Adventures for the Next Generation

When I was a little, maybe before I was eight or so I remember my oldest brother playing a particular computer game. And later I remember watching my other brothers playing it. A few years ago one of my brothers gave me seven games in the series and so of course we had to play them again. Last week I hung out with my oldest brother's children. They noticed a game on my computer... Yes the one in question, and got addicted, so I let them borrow them. I was pretty excited to share with them a series of games that I have enjoyed a lot. There is something about passing things you love to new people, and especially to a new generation, so that they can discover anew it's delights. In a sense it is sharing with them your own memories, and yet letting them create their own at the same time.

The games are King's Quest. They are a set of adventure/puzzle games (that you usually need a walkthrough for-- which by the way is partly why I remember them so early, because they were frustrating because we first played them before the age of easy internet access, and hence no walkthroughs). They follow the story of Sir Graham as he becomes King of Daventry (I), finds a wife (II), and rescues his family (V). His son, Alexander (III, VI), and daughter, Rosella (IV, VII), also have a series of adventures. For more information visit AGDInteractive Studios, they have made excellent remakes of the first three.
This is my quick pixel drawing of King Graham.
Happy Adventuring!