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It's not a bad game, but the review could have mentioned that a walkthrough should be kept at hand if you don't want to replay the game a dozen times - it's easy to get stuck with no way to "fix" it.

I take it you're not a fan of the adventure games...
Well I suggest you don't play them then. Also if you were interested about adventure games, you might have noticed that moste of them are not downloadable (due to ESA), so there will be more added as soon as possible (so you better check for updates in your toilet, if you are going to pee everytime another adventure is added).

@Red Avatar: I might not have mentioned the need for a walkthrough - but there is one in the extras.

uuhh..

Did you played it Sebas??

All the screens got ZERO points in the game :bleh:

I played it, I finished it, so I surely saw the screens...

The game was made back in 1990 and compared to some other games that came out that year this one isn't half bad (graphically).
I'm surprised that you didn't notice that Wormy.

I like games like that, reminds me of Leisure Suit Larry (LSL3 is a really cool game, but again, you need a walkthrough).

If they "fixed" LSL3 where it warns you when you do something stupid, like end the game, the games would be way more fun to play, because it would mean you wouldn't constantly have to worry about whether you found all the right objects, didn't accidentally destroy any or use any you needed, etc.

I havent played it yet...but has anybody noticed how the boss in this game looks just like the boss in madtv? :blink:

uuhh...

I ment the GAME points in the game..

0 of 500

0 of 500


Not the graphics :bleh:

Ah... Well that's because I took finished the game first, but didn't feel like replaying the whole thing just so I'd get some screenshots.

Cool Sebastianos..

Just a hint from me:

Take screenshots next time while playing :ok:

Does the boss go ragghhh...raghhhh when you whack him? :bleh:


wait, thats SMASHtv LOL

I keep getting an error when I go to the Kindom in texas. "51" just pops up in the upper right corner and then it exits, what's up with that?

I Also get the 51 or 52 error from vegas to graceland. I run XP/

Yeah, I was curious about this myself. I download and played the game about 2 years ago, and after getting that far into the game, I got the same error you guys got at the same moment. I even went as far as to install it on my old 100mhz Windows 95 PC, but to no avail. So as a result, I am reluctant to try again for fear of a similar fate. Anybody who can figure out a way around that is a better man than I.

Everybody should post their computer stats. Maybe there's a common thread.

At first I thought that "51" error was some kind of copy protection due to my inability to answer those spare parts codes effectively. Now looking at these replies I'm not so sure. Sebantianos?

I'll download this game archive again and check it. Maybe it got corrupted while I was uploading it. I'll try to replace it in that case.

This has gotten even stranger...
On the old computer (where I found the game) it all works fine.
But I get the same problem when I try to move the game to this computer... maybe it's because of DOSBox, maybe because it's a copy not the original game...
Unfortunetely I haven't the original instalation disks - so I've no idea how to fix it (but I'll keep on trying).

I just downloaded the game today and i was so so excited. Like Perry Mason and the the case of the mandarin murder I did not finish the game way back in the 90's when I was playing it. Guess back then I had no idea how to look up stuff on the net :) But every time alas that I was so close to finishing the game I also got the error 51. So I looked up what error 51 in dos meant and it was like something remote computer inaccessible. Something like that. I thought it was my virus scan running. Heck my husband tried everything and nothing works.
But I also run xp so maybe it has something to do with xp.

I hope we can figure it out at some point. I so wanna finish the game!! :) This site rox btw.
:cheers:

Thanks for bringing back those old games that i was too dumb to figure out when i was a kid :)

This same 51 error occurs with me at the same point in the game. I am reluctant to delete the game because of how far I am and yet I'll probably never figure out how to fix it. I already tried redownloading game: didn't work...:wall:

I used Dosbox with Win98 SE.
The suggestion of looking for original disks looks fine but I thought of about a more complicated idea; making a patch. But I can't do any programming stuff.

that would do!!if anyone can make a save after that point i would be grateful!!

The original DOS version of Les Manley had an error in it. Accolade did solve the problem, but I've never seen the patch, or a patched version of the DOS version anywhere.
The Amiga version didn't have this problem, by the way. :)

This copy - coming straight from me - did not cause anything like that on my DOS machine.

Well I remember playing it and coming pass this point (and I'm sure I used Horseman's archive), but maybe there was a mix of archives when I updated... Do you still have your game archive Horseman (because it may be a different archive - you're not credited either I think).

(slaps himself on the head)
Whoops. Sorry, I've mistaken it with Les Manley: Lost in LA.
This copy does not come from me, nor do I have one myself.

Too bad (*goes off to look for any other possible copy*).

EDIT: SH*T I found the version I used when reviewing (it was the Amiga game - run through the emulator), no wonder the PC version doesn't work - and no-body can get pass that point (it's the bug that was on the original disk as well - the one I got off Rainwife's computer).

maybe, you should post the Amega version, and a reliable emulater. just a thought.
i also get this code, i've run it in pure dos, moslo, safe mode, windows 98 se, safe mode with moslo, dos with moslo. I at first thought it was some sound card error because the music kept playing when the error came up. :w00t: ach schwin!

No-rom policy in effect, sorry.

has ANYONE won the PC game?! if so, could they PLEASE post a saved game!
if not, then would you great and mighty administrators take this game off the site. Its fun, while it lasts, but the torture of having a game and not being able to complete it, is just KILLING me!

Has anyone tried the version of another site?

Well it says all versions do this (it's a bug with the game). I was looking for a patch. Maybe the best suggestion really would be to play the Amiga version (but you'll need apropriate hardware/software combination).

Has anybody figured this problem out yet? A saved game from the dos version would be really great that is if anybody got past that point.

At least put a remark on the site to say there is no way to get past that point.

Still working on it. Sorry for not keeping everybody in the loop, but there's no good news yet to report. All I can say is - be patient.

cant spill the soda on the scarf, the lady wont let me stand up or get a drink!

i do everything on the walkthrough from this site and it doesnt help

please help

Hi!
cause she didn't give it to you!
you have to hold the soda!
then you can spill...

Hi Sebatianos!

Les Manley working DOS version
:bye:

oh man, you're a God (if it works), i got this game like 10 or 12 years ago and always got the error, then i lost all the disks....i'm hoping the auto part price thing doesn't get too bothersome, is there a way around that?

I also have the "51 error" on the top right corner of the screen when I leave Las Vegas. I played the game on the HP OmniBook6000 (PIII 700)...

Uh... :hairpull:

I've got some good news! The version offered above works :brain: I put all my savegame in it, loaded the game, waited for the hippy to take me for the third and last ride and the game didn't crashed on 51!!

However, it asks for protection. I randomly clicked first and went to dos. However, in all boxes, 4 of them are thin and empty and one of them bigger than others got something scribed in it ( like "jay", "stuff", "*****" or anything like that ). Click on that box and you'll be able to continue this good game :)

Hurray, thanks to Sbob and Sebastianos!! :ok:

So is this download working now or do i get the dos one from this forum? :huh:

Hello anyone
I downloaded the game from the above link, but it does not look like a executable file, its name is lesman.7z and it does not run in DOSBox using that name. I tried changing the file extension from .7z to .exe but still no luck. Please advise - my sister has been stuck on this game for ages because of the error 51 which the forum says is a bug in the game, so I downloaded from the above link because a member later said this one works.

Please advise re how to run lesman.7z under DOSBox.

Many thanks Wendy

7z is a format much like Zip, Rar, etc so you need to unpack it.

Hello Paco

Thanks a huge stack for your info, I downloaded 7-zip and used it to unpack/unzip the lesman.7Z file from the link earlier in this forum. I tested it and the game played/started up okay under DOSBox. I then copied my sisters saved game into the same directory/folder. and played from that saved game under DOSBox and guess what, I got past the place where my sister's version of the game got a "51" error and crashed out.

So I sent her the saved game, and I am hoping it will work in her version of the game. (If not, I will tell her where to get the lesman.7z file in this Abandonia forum and where to download the 7-zip file from to unpack the lesman.7z file with.
Once again, I very much appreciate your help and for teaching me something new.
Best regards
Wendy

Sorry I wasn't checking up on this as much as I should. Great find sbob! If this one works flawlessly I'll replace the archive we have.

Thanks a bunch!!!

A shamless rip off of Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry and Sierra's SCI system. It still is a fun game though.

hi i just started the game and it absolutely fascinates me... because i never played an "keyboard" adventure / ( no "point and click" via mouse controls) - it took me a minute to figure out that you actually have to type out everything that you want to do - you feel more challenged and "into" the game this way, i think it is even more fun than a point and click cause you feel "interactive" with the game. i'm just starting but one thing is troublesome, since you cannot always make out what the graphics are supposed to be (which objects ...)

I have the original boxed game of LM:SFTK but suffered the same error 51 on taking the bus to The Kingdom even on an old DOS machine I have kept alive for such "antiques" so it has been left on a shelf gathering dust for years.

Having just discovered Dosbox & installed on a laptop, some on my older DOS unplayed/unfinished games are enjoying a new lease of life. I tried uploading the orig floppies into Dosbox but still hit the same error 51 after the bus sequence.

However by using the version on Abandonia & copying across my saved games, I've at last been able to continue past the crash location & enter the Kingdom to finish the game (but only if I continue to the end of the game on the abandonia version)

I have tried loading a saved game after the bus sequence back into the original floppy version in case such a save game may assist other players stuck at the samne point, but that just results in the same "51" error unfortunately.

Thanks very much DOSBOX & this site for allowing me to finally put this one to rest.