Josh Mandel (born October 9, 1958) is an American video game writer, designer, voice actor, and

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. He worked on computer games such as ''

King's Quest V ''King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!'' (also known simply as ''King's Quest V'') is a 1990 graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line. Originally released in November 1990, it featured a significant improvement in graphics (achieved t ...

'', '' The Dagger of Amon Ra'', '' Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist'', '' Space Quest 6'', and ''

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''.

Sierra Entertainment

Josh Mandel joined Sierra Entertainment in 1990. He was the first person to play the voice of King Graham, the hero of the '' King's Quest'' series. He also played Shamir Shamazel in '' King's Quest VI'', Steve Dorian in '' The Dagger of Amon Ra'', and numerous other minor roles. In 2001, Mandel reprised the role of King Graham for the unofficial

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King's Quest I ''King's Quest'' is an adventure game developed by Sierra On-Line and published originally for the IBM PCjr in 1984 and later for several other systems between 1984 and 1989. The game was originally titled ''King's Quest''; the subtitle ''Quest ...

'', '' King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones'', and '' King's Quest III Redux'' by AGD Interactive and ''

King's Quest III ''King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human'' is the third installment in the ''King's Quest'' series of graphic adventure games developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1986. The game was originally released for the Apple II and PC DOS, and later po ...

'' by

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Post Sierra

From 2012 to 2013, Mandel was employed with Replay Games where he, in cooperation with Sierra veteran Al Lowe, worked as a designer and writer on '' Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded'' and ''Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold''. He quit the company some time after the release of ''Reloaded''. In January 2014, he contributed to the independent adventure game, ''

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'', wherein he voices the game's protagonist. In February 2016, Mandel began working for another Sierra veteran,

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on ''

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'', a new adventure roleplaying game.

Games

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandel, Josh 1958 births American male video game actors American video game designers American video game producers Living people People from Queens, New York Sierra On-Line employees Video game writers