<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
To	I-Application
Heir	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Human	I-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
of	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
games	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
PC	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
several	O
other	O
computer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
markedly	O
more	O
difficult	O
than	O
its	O
two	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
version	O
1.01	O
(	O
1986-11-08	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
AGI	B-Application
engine	O
,	O
the	O
escape	O
button	O
pauses	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
2.14	O
(	O
1988-3-15	O
)	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
collections	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
disk	O
based	O
self-booting	O
copy-protection	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
the	O
story	O
moves	O
away	O
from	O
Daventry	O
and	O
King	O
Graham	O
to	O
the	O
land	O
of	O
Llewdor	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
boy	O
named	O
Gwydion	O
is	O
being	O
kept	O
by	O
the	O
wicked	O
wizard	O
Manannan	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
introduction	O
,	O
for	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
he	O
could	O
remember	O
,	O
17-year-old	O
Gwydion	O
has	O
been	O
held	O
captive	O
by	O
Manannan	B-Device
as	O
his	O
servant	O
,	O
cooking	O
and	O
cleaning	O
for	O
him	O
in	O
his	O
home	O
atop	O
a	O
large	O
mountain	O
in	O
Llewdor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manannan	B-Device
takes	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
absences	O
and	O
Gwydion	O
seizes	O
his	O
chance	O
to	O
escape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
breaks	O
into	O
the	O
wizard	O
's	O
laboratory	O
and	O
reads	O
Manannan	B-Device
's	O
book	O
of	O
spells	O
,	O
then	O
goes	O
out	O
into	O
Llewdor	O
to	O
collect	O
ingredients	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
solving	O
many	O
puzzles	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
spell	O
ingredients	O
,	O
Gwydion	O
turns	O
Manannan	B-Device
into	O
a	O
cat	O
and	O
is	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
defeating	O
Manannan	B-Device
,	O
Alexander	O
attempts	O
to	O
buy	O
passage	O
on	O
a	O
ship	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
instead	O
captured	O
by	O
pirates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
one	O
of	O
Manannan	B-Device
's	O
spells	O
,	O
Alexander	O
creates	O
a	O
thunderstorm	O
and	O
kills	O
the	O
dragon	O
with	O
lightning	O
strikes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actions	O
taken	O
by	O
Gwydion	O
in	O
this	O
story	O
lead	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
that	O
begin	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
IV	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gwydion	O
:	O
Gwydion	O
was	O
a	O
young	O
lad	O
kidnapped	O
from	O
his	O
cradle	O
not	O
long	O
after	O
his	O
birth	O
by	O
the	O
evil	O
wizard	O
Manannan	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manannan	B-Device
:	O
An	O
old	O
,	O
evil	O
wizard	O
who	O
had	O
the	O
custom	O
of	O
kidnapping	O
infant	O
boys	O
and	O
training	O
them	O
as	O
his	O
servants	O
only	O
to	O
kill	O
them	O
at	O
age	O
eighteen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manannan	B-Device
made	O
a	O
fatal	O
error	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
choosing	O
of	O
his	O
final	O
servant	O
,	O
a	O
baby	O
boy	O
whom	O
he	O
named	O
Gwydion	O
(	O
who	O
later	O
was	O
found	O
to	O
actually	O
be	O
Alexander	O
,	O
Prince	O
of	O
Daventry	O
and	O
current	O
king	O
of	O
the	O
Land	O
of	O
the	O
Green	O
Isles	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gwydion	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
escape	O
the	O
clutches	O
of	O
Manannan	B-Device
and	O
,	O
learning	O
several	O
magic	O
spells	O
,	O
turned	O
Manannan	B-Device
into	O
a	O
cat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
kidnapped	O
the	O
boy	O
in	O
revenge	O
for	O
Graham	O
's	O
rescue	O
of	O
Valanice	O
from	O
his	O
sister	O
Hagatha	O
(	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
II	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	O
Graham	O
later	O
encountered	O
Manannan	B-Device
in	O
Mordack	O
's	O
castle	O
and	O
captured	O
him	O
in	O
a	O
sack	O
of	O
peas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
defeat	O
of	O
his	O
brother	O
Mordack	O
at	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
King	O
Graham	O
of	O
Daventry	O
,	O
Manannan	B-Device
was	O
never	O
seen	O
or	O
heard	O
from	O
again	O
and	O
his	O
fate	O
remains	O
unknown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manannan	B-Device
's	O
name	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
wizard	O
of	O
Welsh	O
myth	O
,	O
Manannan	B-Device
Mac	B-Device
Lir	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
the	O
biggest	O
and	O
most	O
ambitious	O
game	O
Sierra	O
had	O
made	O
up	O
to	O
that	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
 '	O
designer	O
and	O
writer	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
My	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
from	O
Mystery	B-Application
House	I-Application
to	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
were	O
all	O
great	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
generation	O
computer	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Operating_System
AT	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
were	O
faster	O
and	O
sported	O
more	O
memory	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
standard	O
hard	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Al	O
Lowe	O
,	O
who	O
made	O
the	O
music	O
in	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
became	O
the	O
lead	O
programmer	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
while	O
his	O
wife	O
Margaret	O
made	O
the	O
music	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
which	O
Al	O
Lowe	O
cut	O
his	O
teeth	O
before	O
moving	O
onto	O
his	O
own	O
series	O
,	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
Rosella	O
was	O
introduced	O
toward	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
seeing	O
her	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
I	O
suddenly	O
saw	O
her	O
on	O
her	O
own	O
adventures	O
in	O
a	B-Device
sequel	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
adventure	O
game	O
featuring	O
auto-mapping	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
magic	O
map	O
"	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
teleport	O
to	O
most	O
locations	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
visited	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
five	O
5.25	O
"	O
floppy	O
disks	O
and	O
three	O
3.5	O
"	O
disks	O
,	O
as	O
Sierra	O
's	O
second	O
largest	O
game	O
after	O
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
(	O
six	O
disks	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
almost	O
50%	O
larger	O
than	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
or	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
KQ3	B-Device
had	O
104	O
screens	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
first	O
KQ	O
had	O
about	O
80	O
and	O
KQII	O
had	O
about	O
92	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Sierra	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
DOS-based	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
feature	O
EGA	B-Device
and	O
Hercules	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
rereleased	O
with	O
the	O
slightly	O
improved	O
AGI	B-Application
2.435	O
engine	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
another	O
release	O
with	O
the	O
2.936	O
engine	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
version	O
had	O
improved	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
contains	O
a	O
short	O
prologue	O
story	O
by	O
Annette	O
Childs	O
that	O
tells	O
of	O
Manannan	B-Device
's	O
previous	O
slaves	O
and	O
their	O
deaths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
also	O
contains	O
spells	O
from	O
The	O
Sorcery	O
of	O
Old	O
,	O
needed	O
to	O
cast	O
the	O
spells	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
these	O
are	O
reprinted	O
in	O
The	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
Companion	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
Sierra	O
used	O
a	O
manual-based	O
copy	O
protection	O
scheme	O
(	O
although	O
technically	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
copy	O
protection	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
all	O
AGI	B-Application
games	O
(	O
including	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
)	O
have	O
a	O
disk-based	O
copy	O
protection	O
,	O
requiring	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
disk	O
to	O
be	O
present	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
not	O
entirely	O
effective	O
and	O
unofficial	O
versions	O
were	O
widespread	O
(	O
this	O
key-disk	O
check	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
later-released	O
"	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
Collection	O
"	O
versions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
to	O
complete	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
needs	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
magic	O
spells	O
through	O
alchemical	O
formulas	O
that	O
are	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
IV	I-Device
,	O
later	O
Sierra	O
games	O
would	O
instead	O
ask	O
for	O
but	O
a	O
few	O
actions	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
true	O
form	O
of	O
copy	O
protection	O
and	O
was	O
actually	O
considered	O
a	O
game	O
feature	O
(	O
as	O
most	O
puzzles	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
spells	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
complete	O
spell	O
list	O
was	O
reprinted	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
guides	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Official	O
Book	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Daventry	O
and	O
Beyond	O
and	O
The	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
Companion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
novelization	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
The	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
Companion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
sold	O
250,000	O
copies	O
by	O
February	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
surpassed	O
3.8	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
for	O
the	O
most	O
part	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
winning	O
the	O
Softsel	O
Hot	O
List	O
Hottest	O
Product	O
Award	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
this	O
product	O
in	O
1986	O
was	O
quickly	O
met	O
with	O
loud	O
protests	O
from	O
gamers	O
claiming	O
that	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
not	O
really	O
a	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
suggested	O
gamers	O
new	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
play	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
instead	O
,	O
it	O
being	O
much	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
automatic	O
mapping	O
feature	O
"	O
was	O
widely	O
promoted	O
with	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
later	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
as	O
player	O
feedback	O
indicated	O
it	O
reduced	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
,	O
"	O
KQ3	B-Device
was	O
very	O
dark	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
utilized	O
lots	O
of	O
magic	O
and	O
magic	O
spells	O
with	O
the	O
basic	O
idea	O
of	O
finding	O
ingredients	O
for	O
'	O
black	O
magic	O
 '	O
spells	O
and	O
then	O
casting	O
those	O
spells	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
placed	O
50th	O
on	O
Time	O
's	O
The	O
50	O
Best	O
Video	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infamous	O
Adventures	O
created	O
a	O
remake	O
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
To	I-Application
Heir	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Human	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AGD	O
Interactive	O
released	O
another	O
remake	O
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
Redux	I-Application
,	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
