King's Quest fan project The Silver Lining to launch on July 10

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By Erin Bell
Jun 28, 2010, 6:52am

The wait is over for the free game inspired by Sierra's legendary King's Quest series, which captured the hearts of adventure game fans during the 1980s and 90s. Phoenix Online Studios has announced that The Silver Lining, an ambitious fan project almost a decade in the making, will debut on July 10 with Episode 1: What is Decreed Must Be.

In The Silver Lining, players will assume the role of King Graham as he sets out on a quest to save his children, Rosella and Alexander, from a mysterious curse. The episodes will be released as free downloads from www.tsl-game.com.

For a while it was doubtful that the game would ever see the light of day. After working on the project for eight years, Phoenix Online Studios was served a cease and desist order by Activision, who acquired the King's Quest license when they merged with Vivendi (the previous license holders).

The latest news release from Phoenix Online Studios, however, says that they and Activision "have worked together over the last few months to build a relationship that will enable The Silver Lining to be freely distributed to its eager fans."

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carfixer1957
Jun 28, 2010, 9:36am

Seems like yesterday I walked into a store and fell in love with Kings Quest I at the age of 9 in 1985. I got it for the Apple IIC and the game was great but the loading times were ridiculous...

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erin
Jun 28, 2010, 10:19am

Me too, Don! I played it on the good old Tandy 1000. I remember the game loaded so slowly that you could sit there and watch the colors fill in on each scene like a paint-by-numbers.

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sherryah
Jun 28, 2010, 11:52am

Kings Quest is what gave me my love for adventure games. Showing age here but it was first seen on my first computer Comodore 64 and anyone remember the Amiga? LOL The graphics on new game look fantastic. WOW I am looking forward to this game. When I saw it is free what a blessing in this time of poor economy. Thank you to all who worked on Kings Quest and did not give up and to offer it free you are very special generous people indeed.

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