# King's Quest V

5 Hacker News commenters recommended King's Quest V and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its memorable opening music and fond childhood memories. Critics warn its item mechanics are unforgiving: you can eat the wrong item when starving, and missed items may be unrecoverable.

## Why people recommend it

- Memorable opening music (1 comments): "King's Quest V was my other present and I still remember the opening music" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264371))
- Fond childhood memories (1 comments): "King's Quest V was my other present and I still remember the opening music" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264371))

## What people warn about

- Wrong item eaten when starving (1 comments): "you can eat the wrong item when you're starving, and in some cases if you miss picking up an item you can't go back for it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49363879))
- Missed items cannot be recovered (1 comments): "you can eat the wrong item when you're starving, and in some cases if you miss picking up an item you can't go back for it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49363879))
- Items misused in misleading ways (1 comments): "it is really evil in allowing you to use items in certain ways that look fine at first" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49356256))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Sid Meier's Pirates!](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sid-meier-s-pirates.md): 61 recommend
- [Grim Fandango](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grim-fandango.md): 41 recommend
- [Myst](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myst.md): 31 recommend
- [Monkey Island](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monkey-island.md): 29 recommend
- [Doki Doki Literature Club](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doki-doki-literature-club.md): 25 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "King's Quest V", https://hackerapproved.com/p/king-s-quest-v/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).