when i open this it has the "audio failed to initialize" or something like that ... (many VGA sierra games have it) then it continues to the screen with the large green sierra logo and it glimmers twice than it doesnt advance ...
i use win 98

also is the Kinqs quest 5 an 6 on this site talkie if so, how do you get talkies to work? :help:

I used to get the same error when i tried to run the game without setting the sound environment(ie SET BLASTER line within my autoexec)
Anyway did you try Dosbox? What are your computer specs?

You could try Dosbox, but i think the game will run choppy on your comp.
Wait and see what the dosbox experts have to say

This game runs pretty good on my comp (Win xp) if i choose Roland MT-32 (i have emulator) , btw game will run too with Vdmsound on default settings .

i have to be running as administrator to run it

Have you tried using a bootdisk and run it form dos?

Since you are running Win98 I suggest you look here first at the quoted guide at the end of the second post for tips about how to configure your autoexec.bat and config.sys so you can play old games.

ys tried a boot disk from dos

i dont wanna mess around with autoexec.bat

also on worthy note
this what came up when i extracted it:

Extracting to "D:\Games\Kings Quest\KQ5 Abscence Makes The Heart Go Yonder\Vga\"
Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no
Extracting 0.SCR
Extracting 0.TEX
Extracting 1.SCR
Extracting 10125.SYN
Extracting 10126.SYN
Extracting 119.SCR
Extracting 119.TEX
Extracting 124.SCR
Extracting 1699.SND
Extracting 1799.SND
Extracting 1849.SND
Extracting 203.SCR
Extracting 205.SCR
Extracting 36.SCR
Extracting 47.SCR
Extracting 610.SCR
Extracting 610.TEX
Extracting 611.SCR
Extracting 612.SCR
Extracting 66.SCR
Extracting 769.SCR
Extracting 99.SCR
Extracting ADL.DRV
Extracting AUDBLAST.DRV
Extracting AUDDISNY.DRV
Extracting AUDIO001.002
Error: invalid compressed data to inflate
Extracting AUDIO001.MAP
Extracting AUDPRO.DRV
Extracting AUDPS1.DRV
Extracting AUDTANDY.DRV
Extracting HELP.TXT
Extracting IBMKBD.DRV
Extracting INSTALL.EXE
Extracting INSTALL.HLP
Extracting INSTALL.SCR
Extracting INSTALL.TXT
Extracting INTERP.TXT
Extracting JOYSTICK.DRV
Extracting KQ5.BAT
Extracting KQ5.ICO
Extracting MCGA320.DRV
Extracting MCGA320M.DRV
Extracting METER.DLL
Extracting MMAWARE.DLL
Extracting MT32.DRV
Extracting README
Extracting README.BAT
Extracting README.DOC
Extracting README1
Extracting README2
Extracting README3
Extracting README4
Extracting README5
Extracting README6
Extracting README7
Extracting README8
Extracting RESOURCE.000
Extracting RESOURCE.001
Extracting RESOURCE.CFG
Extracting RESOURCE.MAP
Extracting SCIDLL.DLL
Extracting SCIKQ5.EXE
Extracting SETUP.EXE
Extracting SETUP.INF
Extracting SIERRA.EXE
Extracting STD.DRV
Extracting TANDY3V.DRV
Extracting VERSION
Extracting VGA320.DRV
Extracting VGA320BW.DRV
Extracting WINRES.CFG

all the .drv files dont get extracted?

sorry for the triple post but... the .rdv files wont copy and the file sound001.002 is corrupt... :cry: :help: i downloaded 60 megs on a 56k took like 8 hours .. now its corrupt!