<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
:	I-Application
Heir	I-Application
Today	I-Application
,	I-Application
Gone	I-Application
Tomorrow	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
as	O
the	O
sixth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
produced	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
by	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
and	O
Jane	O
Jensen	O
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
is	O
widely	O
recognized	O
as	O
the	O
high	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
for	O
its	O
landmark	O
3D	O
graphic	O
introduction	O
movie	O
(	O
created	O
by	O
Kronos	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
and	O
professional	O
voice	O
acting	O
(	O
Hollywood	O
actor	O
Robby	O
Benson	O
provided	O
the	O
voice	O
for	O
Prince	O
Alexander	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
protagonist	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
was	O
programmed	O
in	O
Sierra	O
's	O
Creative	O
Interpreter	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
including	O
more	O
character	O
voices	O
,	O
a	O
slightly	O
different	O
opening	O
movie	O
and	O
more	O
detailed	O
artwork	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
pun	O
is	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
abrupt	O
departure	O
of	O
Prince	O
Alexander	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
where	O
he	O
was	O
just	O
rescued	O
by	O
King	O
Graham	O
along	O
with	O
Princess	O
Cassima	O
,	O
who	O
asked	O
Alexander	O
to	O
come	O
visit	O
her	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
feature	O
this	O
interface	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
its	O
immediate	O
predecessor	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
V	I-Application
as	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
SCI1	O
version	O
of	O
Sierra	O
's	O
Creative	O
Interpreter	O
engine	O
;	O
previous	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
featured	O
a	O
text	B-Application
parser	I-Application
where	O
players	O
had	O
to	O
type	O
commands	O
and	O
actions	O
instead	O
of	O
selecting	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
providing	O
additional	O
background	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
setting	O
,	O
this	O
booklet	O
serves	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
copy-protection	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
a	O
magic	O
map	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
earlier	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
such	O
as	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
its	O
implementation	O
in	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
was	O
different	O
from	O
earlier	O
games	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
used	O
for	O
travel	O
between	O
islands	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
reached	O
using	O
the	O
walking	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
kingdom	O
is	O
the	O
Isle	O
of	O
the	O
Crown	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
an	O
Arabian	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Isle	O
of	O
Wonder	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Alice	B-Application
in	I-Application
Wonderland	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Isle	O
of	O
the	O
Sacred	O
Mountain	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Classical	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Isle	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
Beauty	B-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Beast	I-Device
,	O
is	O
heavily	O
forested	O
and	O
scattered	O
with	O
magical	O
barriers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
these	O
is	O
inhabited	O
by	O
a	O
tribe	O
of	O
druids	B-Application
,	O
while	O
another	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
confront	O
Death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
opening	O
cutscene	O
shows	O
Prince	O
Alexander	O
is	O
haunted	O
by	O
memories	O
of	O
Princess	O
Cassima	O
,	O
whom	O
he	O
met	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
V	I-Application
when	O
they	O
were	O
both	O
rescued	O
from	O
the	O
wizard	O
Mordack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
seeing	O
a	O
vision	O
of	O
Cassima	O
in	O
the	O
magical	O
mirror	O
that	O
his	O
father	O
acquired	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
he	O
sails	O
to	O
find	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
he	O
is	O
shipwrecked	O
on	O
the	O
shore	O
of	O
the	O
Isle	O
of	O
the	O
Crown	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
learns	O
that	O
the	O
vizier	B-Application
Abdul	O
Alhazred	O
(	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
fictional	O
Necronomicon	O
)	O
has	O
assumed	O
control	O
in	O
Cassima	O
's	O
absence	O
,	O
and	O
plans	O
to	O
force	O
her	O
to	O
marry	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexander	O
must	O
explore	O
the	O
Land	O
of	O
the	O
Green	O
Isles	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
learn	O
what	O
he	O
needs	O
to	O
rescue	O
Cassima	O
from	O
the	O
vizier	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
creator	O
and	O
designer	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
first	O
met	O
with	O
Sierra	O
newcomer	O
and	O
co-designer	O
Jane	O
Jensen	O
(	O
who	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
Gabriel	O
Knight	O
series	O
)	O
in	O
May	O
1991	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
sixth	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
began	O
preliminary	O
work	O
on	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
in	O
June	O
,	O
"	O
laying	O
out	O
the	O
basic	O
story	O
"	O
and	O
worked	O
alongside	O
Jensen	O
throughout	O
July	O
and	O
August	O
on	O
coming	O
up	O
with	O
design	O
ideas	O
;	O
after	O
five	O
months	O
,	O
Williams	O
and	O
Jensen	O
finished	O
the	O
documentation	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
transcribed	O
the	O
movement	O
of	O
real-life	O
actors	O
shot	O
on	O
video	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
than	O
2000	O
character	O
actions	O
on	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D-animated	O
introduction	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Stanley	O
Liu	O
of	O
Kronos	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
did	O
special	O
effects	O
for	O
such	O
films	O
as	O
Batman	B-Application
Returns	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Lawnmower	O
Man	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
sequence	O
is	O
present	O
with	O
different	O
edits	O
and	O
narrations	O
in	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
1992	O
,	O
then	O
delayed	O
until	O
mid-October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
shipped	O
on	O
October	O
6	O
and	O
launched	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
on	O
nine	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ported	O
by	O
Revolution	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
converted	O
its	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
prior	O
to	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
,	O
announced	O
in	O
early	O
1993	B-Application
that	O
it	O
would	O
cease	O
releasing	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
Revolution	O
co-founder	O
Charles	O
Cecil	O
offered	O
his	O
company	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
conversion	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
port	O
began	O
development	O
in	O
March	O
1993	B-Application
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Revolution	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Theatre	I-Application
engine	O
instead	O
of	O
SCI1	O
due	O
to	O
better	O
performance	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
features	O
an	O
extended	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
opening	O
sequence	O
,	O
a	O
full	O
voiceover	O
of	O
every	O
line	O
of	O
text	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
revised	O
soundtrack	O
with	O
a	O
full	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ballad	O
"	O
Girl	O
in	O
the	O
Tower	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
includes	O
higher	O
resolution	O
character	O
portraits	O
in	O
dialogue	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emmy-winning	O
director	O
Stuart	O
M	O
.	O
Rosen	O
directed	O
the	O
voice	O
cast	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
for	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
actor	O
Robby	O
Benson	O
(	O
voice	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
in	O
Disney	O
's	O
Beauty	B-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Beast	I-Device
)	O
,	O
who	O
voiced	O
Prince	O
Alexander	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
additional	O
people	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
team	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
Collection	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
editions	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
CD	O
with	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
do	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
"	O
Girl	O
in	O
the	O
Tower	O
"	O
theme	O
song	O
audio	O
CD	O
track	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
simply	O
crash	O
during	O
the	O
credits	O
and	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
plays	O
the	O
credits	O
with	O
no	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
Collection	O
release	O
by	O
Vivendi	O
in	O
2006	O
includes	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
with	O
text	O
and	O
speech	O
in	O
DOSBox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Ken	O
Williams	O
,	O
about	O
400,000	O
copies	O
of	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
were	O
sold	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
and	O
it	O
topped	O
sales	O
charts	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
games	O
upon	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
1992	O
,	O
still	O
holding	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
position	O
in	O
December	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
was	O
the	O
5th	O
best-selling	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
game	O
in	O
November	O
1993	B-Application
.	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>
By	O
November	O
2000	O
,	O
PC	O
Data	O
reported	O
that	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VIs	I-Application
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
alone	O
had	O
reached	O
between	O
300,000	O
and	O
400,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chuck	O
Miller	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
number	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
puzzles	O
made	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
the	O
first	O
Sierra	O
adventure	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
miss	O
the	O
older	O
games	O
 '	O
text	B-Application
parser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
to	O
come	O
out	O
of	O
Daventry	O
,	O
and	O
Sierra	O
's	O
finest	O
adventure	O
to	O
date	O
...	O
 [ it ] 	O
has	O
all	O
the	O
signs	O
of	O
becoming	O
a	O
classic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barry	O
Brenesal	O
of	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quests	I-Application
latest	O
sequel	O
may	O
be	O
more	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
's	O
no	O
cause	O
for	O
concern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
reviewing	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Charles	O
Ardai	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
series	O
to	O
"	O
vanilla	O
ice	O
cream	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
incomparable	O
"	O
graphics	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
was	O
"	O
much	O
stronger	O
"	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
is	O
a	O
heartily	O
inoffensive	O
game	O
full	O
of	O
light	O
touches	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
else	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
"	O
for	O
plain	O
vanilla	O
,	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
is	O
about	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
it	O
gets	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1994	O
the	O
magazine	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
CD	O
version	O
's	O
"	O
quality	O
voice	O
talent	O
throughout	O
...	O
audibly	O
displays	O
that	O
Sierra	O
learned	O
from	O
their	O
previous	O
error	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
worthy	O
heir	O
to	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
lineage	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
Today	O
,	O
Neil	O
Randall	O
praised	O
the	O
CD	O
version	O
's	O
addition	O
of	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
the	O
voices	O
themselves	O
,	O
but	O
expressed	O
disappointment	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
improve	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphical	O
details.CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
gave	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
singling	O
out	O
praise	O
for	O
the	O
mouse	O
control	O
interface	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
characters	O
and	O
the	O
conversion	O
from	O
PC	O
done	O
by	O
Revolution	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
an	O
89%	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
review	O
,	O
Peter	O
Olafson	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
World	O
equally	O
praised	O
Revolution	O
's	O
conversion	O
and	O
also	O
commended	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
reviewer	O
Jonathan	O
Davies	O
was	O
less	O
enthusiastic	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
unfavorably	O
with	O
other	O
contemporary	O
point-and-click	O
games	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
innovation	O
,	O
and	O
rated	O
it	O
70%	O
;	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
's	O
Dave	O
Golder	O
gave	O
a	O
similar	O
assessment	O
and	O
rated	O
it	O
69%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retrospective	O
reviews	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
2000s	O
,	O
Allgame	O
gave	O
both	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
CD-ROM	I-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
adaptations	O
2½	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
while	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
4½	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
the	O
best	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
is	O
mentioned	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
was	O
inducted	O
into	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
48th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VI	I-Application
the	O
13th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
