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Leisure Suit Larry Returns With Al Lowe's Support

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by Joe Juba on October 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM
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Larry Laffer is an icon from the golden era of adventure gaming, but the series' recent appearances have been disappointing. Thankfully, the future is looking better for Larry.

According to EGM, developer Replay Games has obtained the rights to Leisure Suit Larry, and will kick off a revival of the character with an HD remake of the first game, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. The game will hit on "every platform Replay can figure out how to port it on," like XBLA, PSN, PC, and iOS.

Assuming that the remake performs well enough, the team at Replay has plans to remake the other games in the series, and even create new adventures for the lovable loser Larry.

One of the (many) reasons that the recent Larry games were awful was the lack of participation from series creator Al Lowe. That mistake won't happen again. Replay Games' CEO Paul Trowe has secured Lowe's assistance for the studio's upcoming Larry-related projects. “Al and I are working very closely on this, to make sure every Larry game is the best," says Trowe. "The remake of the original Leisure Suit Larry is going to kick so much ass, the entire world will have to play it standing up. And buy new pants. And a cushion. Seriously, we’re really excited about this.”

Don't make the mistake of assuming that Larry games were all about sex. They were extremely funny, and had clever puzzles to boot. The return of Larry in classic form is great news for gamers.

The remake is set for a release sometime in 2012, which happens to be the series' 25th anniversary.

(Source: EGM)

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  • by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    There's a chance that this series can be good again?

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    hells yeah I remeber playing thses gems back in he day....also i was like 10 and wanted to see boobs.... so I don't know exactly how much fun i will have now....nah screw it, I'm still down

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:04 PM

    MOAR BOOBIES!!!!!! Jokes aside, I'm looking forward to this.

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:05 PM
    SWEET! This is my favorite series of all time! Oh sh... I mean, uh... I can't believe they're still making smut like this. It's disgusting, and has no place in our society. *preorders*
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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:06 PM

    This is surprising.

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:13 PM
    I am so going to pick this up and every single sequel they make. Along with King's Quest and Space Quest, Larry was one of my favorite graphical adventure series growing up. Sierra > Lucasarts (yes, I said it). Maybe if they can get Roberta Williams and the Two Guys From Andromeda on board, we can see the other Sierra games remastered as well.
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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:39 PM
    Preeetty sure these games can stop happening...
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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:41 PM

    Now this is going way back to the PC roots. Era of Kings Quest and Space Quest. An era where crafty characters and puzzels had some drive behind them for the time. A time where this was the game many wanted to play but not get caught at it. Glad to see a remake but don't loose everything that made this series a blast and a great memory for many.

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:45 PM

    Leisure Suit Larry kicks mad bootay! Hilarious game, and shows plenty of boobies. Ohhhh yea son

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 01:50 PM

    They better stop over-hyping the remake.  It may starting sounding like the hype around another Hero from the same time period: Duke Nukem.  DNF should have meant "Did Not Finish"...

    I'm still excited to see Al Lowe come back to the series.  I hope we have a ridiculously funny age verification system in this one, for nostalgia!

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 02:38 PM
    Remaking an "adventure" (really, there's little actual "adventure" involved in pointing and clicking. I hate how this genre stole that descriptor) from the VGA days of gaming in 2011 sounds REALLY dumb. It's certainly going to be better than any recent Larry game - which is kinda sad - but it's also not going to be very fun I bet. It would be much better to look at contemporary "adventures" - Telltale's stuff, Heavy Rain - and build a completely new game. But I suppose they have to start somewhere. If the animation is good and the tone is fun - something I've heard about the original games - I hope this is successful regardless. But man, "adventure" games are not fun to play. So I'll pass.
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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 03:53 PM

    I remember my dad playing this game and making me leave the room on occasion. I had no idea why at the time...

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 04:42 PM

    Never been a big fan of the Leisure Suit Larry series. Just something about a puzzle game about trying to get women naked doesn't appeal to me.

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 05:48 PM

    Ohhh dont be scares

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 08:01 PM

    YESSSSSSSS!!

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 09:11 PM

    Lowe is back!!! The original Larry games are freaking amazing, I can't wait for this.

  • by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 09:33 PM

    Sad. I think....

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 09:58 PM

    best news all day!!

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    by Monday, October 10, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    This should be good. The old ones were funny, and I would love to play a new one.

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    by Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:27 AM

    Im excited these point and click adventures are coming back around after a long absence, starting with perhaps the best of the lot, Monkey Island.  On that note, can we get some Space Quest going please?  

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