Saturday, October 5, 2019

PrinceWatercress plays King's Quest V for NES - Part 5 of 7


We're now on the beach. Now to explore...


Anyway, pick up the iron bar. Failing to take it makes the game unwinnable later on. Then go down, and then ring the bell at the house that looks like the fore of a half-buried ship. (Hey, don't look at me, that's what it looks like it's converted from.) It turns out the old man in the house is hard of hearing. Go back up, and head towards the shore on the right side of the screen. The boat has a hole in it, so plug it up with the beeswax before you get in or else you will die.


When you're finally sailing the seas, go down one screen and right three. Going anywhere else will kill you via giant squid. (Nice way to tell me I'm going the wrong way by having a giant squid grab my boat and drag it down underwater with me, game.) Before you can do anything, a harpy carries you and Cedric off to her sister. They introduce themselves as Minotta (the one who got you) and Cruleena (her sister). Quickly use the harp and you'll distract them - Minotta will take the harp and Cruleena will chase after her. Once they're gone, grab the shiny object next to King Graham - it's a fishhook. Go left, and pick up Cedric or else the game will become unwinnable. Graham will take him to the boat. Before you leave, pick up that flashing object. It's a shell! Failing to take the fishhook, failing to take the shell or failing to pick up Cedric - or any combination of any of the three - will make the game unwinnable later on.

Get back on the boat and keep going west. You'll end up back at the old man's house. Ring the bell and give him the shell. (o hay that rhymes) Now that the old man can finally hear you, he'll let you bring Cedric into the house and heal him with a few poultices. Then, he'll call out a mermaid named Pearl who will lead you to Mordack's island.


The ship, sadly, will crash once you're there, so once you're here, you won't be able to go back. Once you're there, pick up that yellow object near the wall before going in. It's a fish.

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