| Josh Mandel | |
| Birth Date: | 1958 10, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Queens, New York |
| Occupation: | Video game designer, writer, voice actor, producer |
| Known: | King's Quest V The Dagger of Amon Ra Freddy Pharkas Space Quest 6 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon |
Josh Mandel (born October 9, 1958) is an American video game writer, designer, voice actor, and producer. He worked on computer games such as King's Quest V, The Dagger of Amon Ra, , Space Quest 6, and Callahan's Crosstime Saloon.[1]
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 fan-made remakes King's Quest I, , and King's Quest III Redux by AGD Interactive and King's Quest III by Infamous Adventures.[2]
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 [3] and Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold He quit the company some time after the release of Reloaded.[4] [5]
In January 2014, he contributed to the independent adventure game, Serena, wherein he voices the game's protagonist.[5]
In February 2016, Mandel began working for another Sierra veteran, Corey Cole on Hero-U, a new adventure roleplaying game.[6]
| Name | Year | Credited with | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeliard (English version, DOS) | producer | Sierra On-Line | ||
| producer | Sierra On-Line | |||
| (DOS) | producer | Sierra On-Line | ||
| Mixed-Up Mother Goose (SCI0/SCI1) | producer, voice actor (CD-ROM) | Sierra On-Line | ||
| Jones in the Fast Lane | writer, voice actor (CD-ROM) | Sierra On-Line | ||
| additional material, voice actor (CD-ROM) | Sierra On-Line | |||
| King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (CD-ROM) | voice actor | Sierra On-Line | ||
| (CD-ROM) | voice actor | Sierra On-Line | ||
| The Dagger of Amon Ra | writer, voice actor (CD-ROM) | Sierra On-Line | ||
| director, producer, designer, writer | Sierra On-Line | |||
| Hoyle Classic Card Games | voice actor | Sierra On-Line | ||
| King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (CD-ROM) | voice actor | Sierra On-Line | ||
| Pepper's Adventures in Time | designer | Sierra On-Line | ||
| Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier | designer | Sierra On-Line | ||
| Shannara | writer | Legend Entertainment | ||
| Callahan's Crosstime Saloon | designer, artist, writer | Take-Two Interactive | ||
| Terminus | voice actor | Vatical Entertainment | ||
| (Game Boy Color) | designer | Mattel Interactive | ||
| Blue's Clues: Blue's Alphabet Book | designer | Mattel Interactive | ||
| King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown | voice actor | Tierra Entertainment | ||
| voice actor | Tierra Entertainment | |||
| Hungry Red Planet | consultant | Health Media Lab | ||
| King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human | voice actor | Infamous Adventures | ||
| Insecticide | designer, writer | Gamecock Media Group | ||
| King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human | voice actor | AGD Interactive | ||
| producer, designer, writer | Replay Games | |||
| consultant | Replay Games | |||
| Serena | voice actor | Senscape | ||
| writer | Transolar Games |