The Return Of Leisure Suit Larry

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The Return Of Leisure Suit Larry

Posted by simoniker on Monday October 20, 2003 @06:42AM 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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In other words... by SomeGuyFromCA · 2003-10-20 06:44 · Score: 4, Insightful

In other words, video game company leverages nostalgic character to try to sell trendy-genre game that has absolutely no connection to the previous games or previous people involved.

Film at 11.

The same thing almost happened to Space Quest 7 before it was shelved.

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1. Re:In other words... by SomeGuyFromCA · 2003-10-20 06:49 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  And from Al Lowe's web page:
  
  A peek at the first (cancelled) LSL8 project.
  
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2. Re:In other words... by Decaffeinated+Jedi · 2003-10-20 09:09 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  In other words, video game company leverages nostalgic character to try to sell trendy-genre game that has absolutely no connection to the previous games or previous people involved. Film at 11. The same thing almost happened to Space Quest 7 before it was shelved.
  Tell me about it!
  Also, as I recently posted in my weblog, Josh Mandel (co-designer of Space Quest 6 and Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist) is not involved in the new Leisure Suit Larry game--contrary to popular belief. As Josh confirms at the Subspace Channel, he simply wrote a preview of the game for Computer Games Magazine.
  
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Great... by mopslik · 2003-10-20 06:47 · Score: 2

Al Lowe has nothing to do with this new game.

So there will be ten times as many boobs and ten times less humour than any of the original LSL games? Just retire the poor guy.
1. Re:Great... by Alkaiser · 2003-10-20 08:03 · 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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2. Re:Great... by mopslik · 2003-10-20 09:43 · 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.
3. Re:Great... by Rayonic · 2003-10-21 02:57 · Score: 2
  
  Interesting. Which of his games was this again? And in which way was he "foul" -- temper, manner, humor, or smell? I'm sure nobody will get in trouble for telling us which game it was.
  
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Ummm.... by wanderers_id · 2003-10-20 06:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Ken sent me.
Who is the audience? by Picass0 · 2003-10-20 06:58 · Score: 4, Insightful

Leisure Suit Larry was funny in it's day because it was the first "dirty video game". That market is well covered now.

I remember back in junior high when I saw LSL for the first time, and one of my friends pointing at the screen and saying "that pixel is her nipple!" The whole payoff for that game was getting chicks into the hottub.

That was a long time ago.

LSL was a hybrid text adventure with graphics. A 3d first person "shooter" (no pun intended) isn't going to be a thematic continuation. It's just cashing in on a name.
1. Re:Who is the audience? by tigersha · 2003-10-21 04:29 · 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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Finally, a reason for 3D Pr0n0-graphics by mabhatter654 · 2003-10-20 07:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Ati and Nvidia should be getting involved with this! This could be huge! Consoles are still limited by their huge license fees--they have to gaurantee to sell copies. A properly constructed DirectX 9 game could do wonders! We've all seen "Dawn" and DOA beach volleyball. This would be a great excuse for nekid, 3d accelerated, computer animated chicks! [Every /.ers wet dream!] They would of course need a Linux port---even OSS geeks need "some".
A truly "X" rated game would be cool... more so if it had "tasteful" "adventures". Done right such a game could actually be fun too. but they might have "regulatory" issues...release it as "R" rated then allow you to verify online that you are old enough to view the "good" stuff. Actually speaking of "online" it could bring a whole new dimension to MMORGs! combine Chat, Cybersex, and 3d realtime gameing and you'd have a Winner!
Of course this could have great system benchmarking purposes as well. The latest crop of test suites is pretty bo-ring...any benchmark involving ## of 3D jiggly boobies per second would be welcome!
1. Re:Finally, a reason for 3D Pr0n0-graphics by milkman_matt · 2003-10-20 08:46 · 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
The nerd in me just has to point out... by borg1238 · 2003-10-20 09:11 · Score: 4, Informative

...that this would be the 7th larry game. They skipped 4.
Leasure Suit Larry Crossover by SPrintF · 2003-10-20 12:21 · Score: 2, Funny

I can easily imagine a crossover of Leasure Suit Larry and Animal Crossing.
"Larry! Put down the sheep and back away!"

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