I am having somewhat of a similar problem, I have the latest version of DOSBox installed, downloaded the KQ5 installer (from the 1997 collection release, dic 2) with no problem, went to play the game and all I get is a black screen with broken audio in the background, game seems to be playing, but nothing is visible.

Downloaded the KQ6 installer also and same results except the audio is not broken.

Any ideas on what is going on? I am running Windows XP PRO. Thanks.

Uninstall everything. Make sure that you have the right installer for your game and start over again. Do not install on top of an earlier installation. When it asks about DOSBox, let it install.

well, still no luck, same results.

I have been using the default DOSBox configurations when prompted (large screen, no smoothing, etc.). I am assuming that does not matter.

This is the the 2nd collection release (1997) and for the second disc. Using newest version of DOSBox.

Any other ideas, any help would be appreciated, thanks.

What files are in your KQ5 directory?

files found in C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection Series\KQ5

0
0.tex
1
36
47
66
99
119
119.tex
124
203
205
610
610.tex
611
612
769
1699
1799
1849
10125.syn
10126.syn
adl
audblast
auddisny
audio001.2
audio001.map
audpro
audps1
audtandy
conf
DOSBox.conf
help
ibmkbd
install
install
install
install
interp
joystick
kq5
kq5hr
mcga320
mcga320m
mt32
resource.000
resource.001
resource.cfg
resource.map
sierra
std
tandy3v
version
vga320
vga320bw

I need to be able to tell what kind of file each file on the list is. You have your Windows set to hide extensions. This confuses what files are what, i.e. you can't tell the difference between "INSTALL.EXE", "INSTALL.BAT" or "INSTALL.SCR", etc. It can also be dangerous to not be able to tell the difference between a file that cause harm to your PC (.EXE, .COM, .VBS) with what looks like something harmless like an image file. You might download a file named "Pretty Picture.jpg.vbs" and on yout PC it would look like "Pretty Picture.jpg". Go to your Control Panel and open "Folder Option". Go to the "View" tab and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" and repost the list of files in the folder.

I'm sorry that this is taking as many posts as it is to solve your problem, but I need to get some basic information to figure out what is going wrong for you. The actual fix may be easy, once I know what is going on.

sorry about that, kind of green with this kind of stuff, thanks for all of your help.

files found in C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection Series\KQ5

0.scr
0.tex
1.scr
36.scr
47.scr
66.scr
99.scr
119.scr
119.tex
124.scr
203.scr
205.scr
610.scr
610.tex
611.scr
612.scr
769.scr
1699.snd
1799.snd
1849.snd
10125.syn
10126.syn
adl.drv
audblast.drv
auddisny.drv
audio001.002
audio001.map
audpro.drv
audps1.drv
audtandy.drv
conf.exe
DOSBox.conf
help.txt
ibmkbd.drv
install.exe
install.hlp
install.scr
install.txt
interp.txt
joystick.drv
kq5.bat
kq5hr.ico
mcga320.drv
mcga320m.drv
mt32.drv
resource.000
resource.001
resource.cfg
resource.map
sierra.exe
std.drv
tandy3v.drv
version
vga320.drv
vga320bw.drv

Odd, everything seems to be there, Open the DOSBox.conf and the the RESOURCE.CFG files in Notepad and post the contents.

DOSBox.conf results:

[sdl]
output= overlay
fullresolution=0x0
windowresolution= 800x600
fullscreen= false
autolock= false

[DOSBox]
machine= svga_s3
captures= "C:\Documents and Settings\Brian\Local Settings\Application Data\DOSBox\capture"

[render]
aspect=true
scaler= normal3x

[cpu]
core= normal
cycles= 10000

[autoexec]
cls
@ECHO OFF
mount c "C:\Sierra\King's Quest Collection Series\KQ5"
c:
cd \
SIERRA -o .\RESOURCE.CFG
exit

resource.cfg results:

videoDrv = VGA320.DRV
soundDrv = ADL.DRV
audioDrv = AUDBLAST.DRV
joyDrv = NO
kbdDrv = IBMKBD.DRV
mouseDrv = STDMOUSE.DRV
memoryDrv = ARM.DRV
minHunk = 204K
audio = .\
audioSize = 8K
floppy = YES
cd = YES

I can't see a single thing that is wrong with the game. Where is DOSBox installed? make a shortcut to DOSBox on your desktop and drop SIERRA.EXE from the game's folder onto it and let me know what happens.

bingo, that worked, the one thing I did notice different is that at the top of the DOSBox screen, when I was having problems, the first number was 10000, now when dropping sierra.exe on the desktop icon and running the program it says 3000, what does that all mean?

DOSBox is currently saved under c:\program files\DOSBox

one other thing I noticed, speech works in kq5 but not in kq6, only music plays in kq6, anything I can do to fix that, thanks for the help.

By dropping it on the shortcut it is using the default config file, not the one that was made for the game, so it is going too slow. What is the exact location of DOSBox?

the best I can tell DOSBox is located at:

C:\Program Files\DOSBox

sound correct or should it be outside of the program files subdirectory?

Everything looks as it should. It probably won't make much of a difference, but try this updated config utility.

If that doesn't help, try different output options in the DOSBox.conf. Valid options are: surface, overlay, opengl, openglnb and ddraw. The default is surface, but this causes problems of color corruption with full screen on Vista/Win7, so I use overlay with my installers.

Hmmm, do you have an account on GOG.com my sweet Master - if so, what's your username?