Talk:Leisure Suit Larry

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I thought Leisure Suit Larry 4 was never made, as Al Lowe said there won't be a fourth part - therefore the fifth had to been done after the third. --Abdull 16:11, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Yes... what is your point? :) Pictureuploader 17:18, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Separate articles

I suggest putting each game in to its own separate article which will allow to evolve them better (like adding more freely technical details and trivia). This occurs in other game series articles (Myst and King's Quest), while others follow this format here (Space Quest, Monkey Island). Waiting for suggestions. Pictureuploader 23:43, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Tagged for cleanup.. I guess my proposal should go on and put each game into its own article.. waiting for opinions.. if not, i am proceeding myself Pictureuploader 22:06, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
    • Go ahead and split it. The first thing i thought when i read this article was that it's really lacking detail. If i can find the time, i will try and add some detail myself.

[edit] Inexplicably popular with women

The series was inexplicably popular with women, perhaps because Larry is depicted as a complete loser and men in general are frequently the butt of jokes.

I am quite skeptical about its popularity among women... I removed it until a reference can be found. :-) Also, depicting Larry as a "complete loser" is POV. Well... he manages his way through afterall, doesn't he? :-) bogdan 00:35, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Larry throughout the games, dialogues etc etc seems like the victim. He is fooled easily, when he speaks to people they ingore him or tell him to buzz off and call him dork. This is expressesd even by narrator's messages through various puns and sarcastic comments about him. Pictureuploader 09:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

That was me. Its source was a reputed Finnish gaming magazine from that period, but from this standpoint I agree that it's not sufficient for inclusion. (Not that this is relevant anymore but..) --Kizor 19:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Longest running adult themed series ever?

Is it? At 19 years old (or 17 if you just count from first game to most recent) I think it just might be. Anyone think they can back it up?--SeizureDog 19:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inspiration for Liesure Suit Larry

According to this interview Al Lowe created Liesure Suit Larry as a remake/parody of a text based game called Soft Porn. I think the article should reference this in some way. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.30.221.68 (talk) 03:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

Actually this refers to Larry 1. Check it out Pictureuploader 08:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plattforms?

Was Leisure Suit Larry available on other platforms than PC/DOS?--Hhielscher (talk) 22:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, of course (see SCI Games). --Vihljun (talk) 10:33, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Voice Actor Credits

In Shape up or Slip Out!, Love For Sail!, Casino, and Magna Cum Laude, Larry is voiced by Jan Rabson. Larry Lovage, the protagonist of Magna Cum Laude, is voiced by Tim Dadabo.
I am confused. Is Larry Lovage, the protagonist of Magna Cum Laude, not the Larry Laffer who was apparently the protagonist of the other games mentioned; and both of them appear in Magna Cum Laude? Forgive me, I've never played any of these games, and I don't know anything about them. It's almost as if these two sentences were written by two different people with opposing viewpoints. 69.234.196.33 (talk) 20:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)