Is it true that King's Quest was in it's day (and perhaps today) the greatest selling computer game (or game) series of all time?
Yes it was but i dont know if it is anymore
I thought Myst was...
I thought The Sims were. :o
Many games/series are hyped as the best selling ever...
I wonder what they base those declarations on ???
Maybe they use very specific categories. ;)
"King's Quest: the bestselling two-dimensional adventure of a king and his family during better days."
Maybe... except that they always called King's Quest three-dimensional ;)
On all the KQ books and game boxes, they like all say "#1 Best Selling Computer Game" but then again..those were a while ago :-\
I think they meant exactly what Eric said ;)
they meant 3D as in the landscapes are 3D ;D, i think :S ???
Then again I am about to pay out the wazoo so I can play KQI with my NVIDIA® GeForceâ,,¢ 6800... ;)
The actual title was '3-D Animated Adventure Game', for you folks' info.
And KQ certainly was the best selling game at the time; check the KQ4 Promotional movie (http://www.shaftnet.org/quest/KQ4Promo.avi) for example.
- Spike
thanks for clearing that up!
welcome to the kq9 forums spikey! :)
Welcome to the neighborhood Spikey! I hope you enjoy your stay stick around while.
If you have any questions just ask! :D
welcome to these forums Spikey!! ...I hope you will like it here!! ; )
WELCOME SPIKEY!!
Any friend of Jeysie's is a
potential asylum patient friend of ours! I hope you enjoy posting here!
Nice try, Questie, but unlike me, Spikey is sane. A bit... OK, a lot obsessed with Sierra music, perhaps, but possessing a good grip on reality.
Peace & Luv, Liz
it is good to know that we have another sane person around here ; )
Welcome to the forum Spikey !!!
Nice to know that there are alot of Australians interested in KQ ;D, BTW glad you are from SA cos i am too :o :D
Welcome to the forum, Spikey!! ;DGreat! more sane people! The sane are by far the minority here... most of those who enter the forum don't seem to keep their sanity for long, if they had it to begin with ;P
Quote from: Spikey on May 13, 2004, 08:48:30 AM...KQ certainly was the best selling game at the time; check the KQ4 Promotional movie (http://www.shaftnet.org/quest/KQ4Promo.avi) for example.
Thanks for posting the movie! I've never seen that one before :)
However, it only says KQ is the best selling graphic adventure, not the best selling game of all times :S
yeah... I guess we need to found a organisation to protect sanity around here ; )
Rob, you're not sane! Stop giving them suggestions!!
The King's Quest series has sold a total of over 3 million copies, and that was before the release of KQ:MoE. I don't know how high this puts the series on the list, but it is a sensational number. But of course a number distributed over a very long period of time. I'd guess that it's the last 3-4 games, especially KQVII, that makes up for the majority of those sales. It is also possible that sales of the various KQ collections were not included in this calculation. In any case, it was certainly Sierra's bestseller.