Greetings all,

For those of you who are veteran Kings Quest fans (I AM A HUGE FAN)... the next installment is coming next week.

It is an unofficial release, meaning the Sierra has nothing to do with it.  After KQVIII (Mask of Eternity), Sierra dropped the series.

The game will be released for FREE!  And will get back to the roots of the KQ series (KQVIII did not do well because the premise of the game was changed to "spark sales").

Here is the website:

http://www.kq9.org/

Here is a small caption of the FAQ

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King's Quest IX General Questions:

      What is King's Quest?

King's Quest is Sierra On-Line's flagship series of adventure games, designed by the award-winning Roberta Williams. It centers on the adventures of the royal family of the Kingdom of Daventry, and combines memorable characters, often mind-bending puzzles, great storylines, and fun gameplay. Most of the puzzles and many of the characters are inspired by myth and folklore, making the games easy to enjoy for anyone who plays them.

      What is Every Cloak has a Silver Lining?

King's Quest IX: "Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining" is the unofficial, fan-designed ninth episode in the series.

      We heard the project was dead! Is this true?

No it is NOT! The King's Quest IX project has been through its share of ups and downs in the past few years. Some people have gone, some people have come on. The project was almost considered dead for a time. However after some major restructuring at the beginning of January 2002, the project has finally picked up speed and we have been able to move from the preproduction phase into full production. Things are definitely moving on the right track.

      Why is this episode referred to as "unofficial"?

This episode is "unofficial" simply because Sierra is NOT designing, nor endorsing it.

      Why isn't Sierra designing it?

That's a long story. Since the first episode was released in the early 1980s, the King's Quest series has always been very popular. In fact, more than three million copies of King's Quest games have been sold worldwide. Historically, any new King's Quest has sold about 300,000 to 400,000 copies before it is pulled off store shelves. However, the last "official" game in the series, King's Quest VIII: "Mask of Eternity", had very mediocre sales relative to the norm. When the game was released in December 1998, Sierra had made tentative plans to produce King's Quest IX at some point in the future, but King's Quest VIII's lack of success prompted Sierra to unofficially "scrub" plans for a sequel, thinking that the series had lost its popularity. Worse, Sierra has also said that it has no plans to create another adventure game in the near future, presumably because the genre as a whole is no longer popular in the United States. Also, series creator Roberta Williams is no longer employed by Sierra, making the likelihood of an official ninth episode negligible.

      Why are you doing this?

We firmly believe that "Mask of Eternity" broke many long standing traditions followed by the previous King's Quest games. These include:

   Featuring a member of the royal family of Daventry as the game's main character
   Abundant character interaction
   Humor
   Non-violence
   A captivating story

In addition, the King's Quest episodes have always "built" on one another. For example, the sixth episode begins where the fifth leaves off, and when a player completes the seventh episode, a strong connection to the fourth is revealed. King's Quest VIII has little or no connection to the other seven episodes. Also, as the official series finale, King's Quest VIII leaves many "loose ends" and unanswered questions. The members of the "Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining" team believe that the King's Quest series cannot end in this way, and that a ninth and final episode is essential to provide "closure" to the saga.