YMMV / King's Quest I: Quest For The Crown

• Awesome Music: Ken Allen's soundtrack for the remake really adds to the mood of the game and was good enough to be reused for the Fan Remake.
• Narm: In the original version, Graham simply sits on the throne while the King's dead body lies there in front of it, without any regard for how it would look when the King's men see it. Doing his best Jaime Lannister impression, apparently.
• Nintendo Hard: The beanstalk (in the original EGA version, that is). And some of the puzzles as well.
  • Grabbing the damn eagle in the remake. You have to jump as precisely the right time, as it's swooping down. Though you have to time yourself a few seconds before it swoops down, and you have to be standing in the exact right spot.

• Once Original, Now Common: King's Quest is very important for the history of gaming; however, it's too dated and frustrating for some to enjoy it at face value today. The Fan Remake makes it much more accessible.
• Scrappy Mechanic: In the PCjr version, there were no window messages. The text is displayed below the text parser. Longer text is very difficult to read as it scroll too fast and there was no way to scroll back up. The only way to read it all was to hit the BREAK button to pause the game.
• That One Level: Climbing the beanstalk without falling in the original version. That's your reward for finding the gnome's true name!
• That One Puzzle:
  • Trying to grab the condor's legs in both remakes. Positioning in the exact spot to make the jump is crucial. You only get a three attempts and the bird will leave after that. You can always leave the screen and it will return or reload your last save.
  • Guessing the gnome's name. Just be glad if you're playing one of the remakes.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: The general reaction to the 1990 remake among gamers and the tech press at the time.
• Vindicated by History: The official remake is much better regarded these days, and served as the basis for the well-received fan remake. Video game remakes are par for the course now, but in 1990, the idea seemed sacrilegious and was compared to the controversial process of "colorizing" old films. Some fans even prefer the fan remake over the official versions.
• Why We Can't Have Nice Things: If not for the massive backlash above, we would have gotten official remakes of 2, 3 and 4.