A little Dutch town not more than 9000 inhabitants where you could borrow this book for almost nothing... I remember the exact Sunday afternoon when I could finally go into the snowy mountains with some help of this book. And I also remember that there was a bug, I think during the "Alchemical finale" - I never got to see the dragon 😥

[@seankraker]

Was the book kings quest 1-5? I had same thick book.

[@nomadvideomachine]

@@seankraker I don't think so, but then again... it's almost 30 years ago haha

[@omegahiker]

After reconnecting with a childhood friend, now in our 40s, i went down the Sierra rabbit hole starting with police quest 1-3 and now to this, which may be my fondest memory. This came on high density 3.5 disks which my 486pc wasnt equipped for, so they sent me the game on something like 12 low density disks. The game moved at a snails pace on that comp but i did have the patience to complete the game with a guide. Thanks for these 'non commentary' walkthroughs!

[@MaleOrderBride]

Lots of scenes freaked me out in this game as a kid!! The witch randomly appearing in the scary forest made me jump! Also the blue upright alien monster in the final castle was terrifying! The castle alone was scary enough...and then that blue thing would rapidly scuttle out of the side of the screen...from any screen in the castle! I was always cringing...fearing he would catch me soon!

[@janmartenlocher]

:-D me too..

[@DigiAkuma]

First King's Quest Game I played. And yeah, much of the Dark Forest kept me on edge especially with the Witch & the Spider, Mordack's Castle & the Blue Henchman in there & of course Mordack himself popping in & choking ya. Just fun times.

[@CarletonTorpin]

I agree and the blue monster made me jump, too. Humans have an innate fear of being pursued, and it's all the scarier when the thing is blue!

[@acspenner]

Ahh. Life giving water. Nectar of the gods.

[@misternoxxnoxx]

Andrew Penner Ahh. Life giving water. Nectar of the gods.

[@daffers2345]

Graham can now feel strength and renewal flowing through 'im XD

[@jcwyu]

Water IS the Nector from the Gods. There is some truth to that.

[@crypastesomemore8348]

@@jcwyu shut your water hole

[@pietramaladjaprie4097]

This is changed in NES version

[@Kinsman19]

So many fond memories of this game from my childhood. And also so many memories of me GETTING PISSED OFF BECAUSE I HAD TO START THE GAME OVER SEVERAL TIMES.

[@justinbrink7425]

A bit clumsey are you?

[@ashleyracette8673]

To this day it still upsets me that the weeping willow princess doesn't even say "thank you" to Graham.

[@ashleyracette8673]

+Rohan Zener LOL @ Macaroni hat!

[@daffers2345]

It always ticked me off too, and the way she mistreats the "precious, magical" harp. One second she won't let you near the harp, the next she throws it over her shoulder like it didn't help her feel better while she was a tree ... yet the shop owners are grateful for little things ... Characters in King's Quest games are weird. :-P

[@Amadeus8484]

She probably would have if not for her prince charming poking his head around the corner like clockwork...

[@Kiya369]

Hahaha same for me!!

[@g.s.651]

daffers234 Not weird, true to life. The rich often become desensitized to having nice things and the poor are often grateful and generous because they’re not used to having or getting anything, making even small gifts seem precious.

[@hajjabuamin]

I had the pay $15 for a Walk Through Guide Book in the early 90's to win this game

[@armypea6032]

I remember playing this game to death and never making out of the witches forest. Months later I found a strategy guide in a bargain bin at the local video game store. I used it to finally finish the game and recall thinking to myself that I would have never beat this game without it. Enjoyable but so cryptic and frustrating.

[@fabry5005]

+Army Pea Same for me! I remember when i was a kid and i was scared of this game, just because you can die easily. The guys in the inn scared me every time worse than the forest. But after finished this game (with the guide), i knew that only few adventure games in the future would be so beautiful than this. I'm doing the new King's Quest game (the one with the episodes, not silver lining, the other) and a lot of memories come out.

[@slickdog78]

Did you find that hint book in the bargain bin of Software Excess at the Galaxy Galleria in Space Quest X?

[@justinbrink7425]

A bit clumsey are you?

[@digitalmagicAR]

I had the diskette version (non-voice) version of this game back when it came out. The VGA graphics were breathtaking though the sound wasn't as good as the later games that used digitized sound. Sierra games were some of the best ever. The beautiful music for Cassima was re-worked in KQ6. Have today's games lost the almost magical feeling experience they had back in the late 80s and early 90s?

[@magnubeido832]

Yes sadly

[@Meggsie]

The Last Guardian was pretty magical imo!

[@LadyPsylocke25]

Fun fact! Roberta Williams, creator of the KQ series, and wife of Ken Williams, provided the voice for the mom at the bakery, one of the harpies and Queen Valanice!

[@XmegaPresident]

45:33. that scream!! I remember my mother yelling at me to turn down the speakers when that happened because the scream was so LOUD! lol

[@janmartenlocher]

Haha I looked it just up and got scared,too - pretty loud here too :-D

[@ZeliardFTW]

Ah life giving water Nectar of the gods... I can remember wishing he would stop saying that many many years ago ;)

[@mrcydonia]

This was the first VGA game I ever played. 256 colors on the screen at the same time? Surely it can't get better than this!

[@Miler97487]

Then comes King's Quest VII which takes advantage of SVGA, with cartoon-like graphics and animation. For me the Disney-type animation was something I was never fond of.

[@amigabang6157]

Was it a talkie, in 1990? Maybe the first adventure with speech?

[@EarlyMist]

Gotta love the fact that you can easily hear the room reverberation the voice actors are recording in.

[@slickdog78]

Ahh, the dreaded appearance of Cedric the Owl.

[@helorumtheknightsofmambrin2155]

That Cedric really got on my nerves.

[@oceandrainer]

Wow this brings back good memories. That old owl voice--right out of the past.

[@Sylvelourie]

I love the final battle in this game. Clearly inspired by the wizard's duel in Sword in the Stone!

[@MrRight-fu1gf]

A certain song is in my head over 10-20 years or even longer. “We’re the ants marching for king Anthony we’re going to help King Graham”. Had to use cheat codes to beat this game.

[@jellynose9913]

This was my first game when I bought my 286 PC for $1,000. I finished all the way through. It brings back memories from my teen years.

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

Ditto for my 486. 1994 I think. This game was part of a CD-ROM pack that I got at Best Buy. The shareware version of Doom was also included.

[@PeterSwinkels]

Did it run on a 286?

[@entreri76x]

@@PeterSwinkels yes ,it did. My first PC was a laser, Pal 286, 12 MHz , I got for Christmas from sears , I believe in 1990. This was the first game I got for that system. I still have the original box and the 50 , 3.5 disk , lol! in my old closet at my parents house . I just found this video and I remember this entire game like it was yesterday from 1990 . played it from start to finish several several times. I too ,had this exact version in this video, the VGA version.

[@PeterSwinkels]

@@entreri76x : hmmm, must have been slow.

[@tredfxman]

@@PeterSwinkels For these type of games it really dosent matter. What required bit more to move around was scrolling games like sonic the hedgehog that came almost same time era in 1991. The pc could hardly run action games back then, so in 1985 the Amiga 500 was out which became bit of a cult, it dropped a ton of popular scrolling games (platform games), many of the games for it were converted to the sega mega drive 16 bit console later. Meanwhile the Amiga became more popular, the pc guys could enjoy a ton of point click adventures esp around the 1990's. Among he best ones: Kings Quest series, Monkey Island series, Indiana Jones the last crusade & Fate of the Atlantis. Sorry for the essay, but is our history! 😉

[@MattCat319]

Number 6 was THE best

[@CarletonTorpin]

Imagine making it to 49:45 and the Yetti kills you because, for some crazy reason, you didn't pick up the pie at the beginning of the game. That happened to me when I played this in 1993. I subsequently purchased a strategy guide that informed me of the pie's essential nature, and then I finally defeated that Yetti!

[@doctajonz2828]

Well, crap. After watching this it looks like I only made it through 50% of the game as a kid. 😂 Thanks for bringing back some childhood memories.

[@matttaggi5184]

Hey yzzyxz, thank you for making these. I never thought anybody remembered these games.

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

I'll never forget the old Sierra games. King's Quest... Police Quest... I never got into the Space Quest games for whatever reason.

[@jaguar5198]

I remember playing that game when I was in junior high. It's amazing how much technology has changed since then.

[@brillopad6901]

My Jr High years was King's Quest 2, 3 & 4. This one came out my senior year of high school. We thought it was so cool back then because it was, it is amazing how much better graphics and speed of everything has got today in comparison. I am glad though I got to grow up during this era, it gives you a different appreciation for things today.

[@NIDORAX]

Feels like I'm watching a movie instead of a game.

[@powellpicc1985]

That owl was so useless 😂

[@Feyknir]

This game was so absurdly difficult.

[@gibbledman]

kudos to anyone who managed to beat this game without a walkthrough. I don't think I ever even made it to the mountains on my own

[@brillopad6901]

I got the game for Christmas 1991 and beat it on my own. I think I might've called the hint line once or twice but did figure out at least 90 to 95% of it on my own. In the days before the internet we had to just keep trying new things when playing games in order to figure it out. Lol

[@TheRamboBeast]

I couldn't beat this game as 10-year old. Way too fucking hard. Even as an adult, I think it's quite challenging.

[@brillopad6901]

This came out when I was 17, I was 11 when I played the original King's Quest. I was a big fan of the series ever since I played the first one and by the time we made it to this game I was pretty good at playing them. 1-5 still hold a special place to me in the gaming history. I'm so happy I got to grow up during this great era. I've always felt so many of these old games don't get the love they deserve.

[@Usumgallu]

I never understood why people hated Cedric before hearing his voice :D Luckily I never had the voice acted version of the game. I'm surprised the quality is so low, because in Space Quest V for example it was top notch. But I guess this was their first voice acted remake?

[@Bklyn93]

Yes and one of the earliest fully voiced PC games too.

[@MrPrender82]

The voice acting for Cedric might have been almost bearable, if it wasn't for Cedric's constantly annoying "warnings" whenever Graham would attempt to do something that would result in his untimely death. "NO Graham don't go near that edge." "No Graham don't you poke that bear." "No Graham don't you pet that snake." Etc.

[@filipzo]

59:50 "Ah! A dead fish! Maybe I can use it!". Yeah, it makes sense.

[@ChristopherDWeiss]

Filippo Z. The classic Sierra “if it can be in your inventory, even for a second , it’s there for a reason.” Haha

[@janmartenlocher]

Haha

[@Zeuts85]

LOL. I forgot how painfully slow the opening sequences of this game were. It's epitomized by the scene of Krispen hobbling across the floor to the chest at about 1 frame per second. Ha! So terrible, but still a great game!

[@Pinesal]

Matthew Doan it's charming.

[@Fluffy-Rose1993]

His falling scream cracks me up.

[@chazzsilva7060]

"The moldy cheese has NOT been for eating" Funniest part of the whole game.

[@BonnieChon21]

I remember when I was a child playing this. I never did finished the game. not even the half of it. good old days. :)

[@voidedsoup]

do you know how many times i died in that desert

[@childofthe80s1981]

The most annoying thing about this game well besides Cedric is the many times you can reach a game ending scenario and in some cases the game won't even tell you most infamous of course is the custard pie those who have played this game know what I am talking about. You can actually eat the custard pie instead of doing what you are supposed to do with it but if you do the game is now unwinnable and you can't get another one.

[@mikelowery6227]

Me and my brother actually had to call the Sierra hotline to figure that 1 out

[@brittwilliams8217]

Thanks for putting this up. so many memories from childhood! 😁

[@SethFisher1]

This game was so frustrating. It was years before I figured out the rope goes on the ROCK not the tree branch. Somewhere at my Mom's house is a map of the desert I traded my favorite baseball card to some kid to get my hands on.

[@fuze59]

This got me for years. Then when the internet was invented I was able to look up how to beat that scene :p

[@stevedave8283]

You know you could buy a guide book for these games right?

[@jordiboadamartinez9743]

I love this game!! Thanks for the work!!!

[@christinekopec5512]

What a jump in graphics from IV to V. I never noticed as a kid. I don't think I ever finished this one. It was tough and I didn't like it as much as the earlier ones.

[@brillopad6901]

I grew up on these games, I was 11 when the original game came out so I was a big fan of the series. Games 1-3 look very similar but 4 got a bit better graphics then 5 was a big jump. I like them all, this one was fun because it was King Graham again doing the adventure. I think I enjoy them all equally except for 3, that one was harder with making the spells and going down that damn mountain path killed me so many times. Lol I've always felt these old games don't get the love they deserve for the place they have in gaming history. They made a huge impact in the mid 80s after the video game crash.

[@bri6985]

I had never played kings quest 1 - 5 , and played 6 when I couldn't have been more than 10. Watching these play throughs I was wondering how the hell they got from the graphics from 1 to 6... this is the game that connects them haha

[@thesamuraihobbit]

I love the final battle. You can keep your One-Winged Angels and Dancing Mads, we have a battle of wits here. Actually, scratch that, Dancing Mad's the most epic final battle.

[@barefootanimist]

Wow, does this bring back memories... The KQ series was my favourite PC game series from Sierra.

[@galaxytraveler5779]

man what a flashback. played this and Hugo's House of Horrors a lot, but Commander Keen was my favorite.

[@nanday100]

Commander Keen! Yessss! You and I would have been friends, I think.

[@1andonlyzara]

The yeti scene scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. lol

[@jjmcewan1830]

Took me and my friend from grade 2 till either 5th or 6th to beat this game haha

[@Deverik1981]

THATS why I kept dying. I didn't read the damn spell book. Damn it! 😂

[@andronikoswendsofchange1151]

This was the first King's Quest I played as a child. My parents ended up getting the clue/cheat book, but it was printed as such that you needed a disk--red or blue, I forget--to read the clues, much like those old 3-D glasses.

[@BabySkinCondom]

it was red lol i had it too

[@eliahucase3700]

Permanently ingrained in my memory: The hot sun and choking sands are taking a toll on Graham. He must drink, and soon.

[@campionpesate4647]

35:00 when I first played this i didn't realized I had to use the boot. my entire game got ruined. how people could play this without online walkthroughs is beyond me.

[@brillopad6901]

It was all trial and error and playing it over and over again until you figured it out.

[@swerboski]

These games took years to finish without cheats or tip guides. However, it taught kids to never give up. Can't say that about any new games today.

[@EXTREME-DIARRHEA-BLASTING]

I was never able to make it past the desert in the beginning. My brother hogged up art the pc time my parents gave us. I always wanted to see this game finished. Lol

[@alexrowland]

For others, he meant 36:00. When you save the mouse from the cat by throwing the boot at it.

[@kingcole3830]

I played this game when it first came out. I was about 8 and completed the game. The first part in the town was straight forward. Then just gets harder and harder. I just remember saving alot. Dying alot. Writing notes and eventually drawing a map for the desert part.

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

I'm proud to say that I figured out how to escape the witch's forest all by myself. And by "solved", I mean clicking every item in my inventory everywhere until something happened.

[@brillopad6901]

Love these old games, I was 11 when the original King's Quest came out and my cousin had it so we played it and beat it, then when he got part 2 we beat that one. My family finally got a computer around the time the 3rd game came out so I was able to play it at home, then 4 and by the time 5 came out I was a senior in high school but I made sure I got it and loved it just as much as the others. Funny how some people say this one was harder then the others when I thought it was about the same just more advanced graphics. 1-5 still hold a special place to me as I thought that was such a golden era back then for computer games and home console games. I sure am happy I got to grow up during that time frame, was my favorite time of my life.

[@ghostbuscus]

Got here from game grumps amazing game btw

[@ohnoanotherputz]

Oh no, my friend got eaten by a wolf! Boy that makes me hungry for a leg of lamb.

[@DotNetDemon83]

Crispin: -restores everything- Everyone: Let’s go home! Cedric: (dead on the floor) Am I a joke to you?

[@felix121984]

I think King Graham even though fictitious was a great male role model.

[@velnikov5740]

44:32 это фиаско братан

[@TwiigssGames]

I still have the CD of KQ5. It really is a great game. I never did finish it, but as I play through and/or watch these playthrough videos, it makes me think a lot about the adventure games from Sierra. I own Conquests of Camelot: Quest for the Holy Grail. It took me a full year to beat. The main reason for that is because I was stuck at the sarcophagus in the catacombs, and how to get the amulet from the mummy. But watching this particular playthrough also makes me think, there's no real like subtle hints. How am I supposed to know to knock of a piece of crystal with the hammer? You would think Graham might say something like, "Oh look at all the crystal in here" "It would be nice to get a piece of it" If that would happen, that tips me off and I go, OH!! I think I might need that for later. That is a subtle clue I am talking about, and things like that really should have been used way more often in these kinds of games. The only way you would know to do something is by trial and error. Like when that blue monster runs out. There's not one single clue that I'm supposed to throw something at it. Even if the narrator voice would say, "Uh oh" "Graham sees the monster and must act quick!" Again, that tips me off that I'm actually supposed to do something with an item. The other difficult part about this game, you need items that you use for later in the game. So, if you didn't collect an item, you're screwed. I had no idea I had to help the mouse out for it to chew through ropes later in the game. I thought to myself, well can't go in there because I get trapped and it's game over. I now see there's places you can't quite go to right away. I love adventure games, I just wish there were those types of subtle hints that would, not give away the answer, more like tip you off that you're supposed to do something important.

[@kenji4861]

man.. this is so different from what I played. I was on a 286 without a sound blaster.

[@sharpnova2]

i played it on a 486 with a sound card. but i didn't play the version with voices. i prefer it without voices.

[@31leoceara]

@@sharpnova2 For some strange reason, I prefer without voices, too.

[@janmartenlocher]

@@sharpnova2 IT sure HAD MOVIE QUALITY WITHOUT all the voices!!

[@alexrowland]

To be fair, if someone "accidentally" turned my brother into a cat, I'd be pretty pissed off too.

[@felix121984]

I want to smell your stinky boat shoe feet !

[@felix121984]

Alex Rowland I want to smell your feet !!

[@jarednil69]

Omg I remember playing this as a kid! Thx for uploading!

[@diamonddonut]

this game was on CD when i was a kid, i played it and reached to a vehicle that belongs to Madam Moroshka, and untill yesterday i didn't know where to go next :D

[@konami1979]

I like how the owl sounds like culinary legend Julia Child.

[@kidwaryodproduction]

44:34 LOL on screaming.

[@DiversEvent]

This was one of my first games I played back then and I loved it and finished it too, also my most favorite game back then was zelda I spend countless hours on that.

[@mario_survivor]

Use the Items in the Wrong Situations which eventually gets you stuck later on in the Game

[@JinbaHGS]

Did a playthrough not long ago. I forgot to feed the eagle, and hadn't saved in a long time. Rage quit! Lol

[@Demotae]

ya know. I figured I'd watch this. I remember this game whooping my ass. everything was so non conventional to use to get places lol nothing was simple. all this shit took a lot of thoughtnto get passed. I actually miss this lol

[@stevedave8283]

After reading so many comments on these kings quest games I feel like I'm the only person who owned the guide books.

[@recordingautist]

9:05 - Jesus Christ, Crispin takes 8 hours to get to that goddamn chest.

[@Jothomas214]

This game is utterly beyond awesome.

[@raygor2366]

Such a simple game. Yet, so entertaining. That desert was brutal!

[@phoenix99941]

9:10 to 9:35 = old man walking extremely slowly to dramatic music. XD 24:43 = Cedric being a bigot about Romani people (Gypsies), that would never be able to get into a game today. Seriously though, this is a great game.

[@daffers2345]

I freaking LOVED this game as a kid and I still love it now, but I have no qualms about saying it's not the greatest. Even as kids we would make fun of some of the stupid lines and of course Cedric. Still I have a lot of great memories from playing it :)

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

Being bigoted towards Romani will never be inappropriate.

[@joescofield6159]

Cedric: Graham I would like you to meet my fairy friend. Navi: HEY!

[@DjDmt]

I remember having this on floppy disk, everytime I'd move to another screen it would take like 2 minutes to load, ugh.

[@ironnie25]

Good old days

[@LoneTiger]

01:13:20 Cedric: "Don't mind me, I'll just bleed to death here while you people talk" :D

[@seankraker]

Man i loved these games as a kid.....but the voice acting was horrible and i didnt realize until now

[@alvinreyes2289]

Thanks for this, I never had the chance to finish this game because it's just brutally hard

[@kalle911]

Looks like I missed V entirely. 'Heir today, gone tomorrow' was actually VI. No wonder that nothing seemed familiar.

[@christianmonturanoii6539]

This game is so good I finally got it for nes latly never knew they made it. Alot of old games are the best my dad played it on computer too

[@ghostbuscus]

Guys am I the only person that thought the the ants sang were the ants the fucking ants or was it just me

[@MalcolmTurnerKing]

You weren't the only one lol

[@dietermitplatten]

The graphics of this game are so beautiful. It's a piece of art.

[@DigitalDistortion]

Omg I loved this game as a child. It captivated me 💻

[@helorumtheknightsofmambrin2155]

I really missed the text parser, but I powered through.

[@TheTribal85]

Used to love this game as a kid.

[@Palamedes2009]

Palamedes 5 1995 SNES HOT-B I Played Palamedes 1,2,3,4,5 I played palamedes 6

[@PharoahsKingdom]

classic game. I remember playing this and Loom at the same time.

[@johnweb7055]

This is a great video.

[@gregpaton4249]

Love the fact that the ‘bad guy’ was just some poor dude whose brother was turned into a cat and wanted him turned back 😂

[@WillieManga]

EVERYBODY MOVES FUCKING SLOW... EVERYBODY MOVES... REALLY FUCKING SLOW!

[@Joey007ist]

46:20 *sees Cedric get snatched by a wolf* Graham: dinner time!

[@EyeGore22]

They should make a new King's Quest that takes 500 years later where the witch seeks revenge on the Daventry lineage after getting out of the bottle.

[@nathanwhouston]

Thank you so much for posting