The Colonel's Bequest

The Colonel's Bequest
Developer(s)Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line
Director(s)Roberta Williams
Chris Iden
Producer(s)Ken Williams
Designer(s)Jacqueline Austin
Programmer(s)Chris Hoyt
Chris Iden
Artist(s)Douglas Herring
Gerald Moore
Writer(s)Roberta Williams
Composer(s)Ken Allen
EngineSCI0
Platform(s)DOS, Amiga, Atari ST
ReleaseOctober 1989 (DOS)
1990 (Amiga, ST)
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The Colonel's Bequest is a character-driven graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line featuring the character of Laura Bow. It was released for MS-DOS in 1989. Ports for Amiga and Atari ST were released in 1990. It was the first of the short-lived Laura Bow Mysteries series created by Roberta Williams, which used many elements from the game Mystery House. Its sequel The Dagger of Amon Ra was released in 1992.