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Les Manley in: Search for the King

The first in Accolade's Les Manley series of adventure games, Search for the King begins with lovable nerd Les at a dead-end job rewinding video tapes at a failing TV station. The station pulls a publicity…

31 December 1990

Les Manley in: Search for the King is an adventure developed by Accolade, released 31 December 1990 on Amiga, DOS, Linux and Mac.

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What Les Manley in: Search for the King is

Les Manley in: Search for the King is an adventure game developed by Accolade and released in 1990. It is available on Amiga, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

He finds his clothes at K-Mart. He finds his dates at Radio Shack. And now he's out to get rich quick by finding the greatest entertainer of all time. Follow mild mannered Les Manley as he rocks 'n' rolls across America in search of big bucks, beautiful babes and...The King.
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How it plays

Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Les Manley in: Search for the King launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku and A-Train.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Les Manley in: Search for the King come out?
Les Manley in: Search for the King was released on 31 December 1990 for Amiga, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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