Condor does not appear after obtaining chest

[lorenzosjb]

Hi,

I have 87 points and got the chest from the giant, but the condor does not appear.

Do I need to walk from a specific side: left, right, up, down, or,
put myself in a specific place,

Anyway to force the condor to appear (key sequence)

Please help.
Thanks

Lorenzo

[Great Hierophant]

Did you get the mirror?

[Alistair]

87 points sounds far too few to meet the condor- if I recall correctly, you must get the first two treasures before you go to the condor.

Regards,
- Alistair

[Marten]

In the AGI versions of King's Quest, the condor is a completely random appearance; you just have to enter and leave the screen until it appears.

In the SCI remakes (both the Sierra EGA remake and the Tierra VGA remake), the condor will only appear after you have completed some other specific tasks, and it should reliably appear every time you enter the screen where it picks you up.

[lorenzosjb]

Did you get the mirror?

In order to obtain the mirror I have to have the shield to conquer the dragon. The shield is only available if I ride the condor.

Lorenzo

[lorenzosjb]

In the SCI remakes ..., the condor will only appear after you have completed some other specific tasks, and it should reliably appear every time you enter the screen where it picks you up.

Can you tell me those tasks? I believe I had done all of them, except of being caugth by the foes and I also cannot find the fairy with the spell.

Lorenzo

[Alistair]

hint: Wander aimlessly around the whole game like everyone else did.

No, I'm serious. Explore every frickin' screen and if you still can't do it, come back. KQ1 is a kind of weird maze, that's what the game *is*. Wandering the lands.

- Alistair

[Marten]

Did you get the mirror?

In order to obtain the mirror I have to have the shield to conquer the dragon. The shield is only available if I ride the condor.

Lorenzo

I understand your confusion, but the shield is not used to conquer the dragon.  In very old versions of King's Quest, you could use the shield to bypass the ogre, but never the dragon - the shield melts under the dragon's fiery breath!

From Great Hierophant's own King's Quest I Version FAQ, posted on GameFAQs:

The SCI version requires you to obtain the Magic Mirror and the Magic Chest before you can obtain the Magic Shield.

Spoiler
The ogre guards the chest.
The dragon guards the mirror.
The leprechauns guard the shield, and you must ride the condor to reach their island.

You should collect the items in that order.