King's Quest V

King's Quest V is an adventure game in which King Graham of Daventry must save his family and castle from the evil wizard Mordack. It utilized a new icon-based interface instead of the old parser, drawing much criticism from hardcore adventure gamers. The puzzles tended to be rather odd and difficult to figure out, and it was easy to get stuck through the illogical game puzzles.

Also, Cedric the owl is about as annoying as the one in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and perhaps moreso, although he does save Graham's life.

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A rough placeholder for a screen of the endless desert. The red blob has no real in-game equivalent.

Presumably, this is a programmer-art version of the desert oasis screen.

Easter Egg
IXoxa2vXv8Q A wacky one hidden in the floppy disk version that was removed from the CD-ROM and other future versions: in the snowy mountains, play until you use the sled and it's destroyed (you might want to save before going any further with this). Afterward, use your cloak on the broken sled for a strange scene using resources from elsewhere in the game and a greeting from a programmer.

And then, because this is King's Quest, you're killed instantly.