King's Quest was my very first game (actually King's Quest II) that I played that was anymore complicated to play than a game such as pacman. So the King's Quest series has always been a little special to me.

At the time the graphics of King's Quest seemed truly remarkable. The fact that they were able to make an image on the screen that you could control move around buildings and such seemed awesome.

The King's Quest series could be quite frustrating for young kids to figure out though (and even to a point teenagers and adults as well) because they pretty much just stuck you in a world and told you to figure things out on your own. It's funny because it seems these days adventure games seem to pretty much do everything for you (which I am sure sells more boxes then the King's Quest way of doing things did).

But then again the King's Quest series died off as soon as they included a built in walkthrough in the game (the difficulty level in KQ 7, and 8 was really toned down).