King's Quest III remains the least explored speedrun of the main series. And there are several, very good reasons for why that is. Today, we'll discover why almost nobody runs this game, and hear the stories of the few who defied the odds. This is the history of King's Quest III speedrun world records.

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00:00 Introduction
01:46 BillBull, the first runner
04:55 The Dreaded Eagle
07:50 A Pirate's Life
09:15 Ocean Man
12:43 Chuck and Lumo
16:15 Praying for RNG
18:17 A Challenger Appears from the North
21:29 Eight Seconds
24:22 Smash Like if You've Been Kidnapped By an Evil Wizard
27:10 Heart Conditions, etc.

SantaClaus voice actor: https://www.fiverr.com/sandoric

Special thanks to BillBull, ChuckGrody, Lumophile, and SantaClaus for their time and invaluable information.

BillBull
https://www.twitch.tv/billbull
https://www.youtube.com/user/CleverDan33

ChuckGrody
https://www.twitch.tv/chuckgrody
https://www.youtube.com/user/SageOwl

Lumophile
https://www.twitch.tv/lumophile
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwCAExYvxYaePW5vGZzbW-A

SantaClaus
https://www.twitch.tv/SantaClaus586
https://www.youtube.com/user/polygon586

Attribution

The Games: Summer Challenge (1992) / Longplay PC DOS 4K
Old Nerd Playing Old PC Games
Video game footage used under CC BY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNPCTL0CYZw

Santa Head image
https://www.freevector.com/happy-santa-head

Ocean Man Instrumental provided by Rapwned
https://www.youtube.com/user/Rapwned

King's Quest Redux Soundtrack used with permission from Brandon Blume
http://brandonblume.com/kq3redux.htm

Analog TV Noise Distortion pack by Michael Freudenberg - Film Masters 
https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmMastersChannel
hdreel.com

Snow falling Video
James Cheney
https://www.pexels.com/video/snow-falling-6933537/

Santa's Song
https://youtu.be/5pVonqoZuOE