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1. NL 7UZ WIL 00009 The best in entertainment software 8 902. manual and try the instructions again step by step One misstep can blow the whole thing If it still doesn t load check your Autoexec bat file for memory resident utility programs menu programs such as Dir and PC Shell utilities such as Sidekick and PCTools disk caching programs such as PC Cache and Lightning and remove them Our games are greedy and don t like to share memory with these products Also check your Config sys file for device drivers which could cause problems such as an expanded memory driver for RAM disks To find these DOS files type CD C Vat the C prompt Then type either TYPE AUTOEXEC BAT or TYPE CONFIG SYS if the files are there the info will scroll onto the screen If you suspect that a program listed there is causing problems try one of these solutions Reboot your system with a clean DOS disk from the A gt prompt A clean DOS disk is a disk bootable with no Autoexec bat or Config sys files see your DOS manual for details Then proceed with normal game instructions Temporarily rename these two files refer to your DOS manual for specifics and reboot your system If You Get Garbled Graphics or none at all If you load the program and nothing appears on your screen or what does appear seems garbled you may not have specified the proper graphics type for your system Check your hardware manual to make sure your computer can run this game Re read the Getting Started sec
3. write enabled Follow your The Beginning of the Game 4 computer s instructions in doing this HOW IO Move Les suo dey va anes Rss 4 Note Be sure to let your disk drive light go out before swapping disks while How to Interact With Les Manley World 5 MAKINE np Pomes on doring Sap re EE ee 6 If you re playing from floppy diskettes format a blank diskette for saving games Score 6 Keep it handy Again consult your computer manual for proper formatting proce e mu 09 dures For more on saving games see the Saving Games section below e Systeme 7s E PE Mort 6 The Word Processor cs eee ee nn T How to Install Load Save InveBrom T Vus dis E E cR INED DO 8 Installing the Game on Your Hard Drive Some Basic Tactics mi IS oue es wo QU E ees ss 8 If you want to copy Search for The King from a floppy drive to your hard drive please follow these instructions Press Esc anytime during the procedure to stop it The Troubleshoot pide ai orn so 9 P Setup Procedure see the next section follows automatically after the Installation Walk Through Lue e V VOUS 9 4 V v7 we le 10 concludes Insert Disk 1 of Search for The King into a floppy drive and at the A or B prompt type Install A text window will appear 2 Ifyou agree with the statement in the window type Y Copying of the game will proc
4. RS 80 Drinks protein powder None None a Les Manley in Search for The King is a work of Ecky Kajikawa fiction Any similarities of characters in the game Laura Nichols to persons living or dead is either coincidental Susan Brewer accidental or unintended Wami Cartwright Search The King i Table of Contents Pre Game Instructions The README File Pre Game Instructions 1 sees eee eee teen eee eee eee l Important Before you try to install this program take a look at the README Saed ossa mEn i eer ehh xx l file on your game disk How to Install Loan Save dials ss saccades dee TS l It probably contains a lot of techno yammering that will mean nothing to many if not Installing the Game on your Hard Drive 1 most of you But it may also contain crucial information that was not available at the M AR EN time this manual was printed Failure to read this section could mean trouble installing The Loue sooo rox 16 9 2 and or running the program To look at the README file type Type README IBSITUCUOBS ese arcte E 2 i dol Getting Started Diskette Drives Yes you already know the following But part of my job as a manual is to relentlessly Copy Protection enne 3 hammer home the obvious Say it together with me now Make back up copies of How cess eek vs 4 your master program diskettes Diskette 1 should
5. ast Note Do not hold down the directional arrow key This will make Les start and stop continuously resulting in low self esteem and very slow progress Arrow Keys Numeric Keypad t p eee t 112119 i n Using the Mouse Cf Start movement by clicking the left mouse button on the spot where you want Les to move You can also guide Les around the screen by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the cursor arrow around the screen Les will follow the arrow Speed Control Sometimes you want Les to move fast Other times you want him to move more precisely so it s useful to slow him down To speed Les up hit the key To slow him down use the key To return him to his normal saunter press Mouse users can go to the Speed Menu see The System Menu section to adjust the animation speed How to Interact with A Les Manley World Type in Simple Commands Most will be quite basic consisting of a verb and a direct object e g look at the boss or look boss Follow all typed commands by pressing the Enter key Talk to People Les can also engage in dialogue with the characters he meets The conversational directive can be general talk to man or very specific ask boss about contest or Mr Burnbaum tell me about the contest Some Verbs ask about ab look 1 ask for look at climb look in close look under stand dance open 0 take t drop pull taste
6. can use any combination of upper and lower case letters you want Install set up and load the game Then watch the opening animation sequence First thing you might try to do is Look at the ROOM As the boss s secretary walks by you might Look at STELLA Or you could try to gt Talk to STELLA When she leaves how about trying to gt Look at the DESK You could also gt Look UNDER IT gt Look ON IT gt Look IN IT How About gt Look at the PHONE And then gt TAKE If you forgot to tell Les what to take just type PHONE There s no need to retype the entire command Pretty neat huh Now walk Les out of his office into the hall Then try gt at the DOOR READ SIGN Open DOOR unfortunately might not get you too far Continue down the hallway to the right until you get to the Boss s Office If you didn t know it was Les boss you could type gt Look at the MAN Say what s that on his desk Try Look ON DESK followed by Look at KEYS Aha That must be what you ve been looking for Go ahead and Take the KEYS Now you can go back and unlock that door Right Search TheKing lt ACO 4132B ACCOLADE CUSTOMER SERVICE 408 296 8400 If you need help with this or any other Accolade product please give us a call between the hours of 8am and 5pm Pacific Standard Time Be sure you are at your computer when you call We ll do everything we can to solve yo
7. dts Search The King Manley Manual for IBM PC Tandy and Amiga Search The King Credits Designer Writer Director Producer Associate Producer Storyboards Animators Background Artists Composer Adventure Programming Engine Testers Manual Creative Input Additional Game Text Special Thanks Steve Cartwright Sam Nelson Cyndi Kirkpatrick Justin R Chin Bonnie Borucki Roseann Mitchell Sheryl Knowles Jenny Martin Carolly Hauksdottir Justin R Chin Bonnie Borucki Roseann Mitchell Beckett Gladney Mike Nowak Russell Shiffer Steve Cartwright Michael Berlyn Bob Smith Mark Voorsanger Tomi Quintana Jeff Wagner Jerry Pape Allan Epstein Rick Barba Mike Berlyn Sam Nelson Cyndi Kirkpatrick Justin R Chin Rick Barba Cyndi Kirkpatrick Jeff Hoff Charlotte Taylor Skeel Melinda Mongelluzzo Richard Booroojian Russell Morita Kim Tawara Search f TheKing More On Les Name Age Hair Skin Color Occupation Employer Education Favorite Foods Favorite Movie Favorite Magazines Computer Exercise Automobile Driving Ambition Lester P Les Manley 27 Thin Fishbelly Video technician lots of years never had a promotion WILL channel 53 New York City Graduated in the top 60 of his class from Brooklyn High School vice president Audio Visual Club Microwave The Little Mermaid DAK monthly catalogue Popular Mechanics T
8. eed automatically and you will be prompted from time to time to insert other game disks 3 Ifyou disagree with the statement in the window type Another window will appear permitting you to change the designated drive the name of the directory or both Tochange the designated drive from the default drive type a new letter D E etc and press Enter l Search The King Installing the Game on Your Hard Drive continued Tochange the name of the directory from King type and a new name i e Les and press Enter Copying of the game proceeds automatically and you will be prompted from time to time to insert other game disks Note Sometime after you ve installed the game onto your hard drive and answered the Setup questions you might need to make changes in your hardware configuration To reflect those changes in the game software use the Setup Procedure again The Installation procedure is only for copying the game from floppies to your hard drive The Setup Procedure The Setup program configures Search for The King to run on your hardware Setup must be run the first time you play the game during each installation and after any hardware changes Here s how to do it 1 Insert Disk 1 into the drive if playing from diskette If playing from hard drive type cd king 2 Atthe drive prompt type setup For example A setup 3 TheSetup program will ask you to make a series of choices regarding t
9. he following i Video mode Input device keyboard mouse Disk type Audio type 4 Once you ve made all your choices the Setup program will ask you to confirm them then return you to the drive prompt for loading Loading Instructions After you complete the Setup procedure you re ready to load the game Here s how From Diskettes 1 Disk in your disk drive 2 Type king and press Enter From Hard Disk 1 From your root directory type cdking and press Enter 2 Type king and press Enter Saving Games To Diskettes You need a separate formatted diskette Each can hold a limited number of saved games so it s not a bad idea to have more than one around for storage Note If playing Search for The King on hard drive you CANNOT save games onto a floppy diskette And vice versa If playing from floppies you cannot save games to the hard drive eo 1 save You could also press Ese which takes you to the System Menu then highlight FILE and press Enter which takes you to the File Menu highlight Save and press Enter again but why The program will ask you to insert your separate Save Game disk Do so then press Enter 2 A Save Game screen appears with a directory that can hold up to 10 saved games Additional games may be saved in another directory 3 Decide on a simple English phrase to name your saved location then type it into the directory For example if Les is standing in the boss
10. he address above To speed up processing return only the disk not other materials LICENSE AGREEMENT and LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO This computer software product the Software and the user manual are provided to the Customer under license from Accolade Inc and are subject to the following terms and conditions to which the Customer agrees by opening the package of the Software and user manual and or using the Software Granting of this license does not transfer any right title or interest in the Software or the user manual to the Customer except as expressly set forth in this License Agreement The software and the user manual are copyrighted 1990 by Accolade Inc rights are reserved Neither the Software nor the user manual may be duplicated or copied for any reason The customer may not transfer or resell the Software or user manual registered trademarks and names are properties of their respective owners The remedies provided above are the Customer s sole and exclusive remedies In no event shall Accolade Inc be liable for any direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages with respect to the Software or the user manual Except as provided above Accolade Inc makes no warranties either express or implied with respect to the Software or the user manual and expressly disclaims all implied warranties including without limitation the warranty of merchantability and of fitness for a particular purpose
11. jump push touch listen put unlock read awaken examine give tell me about talk to Text Feedback Every time you enter a command a window with a text reply will appear Read the reply then either 1 press Enter to remove the window and resume play or 2 type in further commands Note Keep in mind that some text replies continue for more than one window Draw a Map Make sure it includes each place you visit and marks dangerous situations object locations and other landmarks along the way For more specific gameplay advice see Some Basic Tips section Search fo The King e Sound The Word Processor Toggle the game s sound on off by pressing Ctrl S To Enter a Command Score Simply type away the text will appear in a window at the bottom of the screen then press Enter To Repeat Any of Your Previous Four 4 Commands Press the spacebar The most recent typed command will appear Use the up down arrow keys to toggle through the four most recent commands When you have the one you want press Enter again Other Word Processor Features gt Moves cursor one character at a time When you complete the game you ll know when that is type score to see your final point total The System Menu Note In all menus keyboard users should use arrow keys or TAB key to highlight the item you want in the menu then press Enter to select the ti highlighted item Press Esc to return to game without choosing an optio
12. list of partial verbs for some interesting actions 6 Meticulously explore i e physically move Les around each area Exits are sometimes not obvious Or they may be difficult for Les to negotiate particularly at high game speeds Also a command that won t work in one place may work in another 7 When in doubt MOVE ON If you get stuck plunge ahead into new territory Fresh inspiration lurks around every corner 8 Save your game alot Frequently Really really often in fact Trust us If you re playing with floppy disks have a blank formatted disk ready for saving locations Troubleshooting Guide If you have any questions about Les Manley in Search for The King and you can t find the answers in the manual our Customer Support folks can help You can call us at 408 296 8400 between 9 a m and 5 p m Pacific Time or write to Accolade Customer Support 550 S Winchester Blvd San Jose CA 95128 or leave a message for us on Compuserve type GO GAMEPUB and leave a message for Accolade 76004 2132 information handy your computer s brand and model XT AT PS 2 etc the amount of memory RAM what peripherals are attached the type of graphics card and monitor what disk size you use 5 1 4 3 1 2 the contents of your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files Please read the following section before calling us as it might solve any problems you may have If Your Game Doesn t Load Properly First please re read the
13. n Moves cursor to end of text line Mouse users simply point the on screen arrow at desired option then click the left mouse button Moves cursor to beginning of text line 2 Moves cursor to beginning of next previous word a line Press Esc to bring up the System Menu If using a mouse just click on the top menu T of text movement corresponds to direction of arrow bar The menu presents the following five 5 options tri T D Delete word 1 This takes you to the File Menu where you re presented with the xi Dele line following options DO Restart Lets you restart the game Esc Cancel typed command line Save Takes you to a directory which can list up to 10 saved games For Cycles through previous 4 commands directions on how to save your current game see Saving Games section Common Commands Short Cuts Repeat previous command Load Takes you to the Load Game Menu where you can load a previ bine ously saved game Use the arrow keys to highlight the game you want to load Use the TAB key to flip through the three options listed on the right LOAD to load the highlighted game CANCEL to cancel the transaction DIR to look for saved games in other directories Quit Takes you out of game Cancel Takes you out of the menu and back into the game 2 Sound Lets you toggle the sound on off You can also do this by pressing Ctrl S 3 Speed Brings u
14. p Speed Control window where you can adjust the speed of the game s animation 4 Help Takes you to a Help Screen that offers some basic tips for menu use 5 Cancel Takes you out of the menu and back into the game L3 E e E o Quick save Quick load Brings up System Menu Highlights menu items Inventory Quit game Toggle sound on off Increase animation speed Decrease animation speed Normal animation speed Search The King Abbreviations iL Look 10 Open 1 Inventory B Ask about 10 Quit Inventory To see a complete list of what you are carrying type Inventory or just I then press Enter Some Basic Tactics 1 After you enter a new room screen type look You ll get a general descrip tion of the area Read carefully Clues here may guide you to something more specific in the scene i 2 Bea voyeur Look at everything Some objects are vital Others are barely worth the pixels they re drawn with 3 Notice an occasional difference between at on and look in Generally the game treats them as the same There will be times however when each will elicit a different response The difference can be critical 4 everything that s not bolted down Taking may not always work but it s fun to try and Les needs a wide variety of things to complete his search 5 Do stuff to things and people Check out the
15. pass these windows consult the Parts Catalog sheet enclosed in the package Search The King How to Play A Note About Your Relationship with the Game The basic premise of Search for The King is this Les Manley is the central charac ter You direct Les to do and say things When the game responds it is responding to Les Information comes to you through Les his eyes ears etc If you want to know where you are or find a particular object you have to tell Les to look around check things out etc Movement from scene to scene is usually accomplished by physically moving Les see How to Move Les section There are a few occasions where you ll need to type exit or leave to move to another screen This will be necessary in scenes where Les himself does not appear The Beginning of the Game The first thing you ll see is the opening an animation sequence that introduces Les Manley and sets up the storyline of Search for The King If you ve seen it before and don t want to see it again press Enter You ll get a chance to jump to the title credit screen which is followed by the first interactive screen Les Manley s office the Hole In The Wall How to Move Les Using the Keyboard You can move Les around the screen with the arrow keys or the numeric keypad with NUM LOCK off Simply hit that is press once the arrow that corresponds to the direction you want Les to walk To halt Les press the arrow you used l
16. s office call your saved game IN BOSS OFFICE or something equally clever 4 Press Enter The current game is saved To Hard Disk Same process as saving to diskette see just above except the program will automati cally try to save to the game s own directory If you run out of space for saving games you can save to a new drive and or directory To Another Drive Directory Floppy or Hard Disk If you want to save the game to another drive and or directory use TAB to highlight the DIR button on the Save Game screen then press Enter A window appears that lists the current drive and directory e g C king Use delete keys to delete whatever you want to replace then type in your new drive and or directory like this new drive new directory name Quick Save Load The game also has a unique timesaving feature which lets you avoid menu screens and gives you a kind of running save track If you re facing any situation that appears risky 1 Simply hit F5 This automatically saves the current game to your current default drive and directory e Caution Make sure you don t accidentally hit F5 because you will override the last quick save with a new one Only one game at a time can be saved with this quick save feature 2 Toretrieve that game just press F7 Copy Protection At some point in the game a series of special windows will pop up on the screen This is the copy protection For instructions on how to
17. tion especially the Setup Procedure and make sure you ve specified the correct graphics option for your computer Search The King If You Have One of the Supported Sound Boards but Get No Sound The game supports AdLib CMS MIDI and Tandy sound devices If you have one of these but get no sound from it Make sure you ve selected the correct audio type in the Setup Procedure Check to make sure the sound board is properly seated in its slot If You Have a Mouse Connected but it Doesn t Work with this Game Make sure you selected the mouse keyboard option from the Select Input Device portion of the Setup Procedure Make sure its driver mouse software has been loaded before starting our program Double check to make sure it s plugged into your computer If You Get Some Strange Technical Messages on Your Screen Type Type README from the location of the game on the computer If you re technically minded you may find your answer here If the answers are more confusing than the questions give our technical support group a call WARNING The following blatant give away is FOR BEGINNERS ONLY If you re a graphic adventure veteran and personal integrity is important to you read no further Walk Through Note Some of the following command letters words are capitalized This is to illustrate how commands or sentences may be abbreviated i e type L MAN for Look MAN or L DOOR for Look at the DOOR You
18. ur problem or answer your question Or write to us at Accolade Attn Customer Service 550 S Winchester Blvd Suite 200 San Jose CA 95128 If you have a modem you can call and log on to Accolade s Bulletin Board for instant hints and other information You can also leave questions about any Accolade game they ll be answered by Accolade s technical support representa tives The number is 408 296 8800 Our settings are 300 1200 2400 baud 8 Data No Parity 1 Stop Bit DO YOU WANT TO BACK UP YOUR DISK We know you re concerned about disk damage or failure So feel free to make a back up of the game See your computer manual for details about saving disks If you lose the off disk copy protection scheme please send us 15 and we ll send you a new one If it s destroyed send us the remains and we ll give you a replacement YOUR DISK CARRIES A 90 DAY WARRANTY Accolade Inc warrants for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase by the original purchaser of the Software that the recording medium on which it is recorded will be free from defects in materials and workmanship Defective media which has not been subjected to misuse excessive wear or damage due to carelessness may be returned during the 90 day period without charge After the 90 day period defective media may be replaced in the United States for 10 plus 7 2596 sales tax if the purchaser resides in California Make checks payable to Accolade Inc and return to t
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