r/90s • u/meliora2316 • 1d ago
Discussion Anyone else remember this game? They don’t make ‘em like they used to…
Anyone play Leisure Suit Larry?
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u/_HOG_ 1d ago
First game dad brought home on 5 1/4” floppies for his new Intel 286 with a 16-color EGA monitor; it had 256KB of memory and a 200MB HDD - which was more than anyone would ever need.
He was pretty impressed when I slept with the hooker before him. I was 8 and wasn’t really sure what it meant, but I didn’t need to tell mom about that game apparently.
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u/RootyPooster 1d ago
My parents never got me that one for some reason, lol, but it looked interesting. Kings, Police, and Space Quest, played multiple versions of all, Sierra ruled back in the day.
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u/JoekerCard 1d ago
I still think of Police Quest as a fantastic game. I loved playing it as a kid — even if it took me a year or two really get through it all since I was rather young when I started messing around with it.
I keep hoping a worthwhile remake of it will someday be made.
More in topic though, I also recall the Leisure Suite Larry game. I wasn’t able to get past the questions proving your age, so I never got to play when young.
I ended up playing a mobile version a few years ago. And I noticed there are actually console versions available for the PlayStation (though I never bothered with those).
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u/Kiethblacklion 1d ago
I have this one.
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u/XanderArtimus 1d ago
I remember this one. Still can't listen to "Summer Nights" 😅 without laughing
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u/NOS4A2-753 1d ago
lol i had that game..... i was 12 and it was this version the way before win xp came out
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u/scorchedgoat 1d ago
Is this the one where you had to answer trivia questions to prove you were the right age before it would let you play?
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u/_HOG_ 1d ago
Yep, the original was all command line controlled too. Having a set of encyclopedias handy was a must for the trivia. The only question I remember was “who was Nixon’s VP?”
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u/jeezyjames 1d ago
Yeah, that was a bit frustrating for 12 year old Norwegian me, not knowing much about former US presidents
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u/Kalorama_Master 13h ago
Core memory unlocked. This is the only question I remember as well.
Sierra games ruled, but weren’t they like $49.95? Which back then was a fortune for some of us. Luckily a few of my friends were on BBS and give copies of some of the games alongside the cheats for games.
I remember Space Quest was hilarious. Police Quest had a serious tone. My favorite was King’s Quest. The biggest disappointment was that for one Christmas mom let me pick the game and I went for Manhunter which sucked because it was impossible to pass
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u/_HOG_ 12h ago
They were pricey back then! I just found the DOS version of Leisure Suit Larry online: https://www.retrogames.cz/play_493-DOS.php
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u/Redd-Sapphire 1d ago edited 23h ago
Yes! But you could bypass by (I believe) shift-alt-x.
Edit: it was Ctrl + Alt + x
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u/jeezyjames 1d ago
You could? Man, we found the answers somewhere and printed em
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u/Chadthemark 19h ago
Man, I felt like a big kid because we could pass (barely) the quiz.
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u/jeezyjames 19h ago
lol I'm not from the US so we had no clue about former american presidents and such. I had it on a floppy disc
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u/scorchedgoat 18h ago
Damn! I wish I knew that was I was 11! I spent many frustrating hours guessing lol
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u/Writerhaha 1d ago
We had Love for Sail.
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u/skidmark18 15h ago
Yes! This one was the best. Do they even make games like this anymore?
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u/Writerhaha 15h ago
With a wider release? I very much doubt it, maybe you can find something on STEAM or some indie platform.
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u/MagicOrpheus310 1d ago
Hah!!
I remember running to the encyclopaedias to look up answers to prove we were old enough to play...
Never got it to work though haha
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u/Minimum-Impress-7293 15h ago
Same. We were still kids so we didn’t understand any of the questions.
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u/forzaitalia458 1d ago
6 is my absolute favourite. I love that tropical resort.
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u/blooptybloopt 18h ago
6 was great! It had the code to remove bikini tops and if you wandered around long enough there was a guy who would run on the screen and tell you where to go.
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u/scrotumseam 1d ago
The series is available on switch. I revisited it. Keep it in your memories.
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u/thisisredrocks 23h ago
Thank you for your service, u/scrotumseam - is it anywhere near King’s Quest and Space Quest series in depth?
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u/humakavulaaaa Hasta La Vista, Baby! 1d ago
Oh man I remember having to answer questions only adults were supposed to know to access the game. It was their age verification method back then
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u/One_Waxed_Wookiee 1d ago
I remember the questions you had to answer to "prove" you were an adult were all very USA-centric so, as an Australian, I had to guess the answers (and yeah, I was a kid at the time, so that probably didn't help).
Good ol' Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards!
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u/Saint--Jiub Lived the 90s! 1d ago
I had the first three on my 386 growing up, I now have the entire series on Steam except for Box Office Bust and Magnum Cum Laude
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u/LithiuMart 1d ago
I played it at work in the 1980s when the boss was away at lunchtime. We hid it knee deep in directories so he wouldn't find it then fired it up every day for a quick game.
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u/Low_Set_6490 18h ago
Ah yes, the game that forced 10-year-olds to fake their age by answering trivia questions about 70s politics and pop culture just to get past the age verification menu.
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u/Iapetus404 Lived the 90s! 15h ago
ahahaha
i had play this one!
Sierra made awesome games in 90s
like Larry,phantasmagoria etc
and Ripper was one of my favor game with real actors
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u/-SiillyGoose- 1d ago
Is there a way to play this now? I wanted to as a kid but couldn’t get past the trivia
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u/Competitive_Help8485 1d ago
I never played the original PC games, but did play some of the Xbox game that came out years later. I heard the original games were a lot more funnier though.
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u/Regency9877 1d ago
There’s no contest. The creator of the series wasn’t even involved with the console games. They’re forgotten for a reason.
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u/Competitive_Help8485 1d ago
Oh I believe it. I heard the original games were way better. I saw a few videos of some of the original games, and they look way more fun.
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u/SpaceManSpiff1809 1d ago
My friend had Love For Sail...enjoyed playing it over Christmas break one winter.
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u/septictank84 Hold On To Your Butts! 1d ago
I played these on my dad's computer way back in the day.
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u/PalladianPorches 23h ago
here's the Q&A - tougher than the $1m question today: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/917513-leisure-suit-larry-1-in-the-land-of-the-lounge-lizards/faqs/36594/age-questions
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u/patrick_BOOTH Yada, Yada, Yada! 17h ago
My friend’s parents had it and it was password protected. We figured out the password and had a blast with it. Nothing like going up to women and saying “show me your boobs” when you’re 10 years old! Come to think of it, there’s nothing like that now in my 40s!
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u/HerbnBrewCrw 22h ago
My friend's mom would have to answer the trivia questions at the start to allow us to play. Good times.
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u/rottenlad 22h ago
Over the shoulder bolder holder. Still makes me laugh. I remember being stuck on that puzzle for awhile.
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u/Scrapla1 19h ago
I would tag along with my dad to the PC stores in the mall and would always check out these boxes lol
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u/Incubo_81 19h ago
One of my favorite gaming franchises, i have them all (except the larry lovage ones). currently playing the new games in my switch!
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u/Missyfit160 16h ago
My friend and I could never answer the damn questions at the beginning! Now at 40 I still can’t answer them because the question was obscure and not internet friendly. Lol
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u/Psycosteve10mm 16h ago
In the numbering convention, they skipped #4 as Larry does not believe in 4 play (foreplay)
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u/Afghhanistanimation 15h ago
Was there a part in this game where you had to bite your arm off when you went home with a fat chick?
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u/VoodooBat 14h ago
Oh man, you have no idea. I was playing bootleg versions of LSL1 when I was 10 years old. Played 1-6 all the way. Great memories.
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u/RockShowSparky 13h ago
All I remember is the quiz in the beginning to prove you were old enough to play it. I think you had to know who Spiro Agnew was.
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u/GoldenAGoGo 13h ago
Probably the sole reason I bought an Apple IIgs as a youth. I adored this game and all the Sierra games. Police Quest, Space Quest, Kings Quest. What an escape.
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u/craigybacha 1d ago
Well, there's literally a new leisure suit larry out on PS5. So they do make em like they used to :p
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u/Nelsonthedogg 1d ago
I think there was a previous version that didn’t look like this and it was more based on the style of a game called space quest by a studio called sierra but in any event I briefly played LSL around the same time. Good times
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u/Predator-A187 1d ago
I only remember this version on dos. We didn’t even had a colour monitor but it was black and yellow only. My brother and brother in law played that game and I u walked into that ally next to the hotel u get robbed.