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Silver Lining for Fan Project
Chris Remo
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For several years now a web-based team has been working on an unofficial sequel to Sierra's classic King's Quest series. On September 29 the project, called King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has a Silver Lining, was hit with a cease and desist order from Vivendi Universal. Though Sierra no longer exists as a physical company, Vivendi owns the studio's name and properties. Shutting down the project isn't all that surprising, as similar actions have been taken in the past against fan projects, but what is particularly notable is that after apparently thousands of emails sent to Vivendi regarding the situation, the team announced today that the company has granted a license to allow development to continue. The "King's Quest" part of the name has been removed, presumably so there is no confusion as to whether it is an official product, but the actual world and characters remain intact. The team's press release included part of a statement from Vivendi:
"After extensive evaluation, Vivendi Universal Games is pleased to announce that the fan developed trilogy project 'The Silver Lining' (previously known as King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has A Silver Lining), based on characters from Sierra Entertainment's 'Kings Quest' series, has been given approval to continue development. We look forward to seeing the first of its three upcoming chapters, 'Shadows', completed soon." [Note: Though Vivendi's permission was granted November 29, it was only announced today.]

The team notes that given the prior assumption that development was going to halt, the game has been somewhat delayed, but should still surface in 2006.

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  • limabone-jlp legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    December 9, 2005 3:46 PM

    I enjoyed the various King's Quest games that I played...they take me back to a simpler time when I played alot of Kings Quest...Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest, etc. Good times! This is bubbling up lots of memories..taking the bus to the computer store to buy Dragon Wars for the Commodore 64..that game was so awesome!

    • ShortStop legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 9, 2005 3:49 PM

      This is just good news for all the fans of KQ games, i still has some of the originals.

      • Psychic Potato legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 9, 2005 6:18 PM

        I still have my king's quest and space quest collector's compilation cds. ...somewhere...

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