LGR - Leisure Suit Larry 1 - DOS PC Game Review

[@edwinchenoweth4251]

I can remember playing this when I was little asking my aunt questions about stuff that had happened 10 years earlier to pass the age test, trying to pick the right kind of condom so the cashier wouldn't humiliate me in front of the whole store and who can forget going raw dog and having your junk light off like a sparkler from your newly received STD. Really good game.

[@NoorAnomaly]

***** Haha, English is not my native language, so I remember going in to the living room and asking my parents what a "pro-phy-lac-tic" was. They were not impressed. :P

[@Bigheadedwon]

I loved Sierra's guide books where you had to use a magic marker to reveal the answers. I hated cheated but when I got beyond stuck I could read thru the questions and only bring out the one I needed. That kept me from finding out shit I didn't want to accidentally know.

[@erogeguy8887]

Speaking of those Japanese adult games, have you ever considered a video on something like the NEC PC-88 or PC-98? There's a lot of fascinating history there regarding the origins of eroge and company's like Square and Enix as well, before they went mainstream.

[@TheWeco]

I learned the english language with this game. Good times.

[@Kuhlfurst]

Believe or not this was my very first game ever. Got an old DOS computer (back in mid-90s) with a ton of games, and this was the first one I tried. I didn't know more than a dozen words in English though so I don't think I ever made it very far. I totally remember Lefty's though. The "are you an adult" questions sure were tough when I had noooo idea what was being asked but eventually I memorized all the right answers.

[@gnardawgyt]

Alright, you've convinced me. This actually looks like a lot of fun! Younger generations really have the wrong impression of LSL, if they even know of it at all. Knowing it leans heavily on the humor and not exclusively on the sleaze has turned me around.

[@hannrkelley]

That theme song..I was hearing that at WAY too young of an age haha. Amazing amazing game.

[@Palmroxx]

The way almost *anything* you decide to type is understood by the game helps with the immersion so much. "Lift mat", seriously - I never even thought of that! Walk to a stand, write "order taxi", "call cab" etc. and an actual cab comes and it turns into a third person perspective and asks "where to?" and you can go anywhere, like to a casino to play poker! But you need cash to pay of course, and need to write "pay driver" or whatever you want after the ride. The game-engine is so amazing.

[@detectingretro6313]

Such a classic. First played this at my friends house when we were about 9. I became hooked on the Larry series and even ran a fan site in the mid to late 90s

[@anthonykiedis1765]

A fan site for LSL? 😂

[@Marconius6]

"Sex and how people try to get it is kind of hilarious" First recommended video: Dragon's Lair

[@thesteelrodent1796]

This game was my introduction to adventure games, when I was 10 or so. Great game. The LSL 1-6 collection contains a book where Al Lowe talks about each game - sort of a director's commentary, and is great read for anyone who appreciate the series. That collection also include the Softporn text adventure LSL was based on, which was ported to PC for the release of the collection. The GOG version of the 1-6 collection contains everything that was in the original box, with all the books included as PDF. Highly recommendable. The newer installments (after 6) are a bit meh, but because they exist Larry is now officially the longest running adventure game series

[@edobkin]

Finally - I have seen one of your videos that lives up to the channel’s title, Clint!

[@smallmj2886]

I remember the age test at the beginning of this game. One of the questions was: Which of the following was not a Vice President in 1973-74?

[@BryonLape]

Got 221 out of 222 points back in the day. never figured out where the other point was.

[@Devilot91]

it doesn't even matter cuz it always says "you played ok, i guess"

[@ZorotheGallade]

Adult humor then: Humor that is aimed at adults because only mature adults have the life experience to get it. Adult humor now: Gratuitous references to sex and violence aimed at kids that think enjoying this kind of humor is a sign of maturity.

[@mrsmith1097]

+ZorotheGallade Case in point: Family Guy. Just be as rude and disgusting as possible and kids will think it's "cool"

[@PuffyRainbowCloud]

Family Guy is problematic, though. I've heard of people getting bullied for having the name Meg and people over all acting shitty because of the show. Some of the humour is also very offensive and the creator acts very poorly when faced with criticism of the offensive nature of his content.

[@kalebbrown93]

The first 3 seasons of Family Guy were gold...everything after is complete garbage.

[@imKazahkstan]

"If you're watching a TV show, and you decide to take your values from that, you're an idiot. Maybe you should take responsibility for what values your kids are getting. Maybe you shouldn't be letting your kids watch certain shows in the first place if you have such a big problem with them, instead of blaming the shows themselves." -Peter Griffin

[@MattMcIrvin]

Have you *seen* Eighties teenage sex comedies? The bad stuff goes back a long way...

[@alpacino5728]

Dude GR I love. Your videos I am a 28 year old guy from southern Connecticut and I grew up playing MS Dos games on my old computer. I love watching your videos when playing World of Warcraft (on my second monitor) at work on my phone and at night before I go to bed. Sorry if that's a bit creepy but I love your voice and love watching games from my childhood.

[@TC-yu1dr]

Leisure suit Larry and king's quest were the games of my childhood. Thanks for the review, it brought a smile to my face.

[@Dosgamert]

I'm gonna try this out for the first time today! I'll even dress as Larry ;)

[@wolfen26]

Hey LGR, you forgot to mention the other thing that Leisure suit larry was known for. The age restriction questions! That was pretty unique for the time.

[@melomaniakjm]

Yes, we had to write them down and the corresponding answers through trial and error. Great game.

[@joojoojeejee6058]

This was a milestone in PC gaming, providing a more "mature" (pun intended) gaming experience than the home-computers of the era did and laying groundwork for future titles of similar genre.

[@SkorpyoTFC]

Those "blank" hint books came with a special highlighter to reveal the answers. A few people who've taken the time to write them down somewhere online did their best to reproduce the effect with all kinds of text effects too.

[@rars0n]

My first LSL game was LSL 7: Love for Sail! I can't help but love that game. I like the others, including the original's (second) remake, but LSL7 really hit a number of marks that I never felt the other games matched. Of course, I especially loved the Easter eggs, but it was just a funny story and a really fun time experiencing it all without such a clunky interface like the previous games. I had the LSL collection as well, which included the first six (er, five) games, including the original and the VGA remake, along with the text-based Softporn. I enjoyed all of them, but I still can't say I enjoyed any of them as much as LSL7.

[@bennichols7347]

My father gave me a computer when I was 13, and it had this game on it. Just hearing the music brings back ridiculous memories from childhood.

[@Todd82TA]

I love the reviews. It's cool seeing all your game boxes too. I used to keep them all, but at some point before I got married, I ended up throwing away ALL of my game boxes. I had all the Origin and Sierra games... all in the dumpster. Sigh...

[@tannerrennat7786]

I remember running upstairs at the age of like 9 and asking my mom the age verification questions just to start the game.

[@JanaeSmith]

you gotta revisit LSL and the more recent games! There's the College one with his son and the Cruise Ship (love for sale?) one is a classic! They need your love and I don't see them in your library

[@SumeaBizarro]

Everyone who has boxed copy of Sexy Beach 3 is my hero.

[@sarcasmo57]

I loved this game ever since I found it on my grandpa's computer as a kid.

[@Saxcat20]

I love that Roberta Williams is showing some skin on the softporn adventure box. Way to take one for the team!

[@nerdcave6797]

I would like to see a vid where you just show your collection

[@GeorgGreat_GameReviews]

+Nerd Cave He recently did, if you're still interested

[@djsmileyoflasvegas]

I always remember trying so hard to get the bottle of spanish fly..loved this game

[@PeterSwinkels]

Nice review, but why not use Adlib instead of General Midi?

[@Dzeroed]

Wow. That mic...thank goodness you sorted that out, Clint!

[@DrPluton]

LLL might be the only Sierra adventure games my uncle didn't have. His favorite was King's Quest, but I loved Full Throttle.

[@DrPluton]

Harrison Strupp Oops. You're right.

[@browsertab]

Nevar forget. One of my favourite series.

[@Hotshotter3000]

What do you think of Larry reloaded? I honestly believe that they totally turned it into the ultimate version of it. The humor was very good in the original, slightly improved in the 1991 remake, but my god! It was so utterly perfected in the 2013 reloaded one.

[@thatguyontheright1]

Lazy Game Reviews Well if LSL Reloaded was well supported, a LSL8 may be in the future.

[@cd2220]

Hotshotter3000 I think my favorite version is the remake in the Kings Quest 5 engine, I can't remember the name. The art style is the perfect balance of super old school looking while still having lots of detail. The original Sierra games were far before my time, and while I still greatly appreciate them for what they started, I have a lot of trouble using a text parser.

[@ethandefinitely8691]

better then the franchise killer and abomination known as Box Office Bust which costed $39.99 at LAUNCH! Shame on you, Team 17 and Codemasters

[@pim1234]

I played this in those days ! Great !

[@patrickkilduff5272]

I only played LSL3 back in the day...it was on my Dad's hard drive and had no real way of buying PC games back then...so what I had is, well, what I had...

[@slitor]

I played this game when I was like 11-12...you know there was a hot key that got you through the quiz.

[@drsnova7313]

I remember playing Larry with friends - when we were probably around 11 or 12. As English was not our native language, and most of the age-restriction questions were rather American culture-centric, we basically brute forced them, writing all wrong and right answers down in a large table until we could start the game fairly often. It was fairly ridiculous to us anyway that this was age restricted - there wasn't anything in the game we wouldn't be able to see on late-night TV in our country.

[@spectre9792]

There's also "The Authorized, Uncensored LSR Bedside Companion" book that shows you how to beat the games, but plays it as a novel.

[@victorvance2573]

Fun fact. In the age restriction questions at the beginning of the game one of the wrong answers to the question "Who is O.J. Simpson?" is actually "A murderer". Another one worth mentioning is that the woman at the right side of the hot tub on the Softporn Adventure cover is no one other than Roberta Williams herself. If i recall correctly the other woman was a employee of Sierra while the waiter was an actual waiter from a bar near their offices.

[@danielallen12]

Hey LGR, when the new HD remake of LSL1 is released, do you think you could do a LGR plays of it? All the puzzles have apparently been changed and theres quite a few new things added, so it could be a laugh seeing you play it. :D

[@bjmgraphics617]

I like the adult questions that you must answer before you can play. "You're a kid!" You have to save often. I like part 5 the best.

[@q306005]

Hey LGR! You should do a review on Majesty. I loved that game as a kid, but I was the only person I know of that owned a copy... other than you now that I saw that sweet Majesty box in the background at the beginning.

[@Depsypher]

I loved this game back in the day. I would play it on my totally outdated Kaypro computer with 286 8mhz chip and monochrome graphics, yet I still loved it. It was, however, more fun to play later in color with a system that didn't take 30 seconds to load between scenes. I got to the point where I could beat this game in an hour or two and even though I knew what to do, I just loved Larry's journey through Lost Wages. They just don't make em like this anymore, and seriously, they should!

[@Vlad-1986]

Thank you, hope you will have a nice day

[@Baranowski]

great review ! your channel is awesome - keep them coming (please make a review about Broken Sword or Blade Runner ok, not very old but sure awesome games)

[@mkfanforever58]

Did you play that red dead redemption part at the beginning? If you did, I would love to see you play it once.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

No mentioning of the car that flattens you if you take one step unto the road?

[@FictitiousCtrlGames]

Holy shit he was so young here! :P

[@Molo9000]

So which one is your favourite larry game? So far I've only played the last one. (Love for Sail)

[@KaySaschnitt]

Really Fun to watch, as always! Keep it up!

[@Remo860]

Do a review of "STAG" for the Amiga 500.

[@boredwithusernames]

Nice review, I haven't played this in years...

[@josephrhodes5025]

leisure suit larry 4 was my favorite ;-)

[@strictlysega]

my fave larry was i think 6,, love for sail.. where ur at a holiday resort trying to pick up... the worst one was 5 cause i can barely remember is even though i finished it,, and the xbox one,, that was just plain stupid,, where larry goes to collage.. but i mean i was a huge sierra fan back then,, even typing sierra (which was usually the command to start the game) brings back a real sense of nostalgia... ahh,, how i miss my 286..

[@marktemporado320]

Played this when I was a kid. It was was hilarious and hard to play.

[@SecretSquaff]

I remember getting Majesty from one of those school ordering mags.

[@DanielDangerous]

you should do some of the later ones

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

never played LSL, but he was a character in this card game we had on our old DOS computer (I was like 6 at the time--there's no way in hell my parents would let me play an LSL game lol). it had to be made by Sierra, I don't know how else they'd get the rights to use him. also, as I found out in that Sierra documentary Clint cameoed in, the women on the cover of Softporn Adventure are all Sierra employees, including Roberta Williams herself! mind blown... no, just my mind, get your head outta the gutter...

[@joenook]

What was that Japanese game you showed at the beginning? Thanks!

[@0311Mushroom]

I played all of the original games, and loved them all. Anf my fiance loved them too, so even gals got the point.

[@ClanRena]

i really want to try these games out, but since i'm a minor i can't have access to mature games (though i don't really see anything mature about it except for the prospect of sex). are there any free pc demos i could try out? it looks like a fun series to test out

[@falcor88]

You can probably read the hint book with a thin red tinted/transparent plastic sheet.

[@Igorsov]

I only played in Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail, but I have a feeling that this one is the best game of the series...

[@DrayseSchneider]

I've generally liked the Sierra titles. Sadly I never got to play any of them until I was in my twenties, around twenty years ago now. 😕 Leisure Suit is one of the best though I really enjoyed the King's Quest and Space Quest series as well.

[@baTzilein]

eyyy... the game my little brother and i learned our first words of english with, quite a bit before i got english in school in the 5th grade. :) played it first on the portable compaq pc of my uncle. portable only in the sense that one could lift it, i guess.

[@jasonz7788]

Awesome thanks 👍

[@violenceisfun991]

my favourite thing about Liesure Suit Larry is the age verification questions

[@MrDjrecon]

i still have this game

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

but Larry isnt exactly available in stores anymore, and on the internet we are all 18.

[@SomjadeChunthavorn]

Ow ow, that! Star Siege on the shelf! please review it !

[@Hellwyck]

Larry Laffer modelled on Harry Shearer.

[@OldSchoolNYCGamer]

Great review sir!

[@JosephDCM]

I remember playing this game in 1990 on our computer and always having to ask my parents to answer the copy protection questions; it's funny now that I know all the answers even though it's entirely out of context ha ha.

[@PascalBrax]

Wait, is the girl on the right at 1:11 Roberta Williams? The Wife of Ken Williams?!

[@chris5342000]

@phreakindee I know this comment is really old but this seems to be the ideal place to give requests.... Anyways can you review Midtown Madness 2? one of my favorite retro games out there. its kinda like a late 90s version of Vette!

[@citroenboter]

Did you know you die if you don't get properly laid before 12AM in-game time? Also a fun part was the boss key, which is basically an on-screen graph I actually used in class once. Sadly you'll lose all your progress if you didn't save.

[@ManekiNeko1972]

The death actually doesn't happen until 5 A.M.

[@ThomasSpychalski]

ha, I used to love this game and it's sequel.

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

i didnt say anything about buying, since this game is freeware nowadays. and surely you are allowed to download old games? or do the government check your computer daily?

[@citroenboter]

YESSSS I love this one! I finished it for the first time when I was 10. My dad taught me how to skip the intro questions and it really helped me with my English (together with Loom and Monkey Island).

[@JohnGabrielUk]

It's like that scene from Episode Two, except here Anakin REALLY likes sand.

[@rileytherandom]

I remember getting drowned after flushing the toilet in that game :') good times

[@toomanyhungrycats8194]

You should review eric shwartz flip the frog for the amiga.

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

I wish this music would come back

[@DeconvertedMan]

and there stood the pig and the cow!

[@rars0n]

I bet you can't find a boxed copy of Leisure Suit Larry 4!

[@ClanRena]

@Borin81 true, but i'm not allowed to buy anything online. not parental, governmental. really hard to explain

[@donngu]

4:38 innuendo intended?

[@JohnDoe-sp6si]

You should try out Sengoku Rance.

[@discokossan]

are you going to do a reweiv it?

[@Schmidt54]

:-) what a great game Please do a review of a game called "Castle" (or "Castle Adventure" or something). It's evil, but fun.

[@atreyu4ws]

"Partner rating - No mature content"

[@SarcastSempervirens]

jesus christ haven't thought of this for 30 years :D

[@nuclearfish010]

Definitely called, *the land lounge lizards*

[@JudgeTread1]

Did that say Quickimart?

[@MrWolfTickets]

JudgeTread1 It sure did. 3 years before the Simpsons immortalized the name.

[@JudgeTread1]

Ben Wolfram Lol Nice

[@TheMegaLemonpie]

I also prefer the original. It's exactly how you described it ... surreal

[@IMaDEM0N]

LOL, I played this as a kid on a Laptop my dad (who's an electrical engineer & at the time worked at Alden Electronics in Southborough, MA). it was already installed on this old Acer Laptop that he bought from another engineer that ran Windows 3.11‎: Windows for Workgroups & it was set to ask questions to prove your age for this game, & I didn't know any of it at age 8 (1994). & I used to ask my mom, dad & older sister the answers & they'd be like "What the fuck are you doing?!?" LOL!!

[@tinmaptd]

Can you some day review sexy beach 3 lol?