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The Return Of Leisure Suit Larry

Posted by simoniker on from the more-strip-liar's-dice-please dept.

Thanks to Blue's News for their article pointing out playboy gaming icon Leisure Suit Larry will be returning to videogames, since a Computer Games magazine cover "reveals plans for Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude." According to the piece, "This would mark the eighth installment in the exploits of the polyester-clad would-be Romeo, whose last [adventure] gaming appearance was over six years ago now", and it's noted that "the teaser makes a reference to similarities to Grand Theft Auto." Unfortunately, AdventureGamers have also learned "that [original series creator] Al Lowe has nothing to do with this new game."

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  1. Re:In other words... by SomeGuyFromCA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And from Al Lowe's web page:

    A peek at the first (cancelled) LSL8 project.

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  2. Re:Great... by Alkaiser · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unfortunately, AdventureGamers have also learned "that [original series creator] Al Lowe has nothing to do with this new game."

    I don't understand where the shock is in any of this. Al Lowe's "involvement" on many of the games that had his name on them consisted of him walking into the dev. department, asking how the game was going, and never coming back in again. I worked with a guy in the sound dept. who worked on "his" games and swore he'd have nothing to do with him ever again. Called him the foulest man he'd ever met.

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  3. Re:Finally, a reason for 3D Pr0n0-graphics by milkman_matt · · Score: 2, Interesting
    A truly "X" rated game would be cool... more so if it had "tasteful" "adventures".

    You know... I hadn't even seen this story with that angle, but now that you bring it up, what if they were able to get Vivid or somebody to back it and license out the women in their videos? Then every girl you're chasing after in that game is a real porn star or something?

    -matt

  4. Re:Great... by mopslik · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I thought it was all about the sex appeal...

    Given titles like BMX XXX and DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball, you may be right.

  5. Re:Who is the audience? by tigersha · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (the first LSL game) was based on an Apple II Text-only game called SoftPorn Adventure. I remember discovering this little gem in a pack of disks my dad pirat...obtained from a friend when I was all of 14 years old and it was a blast!

    The cover of the box of SoftPorn adventure had a set of people in a bathtub. One of them was Roberta Williams herself.

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