King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder

In the summer of 1990, Sierra's InterAction magazine ran a contest called "Be a character in King's Quest V". Entrants had to submit photos of themselves in clothing that would fit in with the King's Quest world. The winners Amanda Logue and Austin Hartman became the characters "Amanda" and her son "Austin"; customers Graham briefly meets in the Baker Bros. Bakehouse, and were featured in a one-page photo spread in a subsequent InterAction issue. Amanda and Austin do not appear in the NES version of the game.

If the player forgets to use the beeswax to patch the hole in the boat, which Graham uses to find Mordack's island, the boat will sink. As it sinks, Graham starts calling for help and he still does it as soon as he's underwater.

The floppy disk version of King's Quest V features text dialog and has no voice acting. Several of the characters including the rat, the bee and the ant has their upper torso show moving their hands. This was later cut out of the CD-ROM version with only their faces shown. An Easter egg glitch involving King Graham putting his cloak on sled and being in a boat with the sea monster attacking him, has been removed in the CD-ROM version.

Featured in Computer Chronicles: Computer Games (1991)