History Trivia / QuestForGlory

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://questforglory.wikia.com/wiki/Quest_for_Glory_Omnipedia Quest for Glory Omnipedia]].

** The Coles have said that Glorianna, the games' setting, is an alternate Earth which suffered an explosion of magic, creating the various animaloid races like Liontaurs, as well as making time flow differently in different parts of the world (hence the SchizoTech).

* FanNickname: Devon Aidendale for the Hero, the name given in the prose-style writeup for the official strategy guide.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Coles have [[WordOfGod said on record]] that several intended features had to be cut from the series for various reasons, usually time and technical limitations. For example, the first game was supposed to have different races (Gnome thief, Elf wizard, Centaur archer, Human jack-of-all-trades) and a large Goblin warren maze; the former was replaced with the three classes, while the Goblin base remains as TheArtifact of the latter. Similarly, the fifth game lost the ability to use bow and arrow, multiplayer, and to play as Elsa, over the course of its development.

* WordOfGod: The series was originally intended to be four games, but in the design process for ''Shadows of Darkness'' the Coles decided that going from an evil wizard to an EldritchAbomination was too far a jump for the BigBad, and made ''Wages of War'' as a transition. In a 2008 interview, they added that after completing ''Trial by Fire'', they felt that Rakeesh and Uhura were "crying out to have their stories told". Additionally, the Coles have said that Glorianna, the games' setting, is an alternate Earth which suffered an explosion of magic, creating the various animaloid races like Liontaurs, as well as making time flow differently in different parts of the world (hence the SchizoTech).

* TheOtherDarrin: Within the same game, surprisingly. Jeff Bennett does most of Dr. Cranium's lines, but John Rhys Davies (who is also TheNarrator of the voiced version of Shadows of Darkness) voices a grand total of one of his lines.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [=QFG4=] has a slew of well-traveled voice actors, but perhaps most notable is ''John-Rhys Davies'' as the narrator.
** [=QFG5=] has Creator/SteveBlum as various characters (including hippie apothecary Salim) and Beau Billingslea as Rakeesh and his son.
** [=QFG4=] even has [[Creator/JenniferHale Queen Hey It's That Voice Herself]] as Katrina, her ''first'' voice acting role in a video game period. More recent gamers would better know her as [[MetroidPrime Samus Aran]], [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila Shan]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Jane Shepard]] among ''many'' others.
** [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Diane Pershing]] voice the Rusalka and Erana in [=QFG4=].
** Animation staples Creator/CamClarke, Creator/JimCummings, and Creator/JeffBennett play multiple characters in [=QFG4=].
* Anime fans will recognize Rakeesh's voice in ''Dragon Fire'' as Beau Billingslea, best known for playing [[Anime/CowboyBebop Jet Black]].

** The second game, ''Trial by Fire'', was meant to be a 256-color VGA game, which would have made it Sierra's first, until [[ExecutiveMeddling Ken Williams decided to reserve the honor]] for their latest flagship game, ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV''. As a result, Trial was relegated to EGA status.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Coles have [[WordOfGod said on record]] that several intended features had to be cut from the series for various reasons, usually time and technical limitations. For example, the first game was supposed to have different races (Gnome thief, Elf wizard, Centaur archer, Human jack-of-all-trades) and a large Goblin warren maze; the former was replaced with the three classes, while the Goblin base remains as TheArtifact of the latter. Similarly, the fifth game lost the ability to use bow and arrow, and to play as Elsa, over the course of its development.

* WordOfGod: The series was originally intended to be four games, but in the design process for ''Shadows of Darkness'' the Coles decided that going from an evil wizard to an EldritchAbomination was too far a jump for the BigBad, and made ''Wages of War'' as a transition. In a 2008 interview, they added that after completing ''Trial by Fire'', they felt that Rakeesh and Uhura were "crying out to have their stories told". Additionally, the Coles have said that Glorianna, the games' setting, is an alternate Earth which suffered an explosion of magic, creating the various animaloid races like Liontaurs, as well as making time flow differently in different parts of the world (hence the SchizoTech).

* Anime fans will recognize Rakeesh's voice in ''Dragon Fire'' as Beau Billingslea, best known for playing [[CowboyBebop Jet Black]].

** Animation staples Creator/CamClarke, JimCummings, and Creator/JeffBennett play multiple characters in [=QFG4=].

* TheOtherDarrin: Within the same game, surprisingly. Jeff Bennett does most of Dr. Cranium's lines, but John Rhys Davies (who is also TheNarrator of the voiced version of Shadows of Darkness) voices a grand total of one of his lines.

** Animation staples CamClarke, JimCummings, and Creator/JeffBennett play multiple characters in [=QFG4=].

** [=QFG5=] has StevenJayBlum as various characters (including hippie apothecary Salim) and Beau Billingslea as Rakeesh and his son.
** [=QFG4=] even has [[JenniferHale Queen Hey It's That Voice Herself]] as Katrina, her ''first'' voice acting role in a video game period. More recent gamers would better know her as [[MetroidPrime Samus Aran]], [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila Shan]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Jane Shepard]] among ''many'' others.

** [=QFG4=] even has [[JenniferHale Queen Hey It's That Voice Herself]] as Katrina, her ''first'' voice acting role in a video game period. More recent gamers would better know her as [[MetroidPrime Samus Aran]], [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Bastila Shan]], and [[MassEffect Commander Jane Shepard]] among ''many'' others.