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

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2005-11-19

Stats

6,896

Genre

Conversions

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
NEC PC-98
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Amiga conversion
Amiga conversion
Lead programmer
Amiga conversion
Amiga conversion
Amiga conversion
Amiga conversion
Art direction
Music & SFX
Composition
Composition
Game design
Creative director

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1991
King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, German, Italian
8
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1995
King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, German, Italian
English, French, German, Italian
8
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] The number of disks differs with the versions: the first version, v1.000.000, comprised 8 disks in total, while the second version, v1.000.009, was shipped with 9.

[2] There is also an Italian release with 9 disks and a 37-page manual completely in Italian.

[3] Distributed in Germany by Bomico and in Italy by Leader.

Conversion Notes

PC versions: CGA, EGA, MCGA-16, VGA-16, MCGA-256, VGA-256, Tandy, CD-ROM

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Box: ECS / OCS
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Italian Release (front)

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Budget Release (front)

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Disk: ECS / OCS
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German Release

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Italian Release

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Budget Release

Misc: ECS / OCS
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Registration Card (front)

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Manual Addendum

ECS no. 4

UK Advert (CU Amiga 7/1991, Page 44)

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Italian Advert

ECS no. 6

German Advert (Amiga Joker 9/1991, Page 31)

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German Advert (Amiga Joker 10/1991, Page 19)

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UK Advert (CU Amiga 6/1995, Page 7) [Budget, Kixx XL]

Manual info

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Addendum (German/French)

ECS no. 3

Manual (English/French/German/Italian) [Budget] [Source: mocagh.org]

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

NEC PC-98
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

VGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Joker
Nov 1991
48%
Max Magenauer
1
Amiga Power
7 (Nov 1991)
83%
Mark Ramshaw
3
Amiga Power
50 (Jun 1995)
67%
Paul Mellerick
Re-release
1
CU Amiga
Aug 1991
89%
Matt Regan
2
Génération 4
38 (Nov 1991)
90%
Didier Latil
0
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 10 (Dec 1991)
86.6%
Derek dela Fuente
0
The One
37 (Oct 1991)
90%
Paul Presley
2
The One
68 (May 1994)
84%
Matt Broughton
4

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Génération 4
Été (Summer) 1990
Preview
0

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 78%

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