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SEARCH FOR THE KING Part 1


TV STATION, BUS STATION, BOBBI'S APARTMENT


The King of Rock 'n' Roll has been presumed dead for many years,

yet sightings of him persist. Sleazy TV station, WILL, decides

to cash in on the sightings by offering a million dollars to

anyone who comes up with evidence that the King is alive. As the

game starts, we find Les Manley, obscure WILL employee and

all-around wimp, hidden away in his basement office. It's your

job to guide Les to fame, riches, and high self-esteem as you

<music, please!> SEARCH FOR THE KING.


A few things before we begin: First, note that some of the

commands you give the game can be abbreviated. For example,

instead of typing ASK ABOUT WOMBAT, you can just type AB WOMBAT.

Using the abbreviations for ASK ABOUT (ab), LOOK (l), OPEN (o),

and TAKE (t) will save you much typing time and frustration. In

this walkthru, however, the complete commands will be given

(just in case any of you are a little slow on the uptake.)


The second item has to do with doors. There are a fair number of

closed doors in this game, and to get through them you have to

type OPEN DOOR. Since this is apparent to anybody with a

first-grade education, doors will be referred to only if they

are locked or are otherwise unusual.


Now, on with the game. Take a LOOK AT CALENDAR. Looks like Les

is due for a promotion. LISTEN TO RADIO. The King had been

sighted in New York! Walk over to your desk and OPEN DRAWER.

LOOK IN DRAWER and you'll see a thermos and a bag.  TAKE both

items and LOOK IN BAG. A jar of peanut butter; not much of a

lunch unless you find some bread. Leave your office by walking

east. (You can't do anything with the water cooler or the

curvaceous Stella, incidentally: Both are on the other side of

the wall.)


Leaving your office, you find yourself in a hallway containing a

locked door and a water fountain. You never can tell when a cool

drink may be needed when you're hunting dead celebs, so walk

over to the water fountain, OPEN THERMOS, FILL THERMOS WITH

WATER, and CLOSE THERMOS. Now, exit east, then east again.


You're now in your boss's office. LOOK AT TV and you'll get two

little tidbits of information: The circus is in town; and Lyla

Libido, the King's widow, is in Las Vegas. LOOK AT DESK and

you'll see some keys on the boss's desk. Keys which open that

locked door, perhaps? But you have more important things on your

mind.  ASK ABOUT RAISE. Your boss doesn't seem very enthusiastic

about giving you the raise, but he does ask Stella to bring him

your file. While your boss is ogling Stella (it's easy to tell

since his eyes bulge), TAKE KEYS. You were able to take the keys

without him noticing! Exit the office and walk back to the

locked door. UNLOCK DOOR, open it, and enter.


There's not much of interest in the locked room, but if you LOOK

IN TOOLBOX, you'll see a reporter's ID. TAKE ID and walk to the

elevator by your boss's office. PUSH BUTTON to get the elevator

doors to open. Walk in and you'll be whisked up to the ground

floor lobby. LOOK AT GUARD (he's sound asleep). WAKE GUARD and

he'll complain that you awoke him from a wonderful dream. File

that fact away in your brain and exit the building.


Ah, the streets of New York! In front of you is a bus station,

but don't bother to enter: It's a red herring. (All it contains

are an impossible maze, and appearances by Alfred Hitchcock,

Leisure Suit Larry, and Bart Simpson.) Instead, walk east, then

east again. Perhaps the resident of this typical New York

brownstone has seen the King? KNOCK ON DOOR. The mysterious

occupant demands, "If you're who I hope you are, prove it or get

lost." SHOW ID and the door will open. A middle-aged housewife

greets you and invites you inside.


Once inside, walk over to the couch and SIT ON COUCH. TALK TO

WOMAN. Why, it's Bobbi, the woman on the radio who claimed to

have seen the King! You can tell from the decor that Bobbi is a

King fan. Wonder what that scarf is in the case?  ASK ABOUT

SCARF. You find out it's a scarf that once belonged to the King.

ASK ABOUT KING. Bobbi tells you the King's favorite food was

peanut butter and banana sandwiches.


What now? Try a LOOK AT TABLE. The description says the table is

"just perfect for sharing a soda." Well, why not? ASK FOR SODA

and Bobbi will bring it to you.  Now that you have refreshments

at hand, let's take a closer look at that scarf.  Type BOBBI,

SHOW SCARF. Bobbi will take the scarf out of the case and put it

on the table next to the soda. If you could only take that

scarf, perhaps it might lead you to the King. But how could you

get Bobbi to give it to you?


It's obvious: POUR SODA ON SCARF. Bobbi kicks you out of her

apartment, and the game informs you that when she calms down

she'll wash the scarf. Walk east from Bobbi's building. There,

on a clothesline, is the newly-washed scarf, hung out to dry.

CLIMB FENCE, walk over to the scarf, TAKE SCARF, and climb back

over the fence. (Okay, so it wasn't obvious, but whoever said

adventure games were easy?)



SEARCH FOR THE KING Part 2


CIRCUS


Walk west four screens. You find yourself at the circus. This is

an overhead view: To see the attractions up close and personal,

you need a ticket.  Unfortunately, you have no money. Perhaps if

you found the Colonel, he'd give you a ticket out of the

goodness of his heart. Walk to the left side of the screen to

the parking lot exit. (It's where the clown with the drum first

appeared.)


You find yourself in front of a trailer. Walk to the trailer

door and KNOCK ON DOOR. It's the Colonel himself! If you ASK FOR

TICKET, the Colonel tells you that you have to earn it. ASK FOR

JOB, and the Colonel says that he needs help cleaning up after

"the critters." That doesn't sound too hard, does it?


Walk south. The "critters" are elephants! Well, it takes a big

man for a big job after all; just try not to breathe. Walk over

to the shovel, TAKE SHOVEL, and START WORKING. After shoveling,

um, stuff for a bit, STOP WORKING. Head back to the Colonel's

trailer, KNOCK ON DOOR, and ASK FOR TICKET. Now you can see the

attractions. Exit east.


Start with the Strong Man in the middle of the screen. Walk over

to his booth and type LOOK. You'll get a closeup of the Strong

Man's booth. LOOK AT MAN. You see Luigi the Strong Man clutching

his rosin and looking depressed. Non-athletes should LOOK AT

ROSIN to find out what rosin is. LOOK AT SIGN. Hm, a difference

between Luigi and his picture, eh? LOOK AT MUSTACHE. It looks

kind of droopy.  ASK ABOUT MUSTACHE. Luigi says that it's, er,

not as stiff as it used to be.


Before leaving Luigi, play a wild hunch. Didn't you see a Gypsy

wagon in the circus? ASK ABOUT GYPSY. Luigi tells you that the

Gypsy is his daughter, Angelina, and that you should keep your

hands off. Exit the Strong Man screen and you are returned to

the overhead view. Walk over to the Gypsy wagon on the right

side of the screen and LOOK. The screen shifts to a closeup of

the wagon.  Walk up the ladder and into the wagon.


You're now face to face with Madame Zarmooska. ASK ABOUT FUTURE

three times and you'll see the King...King Graham from KING'S

QUEST! Now it's time to get more intimate with Angelina. ASK

ABOUT ANGELINA and she'll give you a come-hither look. But KISS

WOMAN and she disappears into a cloud of pixels. Now that you're

alone in the wagon, LOOK AT CANDLES. Perhaps that wax might help

Luigi with his mustache problem? TAKE WAX. There's some other

strange stuff in the wagon as well. If you TOUCH LIZARD, a card

pops out of its mouth. TAKE CARD and LOOK AT CARD. A

resurrection ticket? It might come in handy if the Grim Reaper

should come to call. Type EXIT to leave the wagon.


Return to the overhead screen. Walk over to the display to the

right of the fat lady. Type LOOK to get a closeup. It's the

World's Smallest Man, Helmut Bean.  ASK ABOUT HELMUT. Helmut

tells you that he's bored with the same old routine and that

there's nothing to look forward to. ASK ABOUT JOB and Helmut

tells you he's sick of it. What Helmut needs is a hope, a

vision...a dream! ASK ABOUT DREAM.  Helmut says he wishes he had

one.


Where could you get a dream? Head back to the TV station lobby.

There's the guard dreaming away. LOOK AT DREAM for a funny

sequence. Next, TAKE DREAM. (Yup, that's what I said!) Now you

have a dream. Go back to Helmut and GIVE DREAM TO HELMUT. You

and Helmut become best buddies, so TAKE HELMUT. How many other

friends do you have who will fit into your pocket? Exit the

screen and walk over to the little cart next to the entrance to

the big top. LOOK for a closeup.  There's a popcorn stand with

nobody watching it. What's a circus without popcorn? TAKE

POPCORN and walk in the circus entrance.


Oops, you must have taken a wrong turn someplace. You're in the

ring with some hungry lions! Thinking back to the original

ADVENTURE (and about a zillion other games), you decide to THROW

POPCORN AT LION. While the big cat is chomping away, exit to the

east. Here you'll find Frederick Von Leep, the amazing acrobat.

He seems to be reluctant to climb the ladder. FEEL RUNGS and

you'll find out why: The rungs are slippery, but that's easily

solved. GIVE ROSIN TO MAN. Fred will use the rosin, climb the

ladder, and make his daring leap. Leep's leap doesn't quite work

out as planned, though. Since Fred won't have any further use

for that cape he left behind, TAKE CAPE, and exit the big top.

(The lion will still be eating the popcorn when you walk by. It

must have been the jumbo-size box.)


Now, it's time for you to bid goodbye to New York and seek the

King elsewhere.  Walk back to the bus station. Perhaps you can't

take a bus, but you can send Helmut to exotic

places...literally. Walk over to the mailbox and MAIL HELMUT.

Now that you've sent Helmut off to places unknown, walk back to

the popcorn stand. Walk over and stand on the test-your-strength

machine. With one solid hit you are sent into the stratosphere!


SEARCH FOR THE KING Part 3


LAS VEGAS


Look: up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...Les,

falling painfully to earth! After picking yourself up and

dusting yourself off, you find yourself in fabulous Las Vegas.

Conveniently located next to the impact crater is a mailbox.

Walk over to it, OPEN MAILBOX, and TAKE HELMUT. Yes, your

diminutive friend beat you to Las Vegas! He must have been sent

via Express Mail.


Off to the east is endless desert. There's nothing waiting for

you there but a buzzard and a funny phone call from Stella. If

you're trying to get all the points, explore the desert (it's

only two screens), and ANSWER PHONE when it rings. To get out of

the desert, OPEN THERMOS and DRINK WATER. This will clear your

senses and allow you to get back to town.


If you don't care about your score, skip the desert, and head

west from where you crashed. You find yourself in front of a

luxury hotel. Walk up the steps and into the hotel. After riding

the moving sidewalk, you find yourself in the hotel lobby.


Explore the hotel. You should find a pool-side bar, a swimming

pool with Lyla Libido and Mr. Fabulous beside it, a dry

cleaners, and a typical floor with a typical hotel room in it.

You'll notice that Mr. Fabulous and his goon are not very

friendly. You'll need to distract Mr. Fabulous before you can

talk to Lyla.


Go back to the lobby and walk over to the desk clerk. First, ASK

ABOUT KING. It turns out he used to stay at this very hotel.

Next, ASK ABOUT PHONE. The clerk tells you that the phone is

used to page guests. This gives you an idea. PAGE FABULOUS.

While the clerk is paging Mr. Fabulous, walk back to the pool.

There's Mr. Fabulous, talking on the white courtesy

telephone...away from Lyla. Walk over to Lyla and SIT ON LOUNGE.

Your mere presence is enough to make her dive into the pool. So

much for hobnobbing with the stars. She left her sunglasses

behind, though, and as you know from reading the NATIONAL

INQUIRER article that came with the game, those glasses used to

belong to the King. TAKE GLASSES and leave.


Walk to the elevator in the far east corner of the hotel. Enter

it and PUSH BUTTON. This will take you up to the Typical Floor.

Walk east to the Typical Room. Wonder what's in that maid's

cart? Walk over and LOOK IN CART. In addition to the usual

cleaning supplies, there's a skeleton key. Bet that would come

in handy. Unfortunately, the maid won't let you take it.


If only you could distract the maid somehow. (You do a lot of

distracting in this game.) Walk into the bathroom and LOOK AT

SINK. On this invisible sink is some dental floss. TAKE FLOSS.

Walk back into the bedroom and LOOK AT DOOR.  There's a sign on

the door. READ SIGN: It's a DO NOT DISTURB sign, of course.

TAKE SIGN, TURN OVER SIGN, and READ SIGN. It says something

like, "Please make up this room as soon as possible." Now that

you have this side facing up, PUT SIGN ON DOOR. The maid will

come clean the room, won't she?


She won't, because she doesn't have any good reason to clean the

already tidy room. You need to give her one. SIT ON BED, which

rumples it up. STAND and walk over to the maid's cart. While the

maid is bent over making the bed, TAKE KEY.  Now walk back to

the elevator and PUSH BUTTON. With the maid's key you are able

to reach the penthouse -- the very same penthouse where the King

once stayed.


Exit the elevator and go east. Walk over to the head of the tub.

(A bathtub with a view...now, that's luxury.) LOOK IN TUB. The

tub is clean, except for the drain. LOOK IN DRAIN. There's

something there, but a big klutz like you could never reach it.

You can't, but Helmut can! TIE FLOSS TO HELMUT and LOWER HELMUT

INTO DRAIN. Helmut bravely plunges into the drain and comes back

with a receipt.  LOOK AT RECEIPT. It's for a white suit, the

sort of fashion once favored by the King.


Before leaving, PICK UP FLOSS. The game has made you drop the

floss without noticing. Nasty, huh? Go to the elevator, PUSH

BUTTON, then go into the dry cleaners. GIVE RECEIPT TO CLERK and

the attractive attendant will fetch the white suit. TAKE SUIT

and EXIT. Now, walk to the front of the hotel. It's time to

leave Las Vegas, but how? Taking a LOOK around will give you a

clue. Drifters with no means of transportation except their

thumbs, eh? HITCH A RIDE, and you're picked up by the last

remaining psychedelic van in North America.


SEARCH FOR THE KING Part 4


THE KINGDOM


You are dropped off in front of the Kingdom, the King's southern

estate.  Unfortunately, the gates to the Kingdom are locked.

Exit the screen to the east and you'll find yourself on an

overhead map of the kingdom. Walk to the upper right part of the

screen where the black and white icon of a telephone is. You

find yourself in front of a bar holding a celebrity look-alike

contest. You decide to enter, since the suit, cape, scarf, and

glasses make a pretty good King costume. All you need now is a

place to change clothes. Think like Clark Kent and enter the

phone booth. WEAR SUIT, and you look just like the King! Just

like a gangling, nerdish King, that is. Enter the bar and wow

them with your talent. SING or DANCE.


Oh, well, at least you got free entrance to the Kingdom out of

it. Return to the overhead map and walk over to the mansion

steps. You find yourself inside the King's mansion. It's packed

with valuable King artifacts all of which are protected by a

security alarm. Try stealing something to see what I mean. Since

you've acquired the habit of stealing King memorabilia, you need

to deactivate the alarm before you can continue with the game.

First, you need to find the alarm. Walk over to the bear rug and

LOOK IN MOUTH. There's a switch in there, but you can't reach

it. Time for Helmut to do his stuff again. PUT HELMUT IN MOUTH

and the alarm is deactivated. Now, exit east.


This is a room full of trophies and awards. Walk over to the

awards and TAKE MIKE. Also, TAKE THE GUITAR, then LOOK AT

GUITAR. Hm, a string is missing. No problem, though, as you have

a replacement string of sorts. STRING GUITAR WITH FLOSS.


Exit west and then go north to the dining room. There's a door

to the kitchen here that you can't open. There's also a bowl of

fruit on the table. Didn't Bobbi say that the King's favorite

food was peanut butter and banana sandwiches?  TAKE BANANA. Now

all you need is bread.


Ignoring the kitchen door for the moment, exit south, and go up

the stairs to the second floor. Exit west to the King's bedroom.

There's nothing of interest in or on the bed, so OPEN BUREAU.

Inside is a secret mechanism. Walk over, TURN ON MECHANISM, and

the BatPole (sorry) the KingPole appears. SLIDE DOWN POLE and

you appear in the kitchen. RELEASE POLE to stop that spinning

sensation. Walk over to the eastern side of the counter and OPEN

COUNTER. Walk behind the counter and LOOK BEHIND COUNTER.

Bread...just what you need to finish the sandwich! (Don't ask me

why there's fresh bread in a kitchen that hasn't been used in

years.) TAKE BREAD and MAKE SANDWICH. Mmm, that was tasty, but

fattening. The King's suit isn't as loose-fitting as it used to

be. You can leave the kitchen by the door to the east, which

will take you to the dining room.


Time to get your revenge back at the bar. With your increased

girth and authentic mike and guitar, you're a dead ringer for

the King.  You're a cinch to win the look-alike contest. Go back

inside the bar and SING. You'll get your just reward in more

ways then one!


There's nothing to do but sit back and accept your fate. You do

indeed get to meet the King, although not in the way you

expected. It's a good thing that you got that resurrection

ticket from the Gypsy, though! Thanks to the ticket a game that

might have ended in tragedy instead leaves Les poised for love,

success, and a sequel!



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