

He tells him that he saw the whole thing, and that an evil wizard named Mordack whisked the entire castle away, along with Graham’s family in it. When he returns, he discovers with horror that his home, Daventry Castle, has completely disappeared! Graham is at a loss, and wonders how this could have happened, when a talking owl named Cedric appears. On a beautiful sunny day, King Graham of Daventry decides to take a stroll in the woods surrounding his castle. In here, players can look at or interact with objects, combine them with other objects, or pick them up to use them in the game environment as another cursor. By clicking on the bag, this opens up a sub-window that displays all the inventory that Graham currently has. Inventory that Graham picks up now gets placed into a bag. Players can also right-click to cycle through the different available cursors. The “Head” cursor is used to talk to people (and in the strange world of King’s Quest, often objects and animals, too).


The “Hand” cursor is a multipurpose cursor that can be used to push, pull, interact with and pick up objects. Clicking the “Eye” cursor on items will provide a description, the same as typing “Look at”. By clicking the “Walk” cursor on the screen, Graham will walk as close as he can to the appropriate area. To access the different cursors, the player can move the mouse to the top of the screen, revealing a hidden menu with each of the different actions, as well as game options and the inventory bag. Rather than typing commands on a keyboard to interact with the game world and use the arrow keys to walk around, King’s Quest V instead simplifies all actions down to base commands. Play King’s Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (talkie) online! King’s Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! is an adventure game, and the first from Sierra to use a point-and-click mouse interface.
