My ears are bleeding.

Is it a "new" game if the game in question came out in 1987? I guess it's new to me because I never played King's Quest. In fact I only got the collection because I saw DGR otherwise known as Dave play it and for some fucking reason that made me want to get it.

So after my ears getting murdered, it was time to set sail and explore!... after I properly adjust my screen size. Technically this was running off a DOSBox emulator which was set to a full screen resolution so small that the outer borders get cut off. Thankfully I remembered how to fix it, when I did, then I was able to get going!... and then get eaten by alligators 5 seconds into my run. Okay good start! Setting onward, I come across a broken tree. Inside the stump is a canvas pouch I can collect. Ooooh! Diamonds inside! I AM RICH BABY! I then reach a log cabin. There's an axe... fucking... super glued to the stump. Or I am just a weak ass. Talking to the couple in the cabin doesn't do much. I guess the two are depressed from being poor. Don't blame them. The cabin looks like a wreck. After avoiding the ogre, I try to swim across the very... narrow width of a river but I guess despite it's narrowness, the current is still way too heavy for me to handle. Heading down, I reach a troll that popped from the bridge... oh that sounds familiar. I am able to give it my diamonds to make it go away. But dammit! I'm not rich anymore! I run into a gnome to which... I have no fucking clue what its name is. But thankfully it's merciful and gives me a key anyway. To hell if I know where it goes. I keep exploring the oh so empty land. I find a small boulder with what seems to be a small entryway. But alas I can't enter it. All I find is a green glow. And no, crouching also doesn't let me in. And somehow I find my way all the way back to the castle front. Well good to know this land loops. I suppose it's important to speak to the king and holy fuck that text is WIDE! I have never seen more text wider in my life! It hurts my fucking eyes looking at it. But alas I can still make out that I need to seek out a magic mirror, shield, and chest. I must return all 3 to the king when I find them. And that... is my quest. So... what do where go? Well there is an info book I found archived on the webs that hints me to what I need to do. It was a pile of ass so I just used ChatGPT. XD! Yeah yeah yeah call it cheating. But remember, I am not an adventure game guy. Adventure like... Kings Quest.... actually looking back I feel like I played a game just like this on the NES-A-Thon. Kings Quest V does have an NES port.

For this I do set out a few rules. I can't just tell ChatGPT to look up the answer on the web unless it chooses to do so itself. I am allowed to send it screenshots of where I am and have it tell me where to go. And hey! AI is never always right so that just adds to the thrill! Not knowing if the walkthrough I am being given is totally accurate! Fun! There is truly nothing better than being told to go down and left to find a house to supposedly find a dagger you need. Do I find a house? Uh... no... I don't. I do find a small farm though. And further to the right of it is a small pen area with a single goat. That's so sad. Just a small lonely goat all alone. Who would do such a cruel thing? Unfortunately, I couldn't seem to free it. I almost feel at this point I am just better exploring on my own. Seemingly that does seem to give me better luck. I actually do find a house after a little while. And it's... a sweet house? Oh this is getting a very Hansel and Gretel feeling real quick. What next thing you tell me, there's a witch inside? Well... surprisingly there wasn't. Is this where I find a dagger? To hell if I know.

If not... well then... that will be a... DAGGER! AHAHA!