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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

Amiga cover art for Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Developer(s) Sierra On-Line
Replay Games(HD remake)
Publisher(s) Sierra On-Line
Replay Games(HD remake)
Designer(s) Al Lowe
Series Leisure Suit Larry
Platform(s) MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Apple IIGS, TRS-80, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, iOS, Android
Release date(s)
NA July 5, 1987
(original release)
NA July 1991
(remake)
NA 1997
(re-release)
NA 2012
(HD remake)
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) ‹ The template (Video game ratings) is being considered for deletion. ›
ESRB: M (1997 re-release of the 1991 remake)
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the alliterative title to an adventure computer game first released in 1987, the first part of the Leisure Suit Larry series.[1] It was a completely graphical adventure game with 16 color EGA graphics. It utilizes the Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) engine made famous by King's Quest: Quest for the Crown.[1] Originally developed for DOS and the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms such as the Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIGS and the TRS-80 Color Computer. In 1991, Sierra released a remake that used the Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI) engine with 256 colors and icon-driven (as opposed to text-based) interface.[1][2] A second, high-definition remake is currently under development by Replay Games (working with series creator Al Lowe) for planned release on Windows (via Steam and On-Live), Mac OS X, iOS, Android, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.[3]
Set in the fictional city of Lost Wages, the story follows middle-aged salesman Larry Laffer as he tries to "get lucky" (more alliteration). "Land of the Lounge Lizards" establishes several elements which recur in later games, including Larry's campy attire, perpetual bad luck with women,[4] and penchant for double-entendres. The story and basic structure of the game are lifted from Softporn Adventure, an 1981 Apple II text adventure.[1][2]
Contents [hide]
1 Gameplay
2 Plot
3 Development
4 Reception
5 Technical
6 Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded
7 References
8 External links
[edit]Gameplay



"Lefty's Bar", the opening scene of the game.
The game begins outside a bar in Lost Wages (a parody of Las Vegas, Nevada). Players are given two real-time hours to complete the game, at which point a despairing Larry commits suicide, resulting in game over.[1] The time limit can be circumvented by speaking to a prostitute (see below). Players control Larry's movements with the directional keys and by inputing commands into a text parser (e.g. "talk to man", "open window", etc.). If Larry is too far away from a person or object to comply, or if the command is invalid, a caution message appears with hints on what to do.
The city consists of five areas: Lefty's Bar, a hotel casino, a 24-hour wedding chapel, a discothèque, and a convenience store.[2] The player can walk between areas that are next to each other (like The casino and the 24-hour wedding chapel and the discothèque and convenience store), but the only method of travel between areas which are not next to each other is by hailing a taxi, which costs the player money; failure to do so results in Larry being mugged or hit by oncoming traffic.[1] During the early stages of the game, Larry can survive most premature "deaths": In the original release, a compartment opens beneath Larry's body and takes him to a laboratory where heroes from Sierra's computer games — such as King's Quest — are re-assembled; in the remake, Larry's remains are instead thrown inside a blender and reformed.[1]
A prostitute is available as soon as the game starts. Should Larry have intercourse with her, he will contract a venereal disease and die shortly thereafter.[1][2] This fate may be avoided by buying a condom at the convenience store; however, Larry questions the validity of losing his virginity to a hooker, and the game resumes[1] (though the time limit is removed, nonetheless).
Larry's interactions with key women are accompanied by a detailed image of whomever he is speaking with,[1] unlike other non-player characters. Each of the women (with the exception of the prostitute) shun Larry at first, but respond favourably to gifts of varying sorts. Although it is not possible to woo all of the women, giving gifts is needed to advance to the game's final area, the hotel penthouse.[1] To this end, money is essential to advance through the game, as it is needed for taxi fare and buying gifts. The only available method of augmenting Larry's funds is to gamble in the casino, playing blackjack and slots,[1] which is obligatory at least twice over the course of the game.
[edit]Plot

Larry Laffer is a 40-year old man who lives in a basement and has not yet lost his virginity. Having grown weary of his lonely existence, he decides to visit the resort city of Lost Wages to experience what he has not lived before, and find the woman of his dreams. Larry's quest involves four possible women: a nameless, seedy-looking prostitute; Fawn, a club-goer of low moral fiber; Faith, a receptionist who (true to her name) is faithful to her boyfriend; and Eve, a bathing beauty and Larry's ultimate goal.
Comparison screenshots of Fawn

EGA (1987)
VGA (1991)
[edit]Development

Al Lowe, a former high school teacher, had carved a niche for himself at Sierra with his work on such Disney-licensed edutainment titles as Donald Duck's Playground, Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood, and The Black Cauldron, which he wrote, designed and programmed.[4] Early in the company's history, Sierra had published a text-only game called Softporn Adventure (the lone text adventure released by a company which had established its name on providing a graphical alternative to these games). Years later, with improved technology, Al Lowe proposed a new adult-oriented adventure game based on Sierra's AGI engine and Ken Williams agreed.[2]
Lowe, who considered the original Softporn Adventure "a primitive, early effort", borrowed its basic structure and added a new 2D graphic engine, improvised humor, and an on-screen protagonist, Larry Laffer.[1][2] Chuck Benton, creator of Softporn Adventure, is included in the Leisure Suit Larry's end credits, as the layout and puzzles of the game are identical to those found in the earlier title.[2] An accomplished jazz musician, Lowe also wrote the main theme music called "For Your Thighs Only", and some of his compositions appear in later entries of the Leisure Suit Larry series.[1]
Due to the adult nature of the game, the EGA version includes an age verification system consisting of questions that Al Lowe assumed children would not know the answer to.[1][5] As many of the questions are U.S.-centric, they risked frustrating non-American gamers.[6] If played today, the questions also include out-of-date cultural references. (One question begins "OJ Simpson is..." and one wrong answer is "under indictment.") In the 1987 re-release, the age verification screen may be skipped by pressing Alt-X (or in the 1991 SCI remake, by pressing Ctrl-Alt-X).[1]
[edit]Reception

"My initial reaction was that I had wasted six months of my life."
Al Lowe[2]
Unsure of how the game would be received, Sierra's management chose to release the game with no publicity or advertising budget. Unsurprisingly, its first-month sales were lower than any new Sierra product launch in years;[2] many large computer chain stores refused to sell it, finding the adult content unacceptable.[2] However, word-of-mouth spread quickly; by year’s end, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards became a critical and commercial success,[2][4] being named the Software Publishers Association’s "Best Fantasy, Role Playing or Adventure Game of 1987" and selling over 250,000 copies. According to marketing director John Williams, "Obviously lots of retailers were selling lots of Leisure Suit Larry, but no one wanted to admit it."[7] LSL also became one of the most pirated computer games of all time, with some copies even reaching Eastern Europe where it became a hit on university computers in the Soviet Union and elsewhere. Al Lowe estimated that the amount of pirate copies in use exceeded legitimate ones by almost 6 to 1.
[edit]Technical

All versions of the game use the key disk copy protection common to Sierra's AGI titles. While LSL is hard disk installable, the user must insert the original floppy on start up.
During the game, motion control is effected by the numeric keypad for vertical, horizontal and diagonal movements, joystick, or mouse depending on the version.
The PC version supports CGA, EGA, Tandy, and Hercules graphics.
[edit]Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded

In October 2011, games developer Replay Games[8] announced a modern remake of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards entitled Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded which would have updated HD graphics, fully vocalized audio and would be released on various platforms including home computers, games consoles and mobile devices. To help the project along, a Kickstarter[9] campaign was launched in early April 2012 during which over $650,000 was raised within 30 days. Several ex-Sierra employees are currently involved with the project alongside creator Al Lowe, including Josh Mandel, Sabine Duvall and Leslie Balfour. Plans to remake the rest of the games in the Leisure Suit Larry series are also being considered by the team.
The remake was promised by the Replay Games team to have an additional girl and expanded dialogue for trying certain things, which were promised to the players if the goal of $650,000 was reached.
An official release date for Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded is yet to be announced. It seems doubtful to be released until 2013 because of this additional content.
[edit]References

^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Hardcore Gaming 101: Leisure Suit Larry". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kohler, Chris. "Two Decades of Leisure Suit Larry". 1up.com. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
^ Nagata, Tyler (2011-10-10). "GamesRadar - Leisure Suit Larry to Receive HD Treatment". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ a b c Morrissette, Jess. "Adventure Classic Gaming - Al Lowe Interview". AdventureClassicGaming.com. Retrieved 2009-20-23.
^ Hogge, Beckey. "How to Catch a Humbert - Could a "yoof" questionnaire help identify internet paedophiles?". NewStatesman.com. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
^ (Brillig (March 1988). "Naughty, but quite nice". Atari ST User 3 (1): pp. 27)
^ Williams, John (January 1988). "Goodbye "G" Ratings: The Perils of "Larry"". Computer Gaming World: pp. 48–49
^ PC Gamer. "Leisure Suit Larry to return with HD remake and new adventures", 11 Oct 2011
^ Kickstarter. "Make Leisure Suit Larry Come Again!", 02 May 2012
Review of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards by Methat, server Revival of DOS Games, 04.09.2009, Rating: 9/10
[edit]External links

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards at MobyGames
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards at Universal Gaming Database
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