Attempting to acquire Sierra AGI games...

Mud · Post by **Mud** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:09 pm

I'm attempting to get most of Sierra's AGI games, but I've run into a wall. Are Police Quest 1 and the King's Quest AGI games included in any compilations? I'd prefer if they were on CD, as I no longer have a working floppy disk drive at home. I know some of the AGI games were included in recent compilations, but I'd much rather get most of them together.

raina · Post by **raina** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:19 pm

http://classics.sierra.com/

sanguinehearts · Post by **sanguinehearts** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:28 pm

unfortunately from what I have heard I think those compilations are the SCI versions.

raina · Post by **raina** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:32 pm

Oops, I just assumed they would pack both versions in like they did with the Roberta Williams anthology I picked up a couple of weeks ago for 33 €cents.

SuperDre · Post by **SuperDre** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:26 pm

Nope, and the bad thing is also: the larry pack does NOT contain cd versions of the games, but the floppy version (which means, No digital voices)..

raina · Post by **raina** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:53 pm

Oh, so the Larry pack sucks even more? I thought it was a faulty product only because the collection is missing the last game from the series altogether.

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:51 pm

See here for differences in the KQ collections.

Post by **eriktorbjorn** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:58 pm

clone2727 wrote:See here for differences in the KQ collections.

And here for some information about the different Leisure Suit Larry collections.

scoriae · Post by **scoriae** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:08 pm

Hehe - have fun tracking down KQ4 AGI

SuperDre · Post by **SuperDre** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:25 pm

scoriae wrote:Hehe - have fun tracking down KQ4 AGI

huh? why would that be a problem? it's in the Kings Quest Collection... there wasn't any other version of KQ4, at least as far as I know..

raina · Post by **raina** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:33 pm

Wikipedia:

The AGI version was made because Sierra supposed that contemporary low-end systems would be unable to run the SCI version and would require a 'lighter' version of the game. However, sales figures proved them wrong and the AGI version was swiftly discontinued. Because of its rarity, the AGI version could be considered a collector's item.

Collector · Post by **Collector** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:29 pm

SuperDre wrote:
scoriae wrote:Hehe - have fun tracking down KQ4 AGI
huh? why would that be a problem? it's in the Kings Quest Collection... there wasn't any other version of KQ4, at least as far as I know..

No, ALL of the KQ collections only had the SCI version.

MusicallyInspired · Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:07 pm

Yes, KQ4AGI (EGA/Parser) exists but KQ4SCI (EGA/Mouse/Parser/Sound Card Support) is more popular and is the one included in all the collections. The AGI version of KQ4 was only made for people who hadn't yet upgraded to newer computer hardware. There aren't many around. I have a copy, though, and it's a nice little rare gem.

clone2727 · Post by **clone2727** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:40 am

MusicallyInspired wrote:The AGI version of KQ4 was only made for people who hadn't yet upgraded to newer computer hardware.

And for those with an Apple II.

MusicallyInspired · Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:59 pm

Was there an Apple II version? I must find it...