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==<br /> A.K.A. ==

* '''''King's Quest IV'''''
* '''''King's Quest 4'''''
* '''''KQ4'''''

==<br /> Description ==

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[[Roberta Williams]]'s '''''King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella''''', a [[1988]] [[SCI0]] {{AdventureCategory}}, was the forth installment of [[Roberta Williams]]'s [[King's Quest Series]]. It is the first [[SCI]] game. To showcase their new SCI engine, Sierra chose its flagship series, King's Quest, to be first to have its next installment to be developed in SCI. An [[King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (AGI)|AGI version]] was co-developed for customers that did not meet the minimum hardware requirements of the new SCI engine. {{CitationReq}}
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==<br /> Synopsis ==

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{{Quote|Attrib = 1988 Sierra Catalog<ref>[[File:PDF.png]] [[Media:SierraCatalog-1988.pdf#page=4| Sierra 88 Catalog 2015-11-06]] (PDF). Sierra On-Line. 1988. pg. 6</ref>
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<!-- The player takes on the role of Princess Rosella, daughter of King Graham of Daventry (''[[King's Quest I]]'' and ''[[King's Quest II]]'') and the twin sister of Gwydion/Alexander (''[[King's Quest III]]''), who must save her father and a good fairy and destroy an evil witch.
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Travel with Rosella, the beautiful princess and heroine of ''King's Quest IV'', daughter of [[King Graham|King Graham of Daventry]]. journey to the far away a town of [[Tamir]]. Search for the enchanted fruit that will restore life to her father's lips, and safely return to her homeland.

Face creatures from ancient legend, from beautiful unicorns to hideous ogres. Acquire treasures that are necessary to ensure your safety. Save Genesta from imminent death by destroying the evil Lolotte and returning the sacred talisman which once rested around her neck.<!-- <ref>[[File:PDF.png]] [[Media:SierraCatalog-1988.pdf#page/n3/mode/1up/ |  Sierra 88 Catalog 2015-11-06]] (PDF). Sierra On-Line. 1988. pg. 6]]</ref> -->
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==<br /> About ==

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'''''King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella''''' featured SCI's higher resolution graphics as well as [[w:AdLib|AdLib]] and [[w:Roland MT-32|Roland MT-32]] music with a "full soundtrack" by [[w:William Goldstein|William Goldstein]]. An [[agiw:AGI|AGI]] version of [[King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (AGI)|King's Quest IV]] was co-developed for customers who could not meet the high hardware requirements of Sierra's new [[SCI]] engine. A customer who purchased the game that could not run the game was able to send in his SCI disks in for replacement with the AGI version.

As hardware began to advance beyond what AGI could utilize, Sierra began development on its next engine, '''SC'''ript '''I'''nterpreter or later [[Sierra Creative Interpreter|'''S'''ierra '''C'''reative '''I'''nterpreter (SCI)]]. A year before the last official AGI game, ''[[Manhunter 2: San Francisco]]'' in 1989, Sierra released the first SCI (SCI0) game, [[King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella]] in 1988. In keeping with [[w:Moore's Law|Moore's Law]], SCI could take advantage of the constantly increasing capabilities of the new hardware. As with AGI in its day, SCI was a big leap forward in technology. SCI's 200px x 320px [[w:Vector graphics|vector graphics]] allowed for noticeably better graphics over AGI's 160px x 200px. While still just 16 colors, but SCI0 introduced [[Dithering|dithering]], which mixed pixels of different colors into the same fill areas that gave the effect of more than 16 colors. See [[Differences Between AGI and SCI| the Differences Between Sierra's AGI and SCI Engines]].

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=== Sound ===

SCI introduced support for the new sound cards. This expanded its audio capabilities over that of AGI's  [[Tandy Sound|three voice with noise channel sound PCjr/Tandy sound]]. With the advent of SCI, music became an inseparable part of Sierra games. Even though the first exposure most had was with [[AdLib|AdLib's]] hoots and honks, it also supported the [[MPU-401]], which allowed Sierra's composers to create some amazing [[Roland MT-32]] sound tracks. KQ4's MT-32 track gave a quality to the game's music that at the time was unsurpassed.

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King's Quest 4 used a manual check based copy protection scheme at the start of the game.
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==<br /> Downloads ==

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=== GOG ===

* [[goggame:kings_quest_4_5_6|Buy the full game on GOG.com]]

=== Demos ===

* [[King's Quest IV Demo]]

=== <span class="Inactive">Misc Downloads</span> ===

* [[File:ZIPInactive.png]] <span class="Inactive">None Available</span>
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==<br /> Walkthroughs/Hints ==

* [[shp:Walkthroughs/KQ4Walkthrough.html|King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Walkthrough]]
* [[shp:Hints/KQ4Hints.html|King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Hint Page]]
* [[shpf:6|SHP King's Quest Forum]]

==<br /> References ==

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==<br /> Related Links ==

* [[King's Quest Series]]
* [[Princess Rosella]]
* [[King Graham]]
* [[Differences Between AGI and SCI|A Brief Summary of the Differences Between Sierra's AGI and SCI Engines]]
* [[SHP:Games/KingsQuest/KQ4SCIHelp.html|King's Quest IV Technical Help on The Sierra Help Pages]]
* [[SHP:Games/KingsQuest/KQSeriesHelp.html|King's Quest Series on The Sierra Help Pages]]
* [[w:King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella|King's Quest IV on Wikipedia]]
* [[w:King's Quest|King's Quest Series on Wikipedia]]
* [[mobygame:kings-quest-iv-the-perils-of-rosella|King's Quest IV on MobyGames]]
* [[mobygrp:kings-quest-series|King's Quest Series on MobyGames]]
* [[imdbt:tt0244589|King's Quest 4 on IMDb]]
* [[Sierra SCI Release List]]
* [[Sierra Release List]]

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