On our second anniversary, we go back to our roots yet again with the new King’s Quest! Can Graham make it through about 70% of the plot from The Princess Bride?
Part 1: Sir Graham braves action-packed raft rides and dodges dragon fire to find the magic mirror! Shoulda just brought a bucket of water to throw in the dragon’s face.
Part 2: Old King Graham starts his tale about the time an owl wasn’t there to stop him from falling off a cliff.
Part 3: On his quest to become a knight, Graham sets bees on the Royal Guards. Helpful? At least he befriends a Sicilian.
Part 4: Graham meets pretty much all the NPC’s in the game, including sassy Acorn, gruff Amaya, the cranky Hobblepots, the well-groomed mustache of the baker, the mysterious Achaka, and I guess that’s everybo — WHISPER IS ALSO IN THIS PART!!
Part 5: Graham continues his whirlwind tour of Daventry, at least until he gets…trolled.
Part 6: Darmok and Graham at Tanagra.
Part 7: Achaka, when the dragon fell. Also, Graham shoots goblins so hard it makes the computer crash!
Part 8: Whether you’re a fan of fantastical giant troll creatures or observing labor disputes, this part has it all!
Part 9: With the assistance of the now-inexplicably-helpful trolls, will Graham be able to defeat sassy Acorn in the Duel of Strength?
Part 10: In this par- WHISPER WILL DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO! WHISPER LETS HIS BIGGEST FAN WIN THE DUEL OF SPEED BECAUSE WHISPER ALWAYS THINKS OF HIS FANS BECAUSE HIS FANS ALWAYS THINK OF…WHISPER!
Part 11: This game gets its most Princess Bride-y as Graham competes in a duel of wits with Wallace Shawn. Ends on a…cliffhanger?
The Wind Fish’s egg, together with the title pronounced like a moron.
The miniboss Hinox (who is not Abobo from Double Dragon) is confused by his own bombs.
The boss of Bottle Grotto, the second dungeon. He’ll kill you in your nightmares!
The flowers surrounding Bottle Grotto. Turns out they are called Goponga Flowers, not Bow Wow Edibles.
Inspired by an enemy. You won’t be getting his Golden Leaf! I have no idea what happened to the “D”.
Sweet lil’ Bow Wow (not the rapper) is the champ chain chomp! Say that three times fast!
The alligators and hippos from the “Dance of the Hours” segment from Disney’s Fantasia spend their off hours doing art in the Animal Village. It makes sense, people.
You’ll take a picture, whether you want to or not! The mouse photographer becomes a bully.
Chuchus, from the Legend of Zelda series. We thought they were in Link’s Awakening, but turns out we were either thinking of Zols (red or green blobs that jump out of the ground and sometimes split into smaller ones) or Buzz Blobs (walking suggestive-looking blob creatures who zap you with electricity if you try to slice them).
Hey, it’s the first dungeon opening from the original Legend of Zelda! Was it also in Link’s Awakening? The debate rages on!
Why if it isn’t our old friend Merv Doorway, the coolest dungeon door there is! Based on the entrance to Angler’s Tunnel.
Based on a statue found in a dungeon. Google says they’re called Eye Guards! Or Eyegores! Who knows?
The Angler Fish singing Manbo’s Mambo #5! He’s the easiest boss ever!
From Part 2:
The frog Mamu sings the worst song ever made.
Famed pinhole camera photographer/Dog Daze creator Gray Chang apparently makes a cameo. Also there’s a fish.
Pits: a Zelda staple! Also some Buzz Blobs.
Pots: a Zelda staple! No Buzz Blobs though.
The L-2 Bracelet lets you lift giant statues, but it doesn’t make them any lighter.
Gohma, the boss. Giant eyes are kinda the Doodler’s thing, I guess…
The mural in the Southern Face Shrine that tells you the Secret of Koholint Island. It’s quite clear, isn’t it?
Taking an Octorock to its logical conclusion. Wiggedy-Wow!
From Part 3:
Based on a brain fart comment. It doesn’t make much more sense in context, I’m afraid…
Is the Wind Fish egg really a space egg atop a volcano? Wait, what?
A Beamos trying to kill a little girl! (It’s Zoe from the Doodler’s webcomic).
What if Link were a duck? What if?!?
That Cyclops miniboss shows up like twelve times. I don’t care enough to look up his name. (OK, fine, it’s a Hinox.)
Link (aka TIM?!?) gets the L-2 sword by the Power of Greyskull…
Eagle’s Tower, the seventh dungeon. Careful: he’s a fasteagle…
Man, the Wind Fish just needs to go to bed earlier, poor dude…
The Player and the Doodler 