About King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones

An updated version of the never released remake of the original King's Quest II. That is, a remake of a never released remake :) Text input, except for a few key plot necessities, is replaced with point&click. Graphics are beautiful VGA. Superb music and sound (optional). And many of the original voice actors from later official King's Quest games lent their voices to this unofficial remake (also optional). Play in window or full screen, 1.33 fullscreen (anamorphic) or 1.60 widescreen, and 320x200 or 640x400.

Like the original, this game is unfair :) So save often. A knowledge of nursery rhymes, anagrams, fairytales, folktales, legends, ancient and classical literature such as Shakespeare is helpful. There are many objects to find and use in the game to score points. There are usually several solutions to a problem that score a different amount of points. Misusing items will subtract points, sometimes permanently.

Sierra granted AGDI a legally binding 'Fan License' for this game.

Choose "The madness of King Graham" during the three tests (not always a choice).

This game is available for free download

This game references an unusual number of other works. They are listed in a replay to this article.

2008-05-14 (updated 2008-05-14)
There are no plot spoilers here, but there are a few easter egg/secrets or hints.
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This game references The Little Mermaid
This game references The False Grandmother
This game references Little Red Riding Hood
This game references Little red Cap
This game references Rapunzel
This game references Jack and the Beanstalk
This game references The White Snake
This game references Three Little Pigs
This game references The Frog Prince
This game references The Fisherman's Wife
This game references The Valiant Little Tailor
This game references Tom Thumb
This game references The Little Peasant
This game references The Queen Bee
This game references The Willow-Wren and the Bear
This game references Rumpelstiltskin
This game references Snow White and Rose Red
This game references Snow White and The Seven Dwarves
This game references The Dog and the Sparrow
This game references The Elves and the Shoemaker
This game references The Golden Goose
This game references The Twelve Huntsmen
This game references The Boy Who Cried Wolf
This game references The Four Clever Brothers
This game references The King of the Golden Mountain
This game references The Turnip
This game references Iron Hans
This game references King Grisly Beard
This game references Fundevogel
This game references Hansel and Gretel
This game references Briar Rose
This game references The Fox and the Cat
This game references Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp
This game references Lily and the Lion
This game references Beauty and the Beast
This game references Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This game references Tristan and Iseult
This game references Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
This game references Robin Hood
This game references Little Bo Peep
This game references Hickory Dickory Dock
This game references Old Mother Hubbard
This game references Boy Blue
This game references Cole
This game references There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill
This game references Hey diddle diddle
This game references Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill
This game references Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
This game references Mary Had a Little Lamb
This game references Old Mother Goose
This game references Five Little Ducks
This game references The Boy in the Barn
This game references Pop Goes the Weasel
This game references Jack Be Nimble
This game references Ride a Cockhorse to Banbury Cross
This game references Tweedledum and Tweedledee
This game references Little Jack Horner
This game references Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
This game references This Little Piggy
This game references Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
This game references Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
This game references Three Blind Mice
This game references Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son
This game references Tommy Tittlemouse (The last 2 lines are lost to history)
This game references See-saw Marjorie Daw
This game references Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Three Men in a Tub
This game references To Market, To Market
This game references Song of Sixpence
This game references There was a Crooked Man
This game references The Queen of Hearts
This game references Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
This game references There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
This game references Polly, Put the Kettle On
This game references Three Little Kittens
This game references The North Wind doth Blow
This game references Little Miss Muffet
This game references Humpty Dumpty
This game references A-Tisket, a Tasket
This game references Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush
This game references It's Raining, It's Pouring
This game references Itsy Bitsy Spider
This game references Jack Sprat
This game references Kick, Knack, Paddy Wack(This old Man)
This game references Little Sally Walker
This game references Pat-a-Cake
This game references The Owl and the Pussy Cat
This game references One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
This game references Over the Meadow (Might be Over In The Meadow)
This game references Wee Willie Winkie
This game references Ten Little Monkeys
This game references The Flying Pig
This game references The Farmer in the Dell
This game references The House the Jack Built
This game references Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark
This game references There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
This game references The Ants Go Marching
This game references Cobbler Mend My Shoe
This game references Goosey, Goosey Gander
This game references The Man in the Moon (There are three classic rhymes this may be)
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This game references Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig
This game references Row, Row, Row Your Boat
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This game references Sippity Sippity Sup
This game references Rock-a-bye Baby
This game references Hush Little Baby
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This game references Pease Porridge Hot
This game references Elsie Marley
This game references The Grand Old Duke of York
This game references Simple Simon
This game references Ring Around the Roses
This game references Bye, Baby Bunting
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This game references I Saw A Ship A-Sailing
This game references Little Robin Redbreast
This game references Little Tommy Tucker
This game references Old MacDonald Had a Farm
This game references Solomon Grundy
This game references Horsey, Horsey
This game references Who Killed Cock Robin
This game references Draw a Pail of Water
This game references One for Sorrow (more info)
This game references Sticks and Stones
This game references Fish Story
This game references Fiddle Dee Dee
This game references Bat, Bat, Come Under My Hat
This game references A Wise Old Owl
This game references Tinker, Taylor
This game references Little Polly Flinders
This game references The Lion and the Unicorn
This game references The Cat in the Hat
This game references The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
This game references The Cat in the Hat Strikes Back
This game references A Flea and a Fly
This game references Betty Botter
This game references She Sells Seashells
This game references Swan Swam over the Sea
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