LSL
pooh -- Wednesday, 4 August 1999, at 4:51 p. m.
I just feel that it is messed up when someone comes along and messes up a good thing. I remember playing my first game back in highschool in the 90's. It had to be one of the most fun I had playing a game. I had always planned on getting the complete set but when I didnt have the money for it I just decided to get the most recent and work my way down. It just seem like fate that I should buy the only game that I had truly wanted to play when, I finally got a computer of my own, only to find out that the series had been canceled. I hope that all of us can make this guy change his mind and get the word out so that we can boycott their games. Seems crazy since I loved the larry series so much that I buy almost every Sierra game such as Age of Empires and such.
Keep hope alive
POOHMDK
Sierra ? no way!!!!!!
Patrick -- Wednesday, 4 August 1999, at 9:45 a. m.
I am from Switzerland and I am a die hard Sierra Adventure Games Fan. If anybody from "new Sierra" reads this Board, just look, there are Americans, Mexicans, Asians and Europeans beging you to bring back our beloved Adventure Games: LSL, SQ and more. I can assure you, I know a Company that still makes Adventure games, and great ones at that: LUCAS ARTS. If you don`t bring back the old Sierra Games, I will just have to change to LUCAS ARTS. And by the way, I wont by any "new Sierra" Games unless I ( we all ) get what I ( we ) want.
LETS FIGHT FOR THE OLD SIERRA ADVENTURE GAMES!!!!!!
Patrick,
Switzerland
TWO WORDS
KEVIN2 -- Wednesday, 4 August 1999, at 6:03 a. m.
THIS MAY BE MORE THEN TWO WORDS BUT GRENEWETZKI YOU ARE …
SORRY I HAD TO GET THAT OFF MY CHEST. . .
EARLIER IN THAT ARCHIVE OF MESSEGES Abdon C. mentioned something about a guy named K well that guy is mee. . he is right and it tears me apart to see such a good company and adventure games get flushed down the can like that. . grenewetzki. WAK UP and smell the fucking coffee. your ruining sierra. and all adventure games as well. . if you discontinue those games then you may as well kiss Sierra good-bye. . we (the customers) need you , ,
and People that are saving sierra. . don't you even think for a second about stopping this petition this is my second petition on the same bloody day. . and Grenewetzki. . you better see that we don't care for your shitty shooters and online games any more so STOP IT and go back to the games that sierra was built upon
SAVE SIERRA
KEVIN2 -- Wednesday, 4 August 1999, at 5:46 a. m.
SIERRA. . YOU NEED TO REALIZE WHAT YOU DOING TO THE COMPANY
POLICE QUEST THREE BROUGHT ME AND MY BEST BEST FRIEND TOGETHER AND WE USED TO LOVE THIS COMPANY WE WANTED TO WORK FOR THIS COMPANY SO BAD WHEN WE GOT OLDER. . YOU CAN'T CANCEL THESE GAMES AND LAY OFF THE WORKERS LIKE THAT. . IT DOESN'T HELP A BIT. . . YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE YOUR CRUSHING AN EMPIRE WITH THESE STUPID SHOOTERS AND ONLINE GAMES. . SIERRA IS THAT EMPIRE THAT YOU ARE CRUSHING. . WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT MINDLESS SHOOTERS AND STUPID ONLINE GAMES. . THEY WANT ADVENTURE GAMES WHERE IT REQUIRES THOUGHT AND ANALYZATION. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. . . SIERRA WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sierra, wake up!!
Kevin -- Monday, 2 August 1999, at 6:56 p. m.
Grenewetzki, can't you see by the number of posts that people want these games??!! If you take away LSL, Space Quest, Kings Quest, etc. , people won't accept this, they'll revolt! More than likely, instead of getting more $$ (we know it's the root of all evil, especially yours) you'll be losing out because people won't stand for this.
You have to realize that to make money. . . . you have to spend money. Cutting the thousands of jobs like you did, didn't help.
And in the long run it's the customers that suffer because I don't know about everyone else but I refuse to pay $50 or even $10 for a game and then have to pay another $100 for my phone bill every week to go online and play.
Your online games lack skill, adventure, and any mind thought whatsoever.
Thank you for reading my post.
Sierra
Edd -- Monday, 2 August 1999, at 4:47 p. m.
I had been interested in Leisure Suit Larry games since I first ever saw my next door neighbour playing on it at his house. At the time I was a little too young to understand the game, but it stuck in my mind, until one day years later when I saw the LSL collectors edition, with all the games I had wanted to play on it. I bought it, even though I felt I was scamming Sierra out of some money by not buying the games individually. But despite this I have thouroughly enjoyed playing the games, and I hate to admit that I have looked up how to get through certain parts of the game, not really because I'm lazy but because I desperately want to get further in the game. And I don't think I will ever tire of the LSL games, and I am sure that if I purchase some more Sierra games then I will enjoy them just as much. I know most games these days go with fancy graphics, but Sierra have got an indefineable quality, which makes there games so good, and I just hope they will be able to continue making them,
Yours sincerely
Edd
More Larry`
chris -- Monday, 2 August 1999, at 3:16 p. m.
I really want to see more Leisure Suit Larry games. They are a riot to play
-chris
Save Sierra
Patti -- Saturday, 31 July 1999, at 7:19 p. m.
Sierra games are the only games that I've bought just because they are different. They test your mind in addition to being entertaining. It really is a shame that they aren't making these fun adventure games anymore. Please, please. . . . don't stop!
So angry, this is my second message!
Woody Chang -- Friday, 30 July 1999, at 6:12 p. m.
Save Sierra! The basic theme of this message. That's the gist of it. The rest are the little details that make up the theme. Sierra On-line (Older Sierra Games like KQ4), Sierra (Even older games like KQ1 4 colour version), and Sierra Studios (Some of the newer games like GK, KQ7, LSL7 and so. . . ) have really brought together a society of thinkers. How? Sierra Adventure games have always made the gamer think. Sometimes it would be so hard that you would need a walkthrough. However, the best satisfaction from a Sierra game "was" to solve a puzzle and celebrate. I remember my first time through King's Quest 5. It was my first Sierra game I have ever seen. I remember the first set of puzzles. At first I was frustrated because the witch would keep turning me into a frog. Finally, I journeyed through deserts and beat that part. I was proud of myself that day (Note: I was around 7 years old, that desert navigation was tricky because you would always die. ) and would go on to beat that game. That was the past. (Seeing the "was" was in quotes in the 8th sentence. ) Now, it seems that the way to get "happiness" from a SierraFX game (Half-Life) would be to get the biggest gun and kill the aliens. What the hell? David Grenewetski, the bum who killed the real SIERRA, seems to have done a major mistake. The point I'm trying to make, along with millions of other angry gamers from all over the world, is to Save Sierra. (This is where I go on and elaborate. If you want to skip this, go right ahead)
Oh great, now what? Gamers will now have no place to put their thinking skills and find themselves withering away like Armored Moon. (In PC Gamer, this got a 17% rating. ) Instead they take refuge in older games. That's what we should do! We should distribute older games to the younger crowd. Then teach them to enjoy these games like we have. Then we will have more people to join our revolution for more adventure games from Sierra. We should also do what people described earlier, a boycott. When Sierra finds that their revenues have dropped off severly, he (David Grenewetski) will surely find an excuse and fire Jane Jensen (The last "Adventurer" remaining on the Sierra staff. ) Maybe Dave here doesn't like adventure games but we can push him into giving us back what we grew up on!
Maybe we should also add verses to the song but that's for another day.
Lets Boycott sierra games. . . . .
Lucas -- Friday, 30 July 1999, at 1:59 a. m.
I say that everyone who loves sierra adventure games stop buying sierra games in total and tell sierra to start making good games. Only then will we buy there games. . hehehe
Leisure Suit Larry
Josh Odom -- Thursday, 29 July 1999, at 4:11 p. m.
I say if sierra doesn't want to make it we all give Al Lowe a call and get him to start his own company and make it I think anyone dumb enough to stop LSL doesn't deserve to run a company and you can all see here how that has been taken to account fuck sierra if they don't want to make another I grew up with sierra and if they want to stop it I will stop buying
An idea
Joe -- Thursday, 29 July 1999, at 3:24 p. m.
maybe a good way to get results would be to start a petition of people who will boycott sierra games until they start to produce all tyhe quest games that made them a successful company nothing they are coming out with now is worth buying anyway and this may get some results
A greater threat. . .
Infamous-Llama -- Thursday, 29 July 1999, at 12:56 a. m.
We face a threat to Adventure gaming as we know it. Series come and go, (though I hate to see any of Sierra's go), but Adventure gaming has hit quite a slump. I'm a mainstream gamer; I enjoy a little mindless combat every now and then - I'll vouch for The Market that The MArket exists for adventure games. RPGs died out not too long ago. They were reborn. Adventure games have died now. Will a Pheonix rise from these ashes? Sierra has the resources and designers, and series, to make this legendary bird live. Heck, I'd almost buy a canary, I'm so starved. . .
Such a shame. .
Trouble -- Wednesday, 28 July 1999, at 3:11 p. m.
It’s really too bad that Sierra has decided to get rid of all the games that have been a success. Leisure Suit Larry, Kings Quest, Quest for Glory, Police quest and many more. It seems that maybe they think people want to just kill and not use their brains to solve games anymore. They should realize it takes more then fighting to make a good game, to bad they have forgotten all of us. . and decided to go with what they think is now the in trend, violence. .
Larry Rules
Don -- Wednesday, 28 July 1999, at 2:24 a. m.
The president of the company doesn't know what he's doing. I agree with the guy who said start a small company. My friend is planing on starting one soon and he'd be glad to hire Al and the crew. Fireing 200 workers is over the line. LSL beat the crap out of Half-Life, so hire them back and make 8!!!!!!!
save sierra
Benjamin -- Tuesday, 27 July 1999, at 11:45 p. m.
Please don't take out the LSL series, they were THE best games ever produced (yes even better than "3d" games).
LSL-4EVA!
Diane -- Tuesday, 27 July 1999, at 12:11 p. m.
I LOVE the LSL games! I'm in shock about this. Sierra is the best! I can't wait for 8!! All those terrific games, and that imbecile Grenewetzki wants to throw it all away??
Let's hope he sees this and changes his mind.
they dont need a reason
Scott -- Monday, 26 July 1999, at 10:31 a. m.
Hey-
They always do this crap. . they just cancel a freaking series with ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. . Sierra has turned from the absolute dream company into a corporate puppet. . . I say Screw trying to get the games back from this bastard new president. . I say we just get together another, smaller company and have them fund the games. . . no point letting that bastard win. . . I say we get Lowe, Murphy, Crowe, Jensen, and Gates. . . all headed up by Ken and Roberta williams to make these games. . whatever company picks up these games will literally become a huge player overnight.
-scott
It makes no sense
Nebularus -- Sunday, 25 July 1999, at 9:31 p. m.
Hail,
I just read about these problems with Sierra and I must say I am absolutely shocked!!! What the hell's going on? I've been a huge Sierra fan, and the old adventure games will always be a huge part of my life. To hear that Sierra is closing down these games really makes me angry.
Can someone tell me exactly what's going on? What's happened to Ken and Roberta Williams. Are they still around? So are all of the Quest titles finished with??
Someone please email me!!!!!
GIVE ME LSL8
Brookster -- Sunday, 25 July 1999, at 10:43 a. m.
Dear Sierra
If you don't make LSL8 then there will be outrage. Take out your ear plugs and listen. People want LSL8
Larry and Wilco
Lucky -- Saturday, 24 July 1999, at 10:54 a. m.
GIVE US LARRY8 AND SPACE QUEST7!!!
Sierra is going to be as rejected as Larry
Loonatik -- Saturday, 24 July 1999, at 4:46 a. m.
Sierra, come on lets not let the classics die! larry has at least 10 more games of rejection to go through and god knows how man more kings quest you can make! isnt kq what made sierra what it is today? and to all the employees that got cut I am truely sorry =(
Save Sierra!
Cyn -- Friday, 23 July 1999, at 9:31 p. m.
When I was playing KQ MOE I thought it was the most fun game I'd ever played. The forum was like calling an old friend for help. I was overwhelmed with the amount of help that was given to me, especially in DOD. When I read today that there will never be another KQ it really upset me! The last thing I want to do is play an interactive game online. It would cost a fortune. Please bring back the crew you fired and let them continue to create more great games. I think you made a HUGE mistake judement!
Bring back the good old days
John Pakkidis -- Friday, 23 July 1999, at 9:18 p. m.
Withough LSL8 and Sq7, Sierra is just another company trying to get a fast buck.
Alright I'm in. . .
Thaden -- Friday, 23 July 1999, at 7:40 p. m.
I think this is a good cause. I really have no other input besides my name on this list, though. . . good luck.
Save Sierra
thoogar1 -- Friday, 23 July 1999, at 5:33 p. m.
Came here to support anyone saving a worthy cause , I think it's one so whatever happens I will say that playing games is better than working anyday. . .
Save Quest 4 Glory
Herman the Wiz -- Friday, 23 July 1999, at 12:27 p. m.
We've just become King of Silmaria and you want us to hang up our adventuring boots just like that - whats the big idea!
Bring on Quest for Glory VI!
LARRY
JEFF -- Thursday, 22 July 1999, at 7:32 p. m.
I AM NOW SAYING SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT OF. WHY WILL YOU STOP WITH THE GAME THAT GAVE YOU ALL OF THIS MONEY TO MAKE MORE? WHY DONT YOU MAKE A FEW MORE? IT WAS A AWESOME GAME. MAKE IT BETTER BY ADDING MORE!! IT GAVE YOU MONEY NOW USE IT!
DUMB
JEFF -- Thursday, 22 July 1999, at 7:29 p. m.
I THINK THIS IS DUMB THAT YOU ARE STOPPING NOW!!!! WHY NOW???? I HAVE EVERY ONE AND NOW YOU ARE JUST GONNA TELL ME THAT YOU ARE GONNA STOP!!
save sierra, kill gretwenski
joe yule -- Tuesday, 20 July 1999, at 11:23 p. m.
save sierra, kill gretwenski. its that simple.
SAVE SIERRA DAMMIT! ;-)
Rob Bartsch -- Tuesday, 20 July 1999, at 2:22 a. m.
WOW! I've grown up with these classic games like Space Quest and Leisure Suit and now they wanna cut em cuz they aren't makin enough money? That's a legacy that should never DIE! Let the games go on forever. . . . :-)
Please!!!
frank -- Monday, 19 July 1999, at 7:16 p. m.
Please save sierra! We need more Larry and Space Quest and the orginal Police Quest with Sonny Bonds
Save Sierra!!!!!!!!!
Lisa -- Sunday, 18 July 1999, at 10:31 a. m.
IF SIERRA CLOSES DOWN JUST THINK OF ALL THE GREAT GAMESTHAT WOULD NEVER CONTINUE. SPACE QUEST, KINGS QUEST, LEASURE SUIT LARRY, QUEST FOR GLORY, POLICE QUEST (TO NAME BUT A FEW) AND THINK OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE UPSET THAT THEIR FAVOURITE GAMES WILL NEVER CONTINUE BEING PRODUCED AND TRUST ME THAT IS LOADS OF PEOPLE. SO PLEASE SAVE SIERRA!!!!
PLEASE SAVE LARRY!!
Paul
Saturday, 17 July 1999, at 11:09 p. m
The Leisure Suit Larry series is the best series of any game! It CAN'T DIE!! NNNNOOOOOOOOO. Please bring back Larry.
Drinking song
Jon Welch
Friday, 16 July 1999, at 9:01 p. m.
I was bored so I wrote a song everybody can sing/drink along with. (to the tune of Alluette)
Grenewetski
David Grenewetski
Grenewetski
Killed Sierra, now we're mad.
Did he cancel Larry 8?
(Yes he cancelled Larry 8.)
Grenewet (Grenewet) O-o-o-oh
Make up your own lines for further verses. . . it's fun!
I took the fact that this petition might not work into consideration, so I started searching for all those games with the Al Lowe sense of humor I never bought (all 2. . . Torin's Passage and Freddy Pharkas). Oddly enough, even though they've been out of production for several years, I was able to find both of them. These may very well be the last 2 Sierra games I buy.
larry
Larry -- Friday, 16 July 1999, at 7:33 p. m.
Save larry the man he is a legend and an excallent game. So sierra I hope you make the right decision to put larry at the top
500 Messages!
Darcy -- Friday, 16 July 1999, at 5:06 p. m.
We have 500 Messages! I hope this tells Sierra something. This message board started back in Feburary and people are still adding messages, some for the second and third times, some just now getting the upsetting news about Sierra demise, but all just trying to save what once was the greatest adventure game company. Please listen to us Sierra!
Sierra
Michelle -- Thursday, 15 July 1999, at 4:24 p. m.
Please don't stop making games. I've been playing Sierra games since my first computer, everytime I try a different brand I always, say "boy, this isn't nearly as good as Sierra's". It's so hard to find a game that's not just about beat 'em up, and shoot 'em up. I love the adventure, the puzzles, the trivia. Please do a new LSL and KQ.
larry!!!!
Tom Wolf -- Thursday, 15 July 1999, at 10:52 a. m.
Leasure Suit Larry in the land of the lounge lissard´s was the first game I ever played. I need it. . . it´s part of my life. . . there`s the world needs Larry Laffer!!!
WHY GOD WHY?!
Joe -- Wednesday, 14 July 1999, at 4:12 p. m.
I've been a fan of Sierra adventure games as soon as I was tall enough to see the computer screen. I can't belive that I may never spend money on another. I can't write anymore. . . I've already broken into tears.
Sounds Simple
Albert Buyco -- Wednesday, 14 July 1999, at 2:16 p. m.
I felt a shift in Sierra without consciously knowing about the changes until now as I read of Black Monday and the sale of Sierra to a foreign company etc. . . Things "felt" different as I visited their site looking for games. Everything had a different "vibe" (to use a '60's term)from before. I'm sad to hear that this change was not a change that was in the interest of the fans that the prior Sierra had won with their striking products and cozy "vibe" (to use the 60's term again). The feeling I get from the company now is a generic feeling. A similar feeling to the feeling I get when I visit a Costco Site or a K-Mart Site. I don't feel "love". . . the family feeling. . . or a sense of "belonging". . . I feel like a visitor. . . I know I am a visitor, but try visiting the Interplay site. . . sure it doesn't look as sharp and as "clean" as Sierra's but there's a comfortable, homely feeling about the site and as a result I'm there often waiting for more updates on upcoming releases. Those are the same type of vibes that I used to get from Sierra and their games. Let me know when money is replaced with love at Sierra and I'll bet you the "vibe" comes back to Sierra!
another email
Kyle Martinez -- Tuesday, 13 July 1999, at 10:07 p. m.
I recently got another email does this mean they are actually listening to us???
Hello,
I have checked out the site. . . it makes quite an impression. I am forwarding this e-mail/link on to the developers. Best of luck with this. If you continue to have problems, feel free to call us at 1-425-644-4343 or e-mail us by hitting reply, ensuring to include all previous correspondences with us.
Sincerely,
Dan
Sierra Tech
Saving Private Larry
Marcelo -- Tuesday, 13 July 1999, at 7:38 p. m.
The world needs Larry Laffer
MORE ADVENTURE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!
steve -- Monday, 12 July 1999, at 8:51 p. m.
We need Larry 8 or else there won't be anymore new adventure games! Bring back Al!
Save Adventure Games!
Mikeyguy -- Monday, 12 July 1999, at 8:47 p. m.
Save Larry Laffer and Roger Wilco! They rule!
everyone we will be heard
Kyle Martinez -- Monday, 12 July 1999, at 7:39 p. m.
I sent the address of this message board to customer service and had a very nice woman check it out she like to see so many loyal fans of sierra games and this is what she wrote:
Dear Sierra Customer,
I took a look at the internet site dedicated to Leisure Suit Larry- it was really great to hear from so many fans! I hope that Leisure Suit Larry will be brought back. At this time however, there are no plans for the reture of LSL. I will forward your e-mail with the site address to the correct department. We appreciate hearing from dedicated fans. Good Gaming!
Thank you,
Robin
Although we were still shutdown I think they enjoy hearing from us and would also like to see a Leisure Suit Larry game but just cant come up with one. Maybe if we kindof write a story line and email it to them they just might be interested.
Thanx
Kyle
Poor Larry, will he always loose ?
Ronald van Uffelen -- Monday, 12 July 1999, at 2:58 p. m.
I enjoyed playing the LSL serie (all of them) and hope that I can continue to play this wonderfull game in the future. Don't stop to produce this king of games.
Please make normal games again
Gurby -- Monday, 12 July 1999, at 7:48 a. m.
Dear Sierra,
Please make normal games like Larry and Space Quest and the original King's Quest again!
Please save our favorite games!
Audra from Canada -- Saturday, 10 July 1999, at 7:30 p. m.
Dear Sierra Management,
I grew up Sierra games. My first big purchace when I was child was King's Quest 3. The King's Quest and Laura Bow series have been absolute favorites of mine! It makes me *so* sad to hear that these adventures as well as others, will never continue. No one is kidding when they say that Sierra had something magical that no other game company had. You put role-playing games on the map, you really did.
Breath-taking graphics, cleverly chosen music and memorable characters combined with intricate plots seemed to be what the Sierra magic touch was all about. Please don't let this change. I'm a huge fan of Sierra games, but it's the Sierra quality I've come to love, notbut your name on the lable is not enough for me
Saving the life of an amazing man
Kyle Martinez -- Saturday, 10 July 1999, at 2:10 p. m.
I recently wrote everyone at sierra in hopes to make them look through our eyes. I wanted to show them how a winning product will stay true in the eyes of many sierra lovers and that the true lovers would come back to them. this is the letter I wrote them
Hello.
My name is kyle I am 20 and have been playing LSL for a long time and have been loving it. I used to look forward to when it came out cause I would be the first in the store to buy it. there is so much happening in the computer and gaming industry now that would make the game so interesting for example *Multi player *build your own city, all interesting stuff I have talked with numerous people and they all love the game and want it back what do we have to do to have it made. we will pay for it and enjoy it. I thought you were supposed to make a product that your customers would keep coming back to well right here you have a winner. the same goes for the roger wilco games and police quest well please write back and actually take these comments into consideration and remember that we are buying customers that love your work and especially this game. thank you for your time
Kyle
I feel that they owe it to us to make another LSL game that we can spend numerous hours on just trying to get laid. what can we do to make this happen. lets make a stand!
Kyle
How can the *Ultimate Swinger* die??
Elise Edson -- Wednesday, 7 July 1999, at 3:23 p. m.
Sierra has always been the hallmark of good gaming fun with such games as King's Quest, LSL, and Star Quest. Rather than shooting for technologically straining new gaming advances, Sierra went for what really mattered - plot, humor, and conent. I grew up with King Graham and Alexander and Larry L:affer -- eagerly awaiting the forthcoming sequels. No more?? This isn't right. SAVE SIERRA!!!
Let Laffer Alive
Chris Canter -- Wednesday, 7 July 1999, at 2:37 p. m.
Despite the old-fashioned graphics, and the parser interface that gets your wrists to bleed, the original LSL1 has always been my favorite game. It's like a book or a song, the impact of which simply can't be explained to anyone. This goes for other Sierra adventures as well. Naturally, any intelligent gamer wants the Sierra company to keep producing the games that change lives. And to stay loyal to those who made it all possible - such as Mr Lowe.
Save Sierra - Adventure Game Lover
Peter Claus -- Monday, 5 July 1999, at 12:11 p. m.
Sierra needs to stay alive and continue producing the wonderful adventure series, and of course, new series. There may be fewer people playing them at the moment as new gamers tend to prefer the action genre of games. But if Sierra kill off these series and retrench these people, they might as close shop.
Sierra also have action and sport series, but I do not believe they will survive if they kill off the adventure game series, there are too many other companies producing games of better quality than most of these type of games, Half-Life being an exception.
When Sierra tried to modify the latest Kings Quest game into a quasi Action Game, it became a flop. The traditional adventure gamers were not comfortable with it and as it was not a true action game, those gamers were not happy.
Sierra has to market its adventure games more to new gamers as well as those who prefer the action games.
I hope Sierra realise what they are doing before it is too late. I hope the Gabriel Knight as well as the other series continue to flourish.
Sierra Management. Please heed these words.
Help Larry
Face -- Monday, 5 July 1999, at 5:36 a. m.
I don't know what to say, I'm so fed up with this everyone has such a good point how can sierra ignore all these people. That is over a 100 people that are promising to buy this game right now. How many more people are out there just itchin for this game. You guys are right they have their heads up there ass. Hey Sierra if you are reading this I wanna let you know this. If you release this game tommorow I bet you anything you won't be able to keep it on your store shelves for atleast a month.
Save LSL8, SQ7, . . . !!!!!!!
someone from Belgium -- Saturday, 3 July 1999, at 6:07 p. m.
Sierra adventure games were the best games I ever played. I say "WERE" because I fear they completely disappeared. And with them, Sierra. As in many other companies, Sierra suffers now from a lack of creativity and originality. In the past, they've created a lot of great games, but now, they fear to TRY something ORIGINAL, FUNNY. They just copy the others. HEY GUYS, WAKE UP!
Save Sierra
Bill -- Saturday, 3 July 1999, at 5:49 p. m.
Save Sierra! I grew up on all their games and I LOVE them. I would be very happy if they made even more to continue their adventure series.
Sierra? Sierra who?
Gray -- Saturday, 3 July 1999, at 2:10 a. m.
you know what? maybe Sierra SHOULD just disappear. honestly, I grew up on the games. I played the first king's quest (when it was only in black and white, people. . . . ) when I was a wee lad. my parents approved of sierra games because it helped me learn to type and use the computer, and they liked the fact that I was required to think (in the form of sentences).
I think one of my favorites is STILL space quest 2, despite the comparatively crappy graphics.
I always liked the king's quest series (though I never played past 6), space quest, police quest, quest for glory. . . . I LOVED conquest of the longbow. . . . great games, all of them!
but okay. I've purchased two of those collections, so far. and I know I can't really play several of the games on both. WHY? because my computer is apparently too good!
Sierra has turned on its customers, people. let's face it. they couldn't put ANY effort into finding a solution to problems older games would face with a pentium computer? bull! origin fixed up their original wing commander (in the kilrathi saga collection) in order to run normally on pentiums!
I never played mask of eternity. a friend said it was a major disappointment. I DID play dragon fire, however. that was definitely a disappointment. the graphics were not quite as state of the art as I was led to believe. the story was weak. the puzzles were the weakest (unless you count figuring out ways to get around the massive amounts of bugs).
sierra has lost its touch. yeah, I played halflife. it's a good game. . . . but thief was much better. why? it was innovative.
the only company that's put out decent adventure games has been lucasarts. grim fandango was a great game (interface took some getting used to). and curse of monkey island was a brilliant game. it kept the same humor, same major characters, similar enough interface with brand new lovely graphics. the puzzles were just challenging enough to make me think, and sometimes stump me for days, if not weeks. . . but never so difficult that they seemed irrelevant. lucasarts has certainly jumped on the first-person shooter and simulation bandwagon, but they still haven't abandoned their adventure games. . . . and their action games display a lot more ingenuity in their development.
Sierra might as well abandon its famous series' is what I'm saying. I don't think they're capable of satisfying any of us anymore. in the best interests of the series, and those who've always loved them (before all this CRAP sierra's been putting out), sierra should sell the rights to a crew that's more dedicated to making a decent adventure game, not cashing in on an old franchise
Don't Let Sierra Die!
Ken -- Thursday, 1 July 1999, at 5:50 p. m.
I couldn't believe it when I found out about this, and I couldn't believe it took me this long to find out. Not only is it unbelieveable that someone could do something this stupid like shutting down one of the number one software companies in the world, but they shut down production on one of the best selling game series ever, the irrepressible Leaisure Suit Larry. So, for the sake of game fans everywhere, and especially for those put out of work because of this monumentally stupid move, please reconsider this decision.
Leisure suit larry. . .
Robert Paxton -- Wednesday, 30 June 1999, at 6:37 p. m.
LSL is *the* funniest and best adventure series of all time. you can't just let it go. why are you cutting it? on your LSL7 box, you are BOASTING about how many larry adventures have been sold!! it is something to be proud of, not something to be kicked to the side. many, many people will by your game, whether you think so or not (including me). you might see cutting the series as an economical decision, but it will be just the opposite. people will be thinking of you guys at sierra as dickheads. do people want to buy dickhead software? no. just something to think about. . .
Hello my name is Charlie and I am a big fan of your work. I was wondering if their was any secret codes for Leisure suit Larry7. I passed Leisure Suit Larry1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, Please write back it would be an honor to receive a letter from you.
Sincerely.
Charlie
yeah baby
The year was 1988 and I was 8 years old. I was round my friends house and he had a PC. Thats where I saw my first adventure game - Leisure Suit Larry. I remember how fun it was to roam the artficial world and type things in! Even though I didn't really understand the adult content, I completed the game with help from my liberally minded father! That Christmas I recieved A PC with Larry 1, PQ1 and SQ1. . . . . . and so it began. We need sierras old programmers - we need you and all the other guys! Great games are made by imaginative people not big budgets. All I can say to you Al is if there are no more Larrys then create another superstar! You can do it you've done it before! You don't need Sierra, I'll help! My adventure gaming started with you - if you hadn't created LSL1 I would have taken a completly differnt path in life! Believe it dude!
Keep the games coming
Tom Lee
Buckinghamshire, England
Al, I must say, of all the games I've bought over the years, the Leisure Suit Larry series had the shiniest boxes.
Hee heh sorry :) No, I loved them all… good job. I find it such a shame that Sierra has become something twisted as of late. . . the release of Scott Murphy from his contract, the firing of the Yosemite Games section after moving them from California to Seattle, and thus the destruction of the B5 game.
I just wanted to say, that it was games like yours that made Sierra a success and gave me hours of laughs.
Richard Heck
Hey. . . . I just found this site, I just wanted to tell you that you are a TOTALY AWESOME person. I boug LSL1, 2, 3 and than I decided to buy the LSL Suite and I LOVE IT TO DEATH!!!! I just wanted to say that I think that you are a brilliant man and thanks for making LSL for us all to have somthing fun to do while at work :)
Sincerely
Gordy Bryan
Tucson, Arizona
Dear Mr. Lowe
I am just outraged at what I just read under your your Larry link. I cant believe Sierra said that they dont want to make a new Larry game at this time!! Who do they think they are!! They need Larry, its the only funny game out there, there are to many shoot ‘em ups and war strategies. . . . . have they become engulfed with blood lust or have they lost their sense of humour?Hell I would even like to start a petition and send it over to the Sierra board. If a petition would work let me know I will try and organize something with the rest of the Larry Fan sites.
Oh well who am I anyway, But I just wanted you to know that I have been playing Larry ever since the text adventure and will keep on buying Larry til I die (Well thats a bit extreme but, something aloing the line) Just a minor note I do copy games sometimes but I always bought Larry since I know the gaming industry needs support and the box just makes it whole lot more fun.
Anyway I think I have bored you enough and I'll let you get back to working on Larry 8, right?
Take care and please let me know what you think of the petition? And thanks for a great game series!
Albert 't Hooft
The Netherlands
Hello DEAR guys from Sierra (Expesially you Al):
I kinda thought about your idea to help you with ideas how to create Leasure Suit Larry 8. It would be good that the game starts at the end of the LSL7 when Larry sleeps with that beautiful hard Captain and then the UFO-s come. Aliens will kidnape Larry and kill him. . . . but!! Larry will go to the "other world" and he must go to Paradice. He wants to live more and the angels (with big breasts) give him a test. If he win he will go back to the Earthbut if he lose he is going to Hell for breaking the Heven's rools. He's back!! And he have to screw lotsa women to show himself like a real MACHO man. He'll screw the angel, too. The devils are going to sabotage him in many ways but is he a Larry or not?He must win. The angels put him in Europe. You can choose would you like to make the game in Spain, France, German, or somewhere else. . .
If it was useful, please make some suprise in the game for your funs from YUGOSLAVIA, (Draw somewhere our names or on something. . ) Put Some FAMOUS women in game like Pamela Anderson or other acctresses maybe some monkeys (please not beavers anymore!!!) and Spanishmen or Yugoslavian guys. Make a little HOTer Easter Eggs (like the shower one in Larry 6). . Let’s it call- Larry in the Fight for life 8.
If you don’t like the idea of paradice and hell, here’s an idea for “Larry Lost In Space 8”: Larry is taken by the USA goverment, NASA for an experimen. . . He’s on the satelite near Moon where the operators are all chicks!! He’ll screw most of them for gettin’ out from there!!!! The Captain will give him then a “lifeboat”, shuttle and he’ll fly down to Earth. . . But it would be no game if Larry don’t make something wrong, so he’ll fall on Earth because he don’t know how to operate with a shuttle. There would be some chick( the best one)in the shuttle with him that he could do something while he’s landing. . .
Do you like it? No? Why? Then, If it was useful please make some suprise in the game for your funs from YUGOSLAVIA , (Draw somewhere our names or on something. . ) Okey dokkie?
Emil & Nemanja
Belgrade, YU
Hi!
I’m just writing to thank you for all your wonderful games—I first became acquainted with the Larry series in 1992 when I was 12 (I uh. . . I was looking for a different type of game at the time, though), and have really enjoyed all the other games in the series, as well as The Laffer Utilities, Leisure Suit Larry’s Casino, Torin’s Passage, and Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist. Anyway, I have two questions.
Actually, one of them isn’t quite as stupid as the subject line implies. I think I’ll ask that one first. In Larry 6, Patti dissappears altogether. In the Official Book of Leisure Suit Larry, she is mentioned frequently. Had you meant to cut her character out of the game altogether, or was she going to come back?
My second question (the stupid one) relates to Freddy Pharkas. There’s a scene in the game in which several characters are standing outside the outhouse, and when Freddy talks to them, he asks, “Say! Do any of you folks know how to Madison?”
This exact line appears in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and I, being an embarrassingly big RHPS fan, had to ask. That plus the fact that I live in Stoughton, Wisconsin, which is rather close to Madison, and my friends and I always make fun of that line.
Thanks for the great games,
Colin
Al,
Any news or info on a possible LSL8 yet? I still send emails to Dave G. , and to Sierra, trying to get them to change their minds, but I must admit that it looks pretty bleak. Unless, of course, something has happened that we fans don’t know about yet. . . To the best of your knowledge, has any other software manufacturer shown interest in purchasing the property from Sierra? For that matter, have they ever named a price? Hell, maybe a group of fans might even be able to meet Sierra’s price, then sell the character to you for a figure you can manage. Sure it has that corny old “Let’s put on a show!” feel to it, but it might be a possibility (no matter how remote) worth exploring. Just fill me in on any info you may have whenever you get a chance. We miss Larry, and we miss you, Al. Though we may get discouraged or sidetracked (by that pesky thing called life), card-carrying LSL geeks like me aren’t ever going to give up hope. Thanks!
Jeff Krouskop
This e-mail is similar to my guestbook entry. Anyway. For me, Larry is the best adventure ever (100% lifestyle, great music!), and it was the first game I’ve played when I was in school. Hope you’re not bored by this fan e-mail (we all tell you the same I think). Our teacher told us to write pascal programs but we prefered playing Leisure Suit Larry in the land of the Lounge Lizards (do you like Lurie’s band too?). Your games are the real deal. Thanks for your funny games Al.
Best,
Thomas
I am a German Fan, so I have got a very bad English! But listen:Larry is one who never give up! So you ever said, you are a part of him! But now you give up producing Larry 8!WHY? Of course sierra has the rights, but get them back and you will see!Larry 8 will have great success!All Adventure Fans in the world are waiting for it!!!
LEISURE SUIT LARRY FOREVER!
YOU ARE THE MASTER OF ADVENTURE!
Sincerely
Manuel (Leisure Suit Larry-Fanclub Germany!)
BRING LARRY BACK! IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN THE HISTORY OF PC GAMES!!
MANUEL, Trier, RP, Germany
Thomas
Salzburg, Austria
Dear Mr. Lowe, There is nothing much to say. For me, Larry is the best adventure ever (100% lifestyle), and it was the first game I've played when I was in school. Our teacher told us to write pascal programs but we prefered playing Leisure Suit Larry in the land of the Lounge Lizards (do you like Lurie's band too?). Thanks Al for your funny games - they will resist time. Best, thomas
It angers me that those bloody bastards at Sierra fired you!!! Leisure Suit Larry is the greatest computer adventure game series EVER! The sad thing is that the series was getting better and better as it progressed. Lsl 7 must be my favorite game of all time! And I have been faithfully awaiting the day that "Larry Explores Uranus" came out. Until, I read about black monday. Anyway, you're the greatest, Al. I hope that those simpletons at Sierra changes their mind and comes back crawling on their knees toward you. p. s. your humor section is absolutely hilarious. I was guffawing with laughter every second.
Heywood Jablowmee
I wanna more Larry.
Alfredo Blázquez, Santo Tomé, Santa Fé, Argentina
If it wasnt for you and LSL I would never have gotten married. LOL Can't wait for your next game.
Maarten Van Zoeren, Simla, Colorado, USA
Al, I loved all the the LSL games and it pisses me off that those bastards at Sierra fired you. You are my favourite game designer (in fact you are the only game designer that I know of by name)and you designed the first ever computer game that I ever played. For that I thank you. I wish that one day Leisure Suit Larry 8 does come out because I have been waiting for this game for so long now. Al best of luck
Dan, Canada
Hi Al! I'm going to tell about your site to every LSL fan I know. It's a site not to be missed.
Pedro Fernandes, Caneças, Portugal
Its a shame Sierra got so ignorant and money grabbing. All I can say is we want more Larry!!!!
Albert 't Hooft, Den Haag Zuid, Holland, The Netherlands
Maybe you and Scott Murphy can bring Larry and Roger into the next Larry game when (not if) it gets made.
John Sadorf
Is Larry into thongs? Because I'm into polyester, if you know what I mean.
Monica Lewinsky, Washington DC, USA
Can't wait for your book! =) Funny funny hehe. I just got done reading your LSL book for the second time, you are a really good writer. . serious! Very descriptive and symbolic? heh. I will become a tally when I say this, but sorry about the Sierra thing. . . . and I think this will dent forever. LSL had such a big impact on the world, but I am glad the person behind it is still letting out his creativity in his original ways. =) Oh yeah, I have one quick question =) Me being a big Astrology nut, I was wondering what LSL's astrology chart might be? =) Probably a Cancer *lol* Well I will stop writing so much Im sorry, but again can't wait for your book. Have fun and take care! -Sarah
Sarah, California, USA
What could they be thinking? LSL IS Siera, but Al is LSL so without Al, I won't be buying Sierra. This all comes as a shock to m. Bummer.
John, Hayward, CA, USA
Like many others, I also "grew" up with the Larry games. One of the few games I actually bought in store, were all the Larry games. I hate Sierra for what they did. Adventure-games are still fun! Oh well, I guess I'll cybersniff 2000 some more then. =/
Sigma, The Netherlands
I’m your biggest fan Al and I think you should fuck Sierra and do Lsl8 by yourself
Lill-grisen, Lund, Skane, Sweden
Hey man! Great to see your guestbook working! I tried this back in the summer , but then it wasn't ok. Well , that's all. See ya! P. S hope they sell your book in Finland too :)
Timo Knuutinen, Finland
Wow! I'm visitor #1! I'm so honored!! Great site, Al! Laughed myself silly (which considering the current events at Sierra, is a major accomplishment)! We miss you! Looking forward to your book! Congratulations!
To Neil, and anyone else wanting to buy LSL7 - it's still available in Sierra's online store; check out www.sierra.com/store/ quicksheet?SKU=8332010200. If you have comments about Sierra's website or online stores, I'd love to hear them!
Sheri Ellis, Bellevue, WA, USA
Hey Al remember me!!! We went to college together!!! Remeber the girl in the gymnasium!!!!!! The PANTIES!!!. . . . . . Only joking but now I've got your attention all I'd like to say is you've given me jokes for the last 11 years man!! Keep it up and and email me!!!! go on that exclusive free badge will be in the post to you straight away!!
Tom Lee, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Yes, your games have got as far as us. You have no idea how disappointed I was when I heard the bad news. However I have an idea. How much do you think it will take to buy the rights for LSL from Havas? If we all chip in, we could possibly raise the amount and AL is free to make more LSL games! Alright, perhaps a bit pie in the sky, but hey, why not give it a try? In addition, I have got LSL 1-6, but 7 never made it to the shelves over here. Can ANYONE tell me where to get one at all? Or has anyone (including you, Al) got a copy I can borrow/have/buy - whatever?
Neil Robinson, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Howdy!I finally signed your guestbook. Thank you for answering all of my letters. I just found out that you are musician which proves you are a multitalented person. I respect all of your work I have seen. Yeah Baby! -Skull
Skull
Hey Al! Glad to see you've got something going here at the website. I've truly appreciated the great games you've made, and the time you took to write me letters and post mine here on this page. You're a good guy, and a talented one, and will always land on your feet. Your friend, Morgan
Morgan Carlson, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
I hope this means something to you. Larry has been my favourite game all my life since young. I can't imagine what my life will be like without Larry. He made me laugh. . now all my girlfriends & I will miss all our fun & we felt really sad abt it. Nevertheless, we thank you for giving us so much fun. Loyal fans from S'pore, Denise
Denise Yong, Singapore
Thanks for all the great Larry laughs, Al. Can't believe Sierra had the nerve to give ya the boot after 16 years, the ungrateful bastards (on on Feb 22, my birthday no less). Looking forward to whatever you do in the future.
Mike Mace, Bellevue, WA , 98005
AL. . . . . You are my god. . what you did to the game Softporn. . was pure genius, thats why it pissed me off when you fired by that asshole "Greneqetzki" he doesn't deserve his position. AL, I am gonna buy your boook as soon as it comes out. . GOOD LUCK. . . Yours Truly BIGLARRYFAN
Kevin R. , Canada
This is a great site and it is good that you cleared up all the controversy about LSL 4. It is sad what happened, especially when you had so many plans for LSL 8. Great site and good luck. Hopefully we will se Larry Laugher again, after all, there are many people who would like to take him on another adventure. Thanks again for those 16 great years of gaming. KKNAI
Kevin, California, USA
This is the best humour page I ever seen! Great jokes and much more! keep on going!!!
Filip Vedder, Finsterwolde, The Netherlands
LONG LIVE ALL MIGHTY AL LOWE!!!
Georgi Lazarov, Sofia, Bulgaria
I love the Leisure Suit Larry page. I want to thank you for creating such a excellent series that became a big part of my life. I never laugh. Not at anything other people think is funny. You made me laugh. That is something a normal person cannot do. You are an extraordinary author. Most other authors never could make me laugh. Except Scott Murphy, Josh Mandel, and last but not least, Mark Crowe. You did nothing to deserve your series going down the drain. It should be going eternal.
Miles Conreau
Visit my Larry site now!! www. leisuresuitlarry. freeserve. co. uk Sorry about my advertising Al!
Alan Johnson, Lincoln, Lincs , England
I just want to say thank you! for your Larry games (and to all the other people who helped you in the making). I remember when I was staying in my cousins’ house one summer and played Larry1 on an Atari. I was just a kid then and we had trouble answering all the "big folks answers" and non of us could read english very good (nowadays I can at least read it :-) ). Then when we at last answered enough questions to play the game, I was amazed by the graphic and atmosphere of the game. We kept playing many long hours until their Father told us to stop playing and go outside and play football in the nice weather - we did go outside for a short while but went inside again and started answering "all big folk" questions… Keep up the good work Al whatever you do! "Ken sent me"
Magnus Roth, UMEÅ , Sweden
MAAAN I miss larry and I am soo pissed off with Sierra the lazey sons of bitches how can they fire you THE MAAAN who changed adventure gaming Well anyway Love your site and the larry columes cya
J Clarke, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Very nifty site, mate! I had a fun time looking around. Good job; you get the official "Herk's Thumbs Up"=) Sorry about the whole Sierra deal; while Freddy Pharkas and Larry Laffer might be dead to "Sierra", they'll never be dead in the hearts of their fans. Good luck with whatever you do.
Herk, McAlisterville, PA, United States
Hey Al great site! Larry lives on forever in all of us. Too bad Sierra's trying to dig his grave. But we will never let Larry die. I'm thinking of giving a call to them and telling them I will never buy another piece of software from them. But we will never let Larry die. Hey, read our e-mail we sent ya. Thanx and good luck :)
Dario and Claudio, Boston, Mass, USA
You have a great site here! I look foward to your book and to future updates of the site.
LarLaffer, Mansfield, Ohio,
Cool Site - heard u were joining up with my mate - maybe I could help aswell.
Alex Moss, Manchester, Lancs, UK
Comments Looking forward to the book!! Man I started playing Larry with the original LSL1 back when I was way too young (about 11 I think) and I've follwed him and sierra ever since. Now I jsut look forward to all your future endevours. Know you have a loyal follower in me.
Jokir, Langley, BC, Canada
There has been a huge dry spell in good adventure gaming. Grim Fandango is the only thing that comes close to a good adventure game that you used to make with sierra. I am highly dissapointed in what wouldve been the best Leisure Suit Larry game with the fact that production was stopped. I hope that you can join another company and make another memorable set of games , but nothing will compare to your classic Leisure Suit Larry series.
Thanks
Warren Lamb
Hi mr. Al
I´ve just found your web and I couldn´t resist to send you an e-mail.
I just wanted you to know that I love Leisure suit Larry and I hope you will find a way to create a new game with our favourite starring. I know it´s hard for you but just think in the thousands of people that would kill for a new chapter of this saga.
And nothing else, well just a thing, please excuse my bad English, but I´m from Spain and it´s difficult to me to express myself in a foreign language.
Knight13
Save Sierra
Wiking -- Friday, 15 October 1999, at 8:17 a. m.
Save Larry and every adventure game that made Sierra famous.
Save Larry
Hans Vernes -- Thursday, 14 October 1999, at 2:20 a. m.
I have been waiting for ever for the new release and suddenly I find this news about Larry not returning to our world. It was the only 'game' my wife loved to play on the computer. Sierra come on!
I need a good Larry once in a while
Albert 't Hooft -- Wednesday, 13 October 1999, at 3:18 a. m.
SIERRA HAS LOST ITS ROOTS.
Bummer!
Linda -- Monday, 11 October 1999, at 8:14 p. m.
I just heard the tragic news. How awful! I hope everyone e-mails the head guys about this.
LSL must live on
John Sadorf -- Monday, 11 October 1999, at 7:24 p. m.
LSL and Space Quest were two of Sierra’s mainstream successes. We need these series to continue to bring the great comedic storylines they present.
SAVE MY LARRY!
Juke -- Monday, 11 October 1999, at 1:28 a. m.
GO X and everyone will buy
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Rick -- Sunday, 10 October 1999, at 5:38 p. m.
You promised me a new LSL game in 98!!! I’ve been waiting a year and now you tell me it’s not going to happen. You bastards!!
LSL forever!
Gary -- Saturday, 9 October 1999, at 4:11 p. m.
I just now learned about this farce! I can’t believe that there is a possibility that we’ll never get to play another LSL game ever! I really hope everyone has sent an e-mail to all those “big-wigs” who made this decision. I’ve been into LSL for as long as I can remember. This is definatly a sad day. Poor Al!!!!!
Save the adventure games!!!
Staro Babaw -- Wednesday, 6 October 1999, at 4:29 p. m.
The adventures of King Graham, Roger Wilco, Larry Laffer, and Officer Sonny Bonds, to name a few, must not come to an end. These are the games that I grew up with, and to take those away from me would cause alot of suffering for a person like me. I have been looking forward to Leisure Suit Larry 8, King’s Quest 9, Space Quest 7, and a new Police Quest for some time now, and now I know that these games may never exist. If Sierra will not make these games, they should at least give the rights to another company (such as LucasArts, for example) so someone else can make these games. Sierra may not think these games are very popular, but I for one know that there ar plenty of fans of these games.
SAVE ADVENTURE GAMING
pia -- Tuesday, 5 October 1999, at 6:37 a. m.
Even here far away in Finland people really enjoy playing Sierra adventure games. I couldn’t think of a day when there would be no more Larry or Kingdom of Daventry or Roger Wilco or. . . Please don’t kill these games. It’s not fun to only be able play shoot and kill games, there are people out here who wants a little bit more out of a game than just monsters popping up in front of you all the time!!!! Save Larry!!!!!
I Just can't Believe it
Adam Schaum -- Saturday, 2 October 1999, at 10:01 p. m.
The hard work of so many; the decades spent on defining characters, countless hours writing, testing, fixing, and selling the best damn games imaginable. All that wasted by some tight ass prick! I own the COMPELETE collection of Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest, Kings Quest, and Police Quest. It should be the people who decide Sierra-On-Line’s fate.
It upset me greatly when I found out what happened at Sierra. Those games, the Sierra games were models of perfection. I urge you to take action. Dont just stop at the e-mails, send hand-written letters, photos of yourself playing the games, do whatever you can to bring back the Sierra we know and love. The same Sierra who inspired me to write an AGI game that now lays incompelete after hearing the news. I will do everything in my power to save Sierra. The end of an era is approaching; the end of our most beloved games. We can change that by taking action. Flood the e-mail systems of sierra, from the janitor to the CEO. It is the only way that we as a people can save something that we hold dear.
Why Sierra Why?
Kevin Sawyer -- Friday, 1 October 1999, at 1:58 a. m.
It started when I was in the third grade. My dad used to take me to his work once in a while. When I got there I met some of his coworkers who bought Sierra games and put them on the company computers. They used to let me play them even though it was hard (I only had a couple years of spelling and vocabulary education) I enjoyed moving such characters as Larry, Roger, Grahm and Officer Sonny Bonds. When I died in the game I got a jolt of fear. ”oh no. ” I would cry as I watched my character die. Later we got our own computer at home (now I was in the seventh grade). We immediately bought games old and new like there was no tomorrow, Space Quest 5 today Space Quest 2 for ten bucks tomorrow. I was introduced to the best characters I ever seen they were better than the other computer companies and they were some of my role models. Gabriel Knight exploring a voodoo cult, Freddy Pharkas becoming a wild west hero, Detective John Carey trying to stop a serial killer. The best storeylines ever (I couldn’t sleep till they were all over and I got to the end). Now I’m 19 and here am finding a copy of Leisure Suit Larry 7 for $12. 99 and buying it and can’t wait till it arrives at my door. Now Sierra don’t crush yourselves to early you have fans that want more Space Quests, more Kings Quests, More Police Quests, More Gabriel, Woodruff, Freddie and my favorite Larry. Say it isn’t so, Say it isn’t so! I love you Sierra and I don’t stand alone.
Your biggest fan
Kevin Sawyer.
Don't give up on Larry!
Tina-Marie -- Thursday, 30 September 1999, at 2:03 a. m.
Larry has had enough difficulties in his life without having to worry about dying. . . ’cause that’s what you’d be doing! Larry can only live if Sierra let’s him. Don’t let him die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT THE?!?!
Hornicus -- Wednesday, 29 September 1999, at 11:33 p. m.
Oh, jeez! I just found out about this! How terrible. Sierra, you’re going DOWN! How do I know?
1) The shoot-em-ups are just a trend, and are on their way out; strategys are the wave of the future and I don’t think you’re ready to compete in that market.
2) Nobody gives a flying honk about bullriding
3) The names on this petition (and the 42 billion others I’ve seen) are piling up DEMANDING adventure games. You’re a business, you won’t listen, and thus you’ll lose business.
I hope you listen, because otherwise you’re going to go bankrupt or something (or someone will bomb your building, hehe).
Best-case scenario: you’ll become strictly home & garden software.
Not the way it's supposed to end.
Michael Poccia -- Wednesday, 29 September 1999, at 8:42 p. m.
There was a time not to long ago, when there was one decision in my local computer software store that was very easy to make, “Oh look! Sierra put out something new. It’s has to be good. ” I was able to trust the quality of the game based on the company. Sierra has a long history of putting out quality games with infinite replay value (even if it has the same path to the end). Not many adventure games can boast that.
It is definitely a sad sad day in computer gaming history.
Save Larry
Cinda -- Wednesday, 29 September 1999, at 1:26 a. m.
I really hope that Sierra would stay in business. All of the Sierra games are fun.
Leisure Suit Larry And Sierra
Adam Harris -- Monday, 27 September 1999, at 10:40 p. m.
I really hope that sierra continues to produce the Leisure Suit Larry series. They are the Only games I bought. Please continue this great series - please.
Save Sierra!
Reynan -- Monday, 27 September 1999, at 3:10 p. m.
Save Sierra!
So sad
John -- Thursday, 23 September 1999, at 11:03 p. m.
Why, Why, Why. This is unbelievable, it hurts the mind just thinking about it. I always want to work for sierra I don’t think I want to any more, good bye sierra.
save Larry
garrett -- Thursday, 23 September 1999, at 5:36 p. m.
SAVE LARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Create dont Disentigrate
IllusionKing -- Thursday, 23 September 1999, at 5:53 a. m.
Sierra On Line has been the greatest gaming company all time, on any console, and platform. Shutting Down any division of Sierra is disturbing, I have every adventure game starting from Willy Beamish to Police Quest, Space Quest, Kings Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabrial Knight, and many other games. If games like this are not made, who is there left to support? The fall of Sierra will be one of the greatest tragedies that has ever happened! To hell with the fall of the Roman Empire!! The colapse of Sierra will be a great loss, all because of a power hungry, money mongering fool, what makes a company money? The support of customers! if Sierra permanently shuts down any division, I for one will burn every Sierra/Dynamix game I own in revolt! Dont close down the greatest company in the software industry! LET SIERRA LIVE!
This is a mistake!
Cristina -- Wednesday, 22 September 1999, at 10:26 p. m.
It would be a big mistake to cancel the type of games that got this company started. Sierra is synonomous with adventure games, and they are the best! I have been a loyal customer, these are the only type of games that I play and would only be to happy to buy more. Adventure games have a foundation of strong customer support and brand loyalty that fighting games simply do not. So the answer in my opinion would not be to make less but rather more adventure games.
Adventure Games, Leisure Suit Larry
ryan ronan -- Wednesday, 22 September 1999, at 7:02 p. m.
Please save Larry Laffer! You made a lot of money because of him, Al Lowe, and the rest of the crew. Al Lowe wants to make an LSL sequel, why don’t you? You will make more money and satisfy customers/fans! If you make an LSL8 (or whatever sequel# Al wants to do!) I will buy a copy for me, a copy for my cousin, and I know at least 6 people (outside this message board) that will buy a copy of it. Then there are these 600 some people on this message board and people that don’t even have the internet that would buy it also.
God Help Us All
Ryan -- Wednesday, 22 September 1999, at 4:36 p. m.
I’m 14 and it has been my lifelong dream to work at Sierra and help create Space Quest, or King’s Quest, or LS Larry. But now it’s all gone. Screw my programming classes now. My dreams have been shattered. May god send down a miracle to us and save Sierra.
Sierra's latest mistake
LeisSuit -- Wednesday, 22 September 1999, at 11:50 a. m.
Y’know, the title of this board should be “Boycott Sierra, ” instead of “Save Sierra. ” Just this week, they did it again. They closed more games down, fired more employees, and alienated more customers. Sierra owns all the rights to our favorite games that have been cancelled, games like: Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest, Shivers, Phantasmagoria, Freddy Pharkas, King’s Quest (the REAL ones, not MoE), and many, many more. If they had no further interest in continuing these titles, why would they still retain the copyrights? Because they want to yank our chains! They are a heartless, mindless, soulless corporation that is so out of touch with their customers that it would take a year of PR just to BEGIN to undo the damage they’ve done. . . to THEIR OWN COMPANY!
The latest layoffs concern development of their Babylon 5 and Tolkien-based games. In the time since the original layoffs happened, they’ve had 2 successes at Sierra: Half-Life and Starsiege. Not a great track record for a company, is it? I say, oust Dave Grenewetzki from the halls of Sierra, re-instate Ken Williams, and get back on track.
Sincerely,
LeisSuit. . . a FORMER Sierra consumer.
Sierra
JASON WESTERHOF -- Tuesday, 21 September 1999, at 5:56 a. m.
Sierra games have always been my favourites. I have played almost every one and started with the Black Cauldron, Space Quest 2, Larry 1 And Police Quest 1. The only time I have ever upgraded computers is when I cant play the latest Sierra games. I enjoy them for the challenge, and the brain power it takes to finish them. I cant believe adventure games will not be made any more. They are proberly not popular with the new generation, because of marketing. How many sierra games have you seen on sony or nintendo? Police quest went shit after 4 because of changing the format, dont keep doing it.
Love to all at sierra. I thought you would always be better than lucasarts. Monkey island finnaly won.
Long Live Larry!!!
Joe Zavalia II -- Sunday, 19 September 1999, at 6:16 p. m.
I can’t believe that Sierra is going to stop making adventure games like Kings Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry, just to make shooter games! This is unbelieveable, unacceptable, and uncomprehendible!!!!!!! I grew up to these games, and it’s obvious that those adventure games were the kinds that started Sierra, and kept it successful. And now they’re planning to abadon these wonderful games, for games that don’t require any inteligence at all where all you need is hand eye coordination????!!!! This is maddening!!!! I’m going to boycott all sierra products untill those damn corporate @$$holes start to listen to us the consumers!! I hope that our efforts in makeing this pettition are not in vaine, and that we Will be heard!!!
-Joe Zavalia II-
LSL - Let him live!
Linda -- Friday, 17 September 1999, at 9:57 p. m.
Most of the games out there are so childish and boring. . . at least for the adults. I was so looking forward to the next LSL being released! Now, you’ve killed him. If you dopes don’t have the foresight to see what pleasure this series has given to those who want something “different” than the usual shoot-em-ups and alien attacks, then please release the rights to Al Lowe! After all, what harm can he do? You, yourselves don’t think this series is worth anything. I dare ya!
Let Sierra make differnt kinds of games
C. J. Chew -- Thursday, 16 September 1999, at 11:27 a. m.
I just brought a new computer (my first one) recently, and the first thing I brought was many of the old Sierra’s games that I remember playing on my brother’s computer over the years. I am very unhappy that Sierra just want to go to fighting games! I believe that Sierra is just like an amusement park. You must have different types of rides to keep all of your customers happy, and comming back for more! Just as people go to the amusement park for mainly roller coster rides, the shooting games may be the meat & potatoes of the gaming industry, but most people still like to visit the Merry-Go-Round, The haunted house, and ride the train around the park. Please let Sierra make differnt type of games, so that people can have a break from shoot them up! If Sierra only has one type of game, you can bet that the other companies will get a lot of Sierra’s old business, because they have variety!
Cutting your own throat?
Mark Dineen -- Wednesday, 15 September 1999, at 11:16 a. m.
Although I can’t say that I have always been a die-hard Sierra adventurer, I certainly can tell you that I have spent countless days conquerring the entire LSL suite (as well as the old Police Quests, King’s Quests, Space Quests) and I think that it is likely not a wise move to put all of your eggs in one basket. I know that the shooters are where the money is today, but like the phone companies, what counts at least as much as the gross dollars is the number of loyal customers under your wing. I had a guy from Bell Canada spend an $8 hour on the phone with me telling me why he wants my $5/month long distance business!
Word to the wise: Taking a small hit to get the most customers and keep them happy is better than shredding a division of your company to save money today. Those customers you are pissing off will never buy any edition of half-life!
Leisure suit larry
PArker -- Tuesday, 14 September 1999, at 9:25 p. m.
Lesiure Suit Larry dominates. Don’t stop it. If u do I will be very unhappy and be sure never to buy sierra and I swear I wont.
THE TIME FOR TALK IS OVER
Andrew Finlay -- Monday, 13 September 1999, at 7:37 a. m.
Well, all these 600 odd messages have been promply ignored. If everyone here was willing to buy sierra games, thats $60, 000 from us alone, there must be millionms more. But with the recent success of half life sierra is ignoring the little thing that MADE them. I rememebr playing LSL1 when I was 8 (shuudup) and not quite understanding it but having fun anyways (I remember asking the taxi driver to take me to the zoo. . ahh memories) Im trying to find all 6 larry games to play. Anyway my point is, there are 600 die hard larry fans out there, Al Lowe is out there somewhere. . . hopefully, and frankly FUCK sierra, we dont need em, Ill be willing to make the first publicly made game for sale, give it the same feel, the same humor and the same EVERYthing from larry, cept all we gotta do is change the name. . Sure its cutting out his history but Sierra will sue us otherwise. This could be a huge game if everyone worked on it. If you know programming, Art, Humor, Ideas, Anything E-MAIL me and we’ll make this happen!!! I’ve got a few ideas on this and im sure you guys (having played em for years) would too, so please E-mail me with any ideas!!
save sierra
Ashley -- Monday, 13 September 1999, at 7:00 a. m.
To Whom it may concern,
I cannot believe that such a company like yours could be turning its back on the people who made it such a great company. I find it inconceivable that you would just cancel a sequel to a game the has stood the tests of time (LSL8). I have been playing sierra games for 15 odd years and in that time I have enjoyed every single game I have played of yours. If I was in your position I would quickly reconsider my decision to commit corperate suicide. If I did it in my business I would be laughed out of the industry. Please reconsider for all fans of LSL, Police Quest, Kings Quest and the like.
Sierra's Going Down!
CD Spencer -- Sunday, 12 September 1999, at 4:35 a. m.
OK, everybody, listen up. If Sierra’s going to kill off all of our adventure games, then we’re going to have to kill Sierra. Or at least weaken them to the point where they realize the adventure game was the best thing going for them. Don’t get me wrong, I love Sierra adventure games. I own every single game (or just about), especially the series such as Police Quest (all the way through SWAT 2 even though the good ones are the ones with Sonny Bonds), Quest for Glory, King’s Quest, and of course Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry. So only one possible solution remains. . . boycott Sierra. Don’t buy any other games and encourage other people to do the same. Except, of course, for Gabriel Knight 3, their only current adventure game in the works. We must convince Sierra that without the adventure game they will die. Up with the adventure game or down with Sierra!
Dont let the games die!
anonymous -- Saturday, 11 September 1999, at 12:40 p. m.
The sierra adventure games were the only games I ever really bought and played!!!!!!!!!!! Why are you shutting them down. The began your company, and now your destroying them!!!!!!!!!!! King quest, LSL. Don’t do this to the us, or your employees. YOU’VE GOT TO BRING THEM BACK!!
LSL
J -- Saturday, 11 September 1999, at 12:23 p. m.
I enjoy the LSL games and would like to see them continue in the future.
J
LARRY OUTRAGE
MASTERCJ -- Friday, 10 September 1999, at 3:58 a. m.
This is a friggin outrage!!!!!!! For gods sake I hope they bring back Larry Oh well if they dont im sure sierra will go broke!!! Who decided to make this outrageous decision?
Save Larry
John Andrade -- Friday, 10 September 1999, at 1:42 a. m.
What is going on? You guys can’t kill Larry. He is the #1 Stud of all the universe. Bring Larry Back one more time.
A Disgrace to Gamers Everywhere
TokeZ -- Thursday, 9 September 1999, at 12:04 p. m.
Is Sierra under new management or something? I mean DAMN PEOPLE, IT DOESN'T TAKE BUT 1 FREAKING BRAIN
CELL TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CRUSH THE AMERICAN DREAM WITH SIERRA AS WELL!
Your adventure games is what made all of your money, and now that you have 3 piece suits, and money just falling from your
damn ass, you trash adventure games like a bad habit. THESE AREN'T JUST GAMES, THEIR PEOPLE TOO. YOUR
HURTING LOTS OF PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO ENTERTAIN US! urrrraagghhhh, man, this is the most annoying and
stupid thing I have ever heard. GET A NEW MANAGER, OWNER WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT, JUST GET
SOMEONE SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT ADVENTURE GAMES ARE A PART OF LIFE!
don't cancel
Audrey -- Sunday, 5 September 1999, at 7:04 p. m.
Adventure games are the only ones I play. . . and most of my games are by sierra. And Liesure Suit Larry is one that I show all
my friends , which inturn gets them to play adventure games.
DONT LET IT DIE
Patricio -- Sunday, 5 September 1999, at 5:56 p. m.
The Only Computer Games I Really Like Are The Space Quest Adventure’s and Leisure Suit Larry Adventure’s! Please Dont Let Them Die!! It Would Be a Total Shame!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Andrew Bugera -- Saturday, 4 September 1999, at 11:50 a. m.
We can’t let Sierra stop making adventure games. The adventure ones are the only computer games that I find worthwhile to play. The puzzle make you (gasp!) think!
I don’t have any interest in a game where you walk around shooting people. I will no longer have any use for any Sierra product if there are no adventure games.
Please don’t let SQ7 and all the other high-quality adventure games die.
Save the adventure games!!!
Rio DeLatorie -- Saturday, 4 September 1999, at 1:40 a. m.
First of all, let my just say that I have loved Sierra’s products for as long as I can remember. When I was growing up, instead of going outside and playing games with other kids, I would stay inside and play Sierra’s adventure games. With friends like Princess Rosella and Roger Wilco, who else did I need? =) I have played ever adventure game that Sierra has published that I can manage to run on my 486, and I am purchasing a new computer so that I can play the newer games, such as Phantasmagoria and Gabriel Knight 2.
With that said, I want to say that I was absoultley heartbroken when I read the disturbing news that Sierra was closing down their adventure game devision. I cried I was so upset. It was like. . . someone had just shot a good friend. The prospect of new adventure games was like a link to my childhood that I had always assumed would continue for a long time to come. But now it is broken.
I beg of anyone with some power to change things to BRING BACK ADVENTURE GAMES! I know there are many others who feel the same way that I do about this topic. Please. Allow the next generation’s children to experience the same pleasures that I was graced enough to recive.
With all due respect,
~Rionoj DeLatorie~
Where did the games go?
Calvin -- Friday, 3 September 1999, at 11:11 a. m.
Sierra gone? Whose games will we play? Where will we find the games that could live up to the ones that were previously published only by Sierra? With the demise of series such as King’s Quest, Space Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry how can we find adequite substitute? Sure the company itself will go on but without these series that have been there since the beginning; what’s the point? Sierra won’t gain anything from this. They’ll only lose. They’ll have lost they’re games that brought people to sierra in the first place and loyal fans of those games. But most importantly they’ll lose they’re heart and soul in losing those games.
SAVE LARRY
mike -- Monday, 30 August 1999, at 2:48 p. m.
SAVE LEISURE SUIT LARRY!!!!!!!!!! It is the only puzzle game ever worth playing!
Hey Al, I just love youre games and I relly hope that Leisure Suit Larry 8 makes it way to the store and up on the top good luck!!!!!!!
Myself, I`am from Norway and I like to play adventure games like Larry and stuff. I even design some my self on paper. My dad plays it, not thats his good at it but its fun. I relly hope some day I can make it to the top like you!! And one thing happy birthday when it comes (0724). From a Norwegian 14 year old boy called
Henning Ottersen
DRAMMEN 3047
PS!! There may are some write wrong!!!!
Hi, found your site. Probably don’t have to mention that I’m a big Larry fan. Still remember back in the ‘80ies when I first played Larry (1) on an IBM-PC. Larry is more than a game, it’s a culture! He did everything no other could on a computer. “Thanks” to Larry I also became a big fan of other Sierra games, like KQ, SQ, etc.
“Sierra owns Larry”??? Hah! Nobody owns Larry (except maybe you). Sierra is so naive. Larry does as he likes, and he LIKES. . . :)) No, Larry will never die. Even if those jungsters on Sierra’s board thinks the world doesn’t need another Larry game.
Btw, as you can see Larry lives very well in my company’s name. Tricky question: from which Larry game do you think our made computer brand “Eunux” got it’s name? Hint: something about an operating system. . .
Have fun and keep up the good work!
PS. “Gammy” (our server), “Patti”, “Sophia”, “Eve” and “Isabella” (workstations) sends their regards.
PPS. I hope “Gammy” spelled her name right, I’ve seen different spellings on the Net.
Andreas Hörhammer
Larry's Workshop Ab
Intel Product Integrator
While browsing through the web, I came across your website, and couldn't resist sending you my comments. Anyhow, I haven't played all the "larry" games, but from those I have played and beaten (1, 5, 6, 7) which I must commend you for. Other than cheesy strip poker games, no one else attempts to add sexual humor into their game. I have also played and w/ some help beaten Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist. - The lighthouse demo, makes no sense =)
It's been a few years since the larry series, and I'm wondering if you still are working in the game development area, or perhaps you are in a other field. Nevertheless, a Larry 8 would really rock! I am currently a student, but have a strong talent in computer graphics, and am an established writer of human comedy and satire. I know the development of a game isn't released to the public, but I'd like to work on a game like "Larry 7" - I figure, that
the script is the hardest part, and once the graphics are created, coding it isn't too difficult. Perhaps something is in the works, or perhaps Sierra doesn't want to publish the game? I look foward to hearing back from you in the future. Till next time, take care.
Drew
I have to tell you the first game I ever played was Leisure Suit Larry 1 on my old Tandy. You started me on computer games and I’ve never been the same since. Although I didn’t know what to do in the game (I was very young when I first played it, and my Mom knew I wouldn’t get anywheres but it still struck a chord with me) A few years ago (I think it was ‘96) I got LSL 1-7 on Christmas Day. I’ve since played all those through numerous times. I’ve also have Torin’s Passage which I loved and now I have my little cousin play it (he loves it too). I’ve tried to get my hands on Freddy Pharkis Frontier Pharmacist but it’s hard to find. Anyways, I was wondering if you were ever to go back into the gaming business. You could start a new company with some of the employees that Sierra let go (just a suggestion) and I’d bet you’d be able to bring back the adventure genre stronger than ever. Well, I hope you know how much of an impact you’ve made on me and my life. Thanks again.
Blake Lagasse, loyal fan
P. S. - I hope Sierra allows you to make another LSL game and I’ll be waiting for your book. :)
It is really terrible to see LSL8 not coming. I was thinking that Sierra had a good way of thinking. How could they kill Leisure suit Larry? It is terrible. But if they won't make LSL games, I won't buy the games of them. And I am sure there are lots of Larry fans that are not liking it that LSL8 is cancelled. I would pay a 100 dollars for the game, if it would be for sale. And it is not Sierra that is a little bit of dumb, it is the person who made and signed the letters that said that a lot of Sierra's top games would be cancelled.
So: "SIERRA! TAKE AL LOWE BACK AND MAKE A LSL 8!!!!!!!!!!!!
Timothy Langstraat
the Netherlands
Al Lowe, I love your work and I personally find you to be the most hilarious person on the face of this Earth (in the sense of what you write, that is). And by the way: You need to get a job with Electronic Arts & convince them to use a small quantity of there billions of dollars to buy the rights to Leisure Suit Larry from Sierra On-Line, Inc. so you can be back on the job making Leisur Suit Larry 8: Lust In Space!!! I simply cannot live without any more antics from Larry Laffer!! PLEASE AL! GIVE IT A SHOT FOR YOUR BIGGEST FAN!
Thanks for reading my message and I would appreciate a response,
Eric Bruno
To Whom This May Concern:
I really didn’t intend to write a letter to Sierra concerning the cancellation of Leisure Suit Larry 8, but, now, I really don’t see how I couldn’t. I understand that you probably get tired of reading these letters, asking you to revive the series, but I need to add my voice to the clamor. See, Larry isn’t just some generic game to me, not some frivolous little whim I embarked on. Larry and his wonderfully humorous mishaps make my life a little bit better each time I play them.
In 1996, I suffered from a series of seizures, and underwent brain surgery. The immediate result was complete memory loss. I didn’t know who I was, where I was from, couldn’t even remember my family in the first days following surgery. (my sister, for some unknown reason, I thought was a nurse!) What made this even more ironic was the fact that I had just published my first book, a collection of poetry entitled “A Bowl of Cherries: Just Spit the Pits”. . . which I also forgot about.
Anyway, after a month or so, I returned to my apartment, my cat, and my computer. Now, up to this point, I was not much in the way of a game player. But my doctor suggested games as a diversion, as well as a way to try to exercise my mind and imagination. My first trip to CompUsa resulted in the purchase of 2 Sierra games: Shivers and Leisure Suit Larry 7. At first, they were difficult to solve-an understandable problem, given the damage my brain had sustained. But as I found myself getting deeper into the haunted museum of “Shivers”, and the shipboard antics of “Love For Sail”, I found myself wanting, DESIRING, more progress, more details, more puzzles to solve and characters to meet.
It wasn’t long after that, that I found myself with a real quandary: I had beaten both games, and wanted more. I went back to the store and purchased the Larry Collection and Shivers 2. And, soon after, Larry’s Casino, Phantasmagoria 1 & 2, and the Ultra Pinball Collection. See, your games aren’t just silly little programs to me. Thanks to those games, I have my memory back, to a large extent. I know that it sounds silly, but those games had an impact on my life. I don’t want that to end. I’ve signed the petitions, visited and posted on the message boards, and continue to purchase the products-all in the hope that my contribution makes a difference. I want the next guy coming down the pike to have the same fresh experience I’ve had, laughed at the same puns, jumped at the same scares. I want to see Larry Laffer, Professor Windlenot, Roger Wilco, and King Graham bring joy to others after me. But most of all, I want that feeling I get, the giddy, adventurous feeling to keep on keeping on. I need that in my life. Not as some pimply-faced teenager who wants the high score, but as a 28 year old writer whose mind’s eye is opened wide to the possibilities and magic of a Sierra adventure.
Anyway, sorry to take up so much space. Guess I had a lot to get off my chest. But that’s what Sierra means to me. Your games, screensavers, and other products have given me back something I’d lost: Hope.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I’ll continue my efforts, same as before, in the hope of seeing Larry get to complete his final adventure. Perhaps I’ll put my writing to good use and try my hand at creating humorous games of my own. I would do just about anything to recapture that wonderfully exhilarating feeling of adventure again, and I know that I’m not alone.
Thanks,
Mark Willman
Hey, Al, I was wondering if there was any hope left for a Leisure Suit Larry 8. I've heard about Grenewetzki, and the layoffs and stuff, is that the real story? Is Grenewetzki truly the evil slayer of Larry? Isn't there anything your faithful fans can do? I'd also like to say that Larry's the funniest thing since dirty jokes, and you dude, you are a GOD.
P. S. if you haven't already seen it, visit catz. interspeed. net, it's a great site about Larry
I'm another one of those heartbroken miserable people who lost their hero (loser) this winter. I'm wondering: isn't their anything you can do to keep Larry alive? Couldn't you and the rest of the Oakhurst crew try to restart the Yosemite division on your own? I mean, you've got the manpower and there's certanly no lack of ideas. But then again I guess you wouldn't be alowed do create another Larry game since the right are hold by Sierra. But what would it cost to pick up the right from Sierra? Pretty much I guess, but if you started of with doing some new games you would probably get enough income to buy the LSL rights? Couldn't you talk with Codemasters and try to convince them about restarting Yosemite? This is probably a pretty wild idea but what the heck? I'm desperate! Larry must not die! We're all hoping for you Al.
I'm desperate (but then again; of course I am, I think Larry is cool)
Magnus Nilsson
I read your interview in the German PC magazine GameStar and I just want to say that I´m very sad that larry won´t be continued (my favourite game is larry 6).
Sebastian
After I’ve read the short article in the german GameStar magazine, about your person, I did check out your website. (As you can see, I´m german and also I do understand most english, I do not write the best. ) And I wondered, why Larry should die. Alright adventures are not as popular as they’ve been five years ago and although there are people, who still ask for adventures, they are not enough to successful demand another one.
BUT, roleplaying games are “in” and adventures are very familiar with RPG’s.
So, in which way do they differ from each other?
1. You can either choose between a handful of different characters or you have to take one charakter, but you are allowed to change his attributes.
2. Your character has a variety of abilities, which will be improved during the game.
3. There are many ways to solve a puzzle, and there are many subquests.
4. The world treats you in the way you are acting.
5. In most RPGs the character needs weapons and has to fight.
Now, back to Larry! Why can't you do a Larry RPG?
1. Ok, it will not be Larry, if you would not have to play him. But, in Larry 5 (???) you had to play Passionate Patty sometimes and that was really funny. So, how about choosing Larry with the ability to improve some attributes? I think, hey you will find a whole suitcase full of funny Larrylike attributes, don’t you?
2. That’s the easiest point. Why should Larry only get points as a reward, let him improve his tactics to get the women, he want.
3. As you already told, you have enough ideas to continue Larry’s search. So this should not be the problem.
4. In all Larry adventures, the world is laughing at him, so just let them laugh about the things he have done.
5. That is the worsest point, because Larry is not the man who uses weapons. (In this point he is like Indiana Jones, who would not use weapons just for fun, but Lucasarts did not see that, so they turned Indy 5 into a TombRaider-like game. Oops, sorry, but that is my opinion. ) So what to do now, is it possible to drop this part without loosing the RPG status? Or is there another possibility? Monkey Island used a speech based combat (although Monkey Island is an adventure, it’s another kind of combat), in Larries casino, you could tell jokes to gain money. I mean there must be a Larry way to solve this problem. There are enough men out in the world who steal Larry the show, so he must find some tricky ways to kick them out of the race. Could this be the combat part in a Larry RPG?
Back to the general points.
a. Ok, I know, that you do not own the rights of Larry, Sierra does. But, RPG’s are in, Larry is in, so what could Sierra have against this?
b. You already worked on Larry 8, and you might be disappointed about what Sierra had done to you and your work. But, do not let Larry die, find another way for him to survive. Show Sierra that they are wrong in killing him.
c. Larry is an “adventure” hero and always will be. But, RPG’s are another kind of adventure, why don’t you use that possibilieties for more fun, more Larry?
Thanks for reading this stuff, I did not want to insult you in any way. - Maybe you would have done another Larry, if there would have been a chance. - And maybe the difference between RPG and adventure is much more, than I might think of.
But that idea came in my mind and I just wanted to tell you. Because I like Larry (and most other Sierra adventures (including Freddy Pharkas) and I would like Larry Laffer (and Roger Wilco) to continue their adventures. Those games can catch you more than those 3D-shooters, or realtime-strategies. [I did like Fallout 2 much more than Baldur’s Gate because of it’s story and I really hated those realtime combat. ]
Take care and be safe
Yours,
Timo
I Love Larry Laffer games and I’m very upset that Sierra cancelled Larry 8!!! I hope you can find a way to finish it. there is one thing I don’t understand why has every new game got to be 3-D I didn’t play the last game in the kings quest serie, I played them all but the last one was 3-D Why can’t they be like larry 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 or kings quest 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or space quest 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 These games were really good all of them. So I don’t understand why they are changing the concept. Nowadays we have enough of that 3-d shit, I just like to play an old fashioned adventure style game. I hope to see Larry 8 being released. good luck
My humble greetings
Jeroen Cobben
The Netherlands
I was taking a weekend to relax from college stress when my friend pointed out to me that we haven't played "Leisure Suit Larry" in the longest time. You should know that I grew up on this game, when I was 7 my brother brought home a copy of "Leisure Suit Larry 1" and I was hooked ever since. And well of course I have all the games memoried by now and just thought that I would write you, just to say thanks man!
Thanks alot for the hours among hours of fun. and also to ask. what are you doing with you time? one of your biggest fans
Greg "six time Oscar winner" Peacock
My name is Rob Cahill and I am a fan of your Leisure Suit Larry games, as I know millions others are. I have bought every Leisure Suit Larry game and I am sad to see you being laid off. I think you are a genius. Sierra letting you go was a mistake. I loved your work in the Leisure Suit Larry games. I have played other games from Sierra but I won’t buy games or anything from Sierra. I don’t like that they let you go.
I have a friend who also thinks the same way I do. (She said not to give her email address, but she feels the same way about you as me. ) It took me a while to get the courage to send you this email Robin wants to email you but she didn’t have the heart too. any way, just so you know, I went to your web page, I was going to sign a guest book but I didn’t find one. But before I go, I want to say one last time: you’re a brillant and very funny man.
Your friend,
Rob
Do you think you will ever do another adventure game some time again? To be quite honest I found the games you led where all good and damn funny and it would be a shame not to have your talent around anymore. I will always be a fan/admirir of your work that you have done and maybe will do again sometime. Take care,
Mark. H
In 1989 my brother and I purchased our first adventure game LSL1. It took us 3 months to play and a few telephone calls to the USA for hints. We were instantly hooked on Larry and his hilarious adventures. It's a shame that Sierra are going with the flow of 3D adventure/games. There are many people in England who still prefer the old point and click adventure game even like larry, space quest and some of the lucas arts games. Bring back Larry 8
mike
I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your work with Sierra and all the games you put out. (No pun intended. ) I loved Torin’s Passage and all of your early Disney games, like the Whinnie the Pooh one and the Donald Duck Playground game. I used to play those games ALL the time when I was 5 and loved every second of them. I can still remember playing Mickey in Space, don’t know if you helped on that one, but the game would get an error once Mickey tried to walk on Mars or some planet. This used to frustrate me to no end, and I must have played it over 100 times, hoping it would change and let me play on. What I’m getting at here, is how much of an influence your work has had on my life. Those three Disney games got me hooked on computer games and have influenced me to want to be a computer programmer when I grow up. BTW, is there anyway to get any of those Disney games anymore? I know it’s a long shot, but Id love to play them again. I always planned to work at Sierra, and make a Kings Quest 12 or a Leisure Suit Larry 20, as you would probably have left out some more numbers, but that dream of mine will probably not happen. I am rooting for GK3 to be a HUGE hit, and a HUGE seller, as Sierra would probably, cross your fingers, pick back up LSL8 and the most talented designer out there, Al Lowe of course. But, my main point of all this, is to thank you for all of your work on these games, and to ask you about a game I remember from Interaction called Capitol Punishment that you were making. Why wasn’t it ever released, and do you still have a demo or copy of the game you could release on you site, which I love, for all of your devoted fans to see and experience? Even some screenshots or info on the game would be awesome, as I have become particularly curious about this game recently. Keep up the good work, and I hope, one day, that that crazy Larry Laffer will grace my computer monitor once again.
A devoted and grateful fan,
Brian Kazian
My name is Gian Ghodrat, as you might have noticed due to my funny @-adress I am a Student living in Austria.
I´ve been a great fan of your work almost from the beginning (yes I did complete every single Larry Game ever released!) and just wanted to tell you that I am very sorry that you and many of your Colleges have been kicked out of Sierra. I just want you to know that there are still lots of people out there who do appreciate a game of quality (with quality I mean a game that serves as a brain boiler as well as a laughter bag) as you used to create.
Yours, still hoping for Larry 8 to come. . .
Gian
Why is it that Sierra doesn't want to make LSL8? Are there too little Larry Fans? Is it so that nowadays people only want to play shoot-them-up games. I think this isn't right. Larry is a hero! A hero you created All. And if there never will come a Larry 8: thank you for all the joy I had playing Larry games since the very first monochrome Larry. Typing your own sentences and finding a way to get laid! A crazy idea for a computergame, but incredibly original, fun and successful. And I think It still will!
I've seen the LSL 8 test 3-D super movie and my opinion is that if could make a adventure like this, with the humor of all the previous LSL's, it would be a bomb! It would rule, it would become a BESTSELLER. But it seems that Sierra thinks differently. Too bad. Making a revelutionary game is probably not what Sierra wants. Ah, well. . . . . .
Anyway, thanks for the games you've made and I hope to (maybe) hear from you sometime.
A Larry fan from The Netherlands,
Niels Aust
Cheers! I thought you might appreciate a funny incident I had playing Larry 1 (ages ago) and fondly remember till now ;-O
I’m originally from Russia and that is where I was introduced to Larry. Russia (then Soviet Union) used to be a very queer country. Personal computers, especially the IBM-compatibles, cost a fortune and were as likely to be found at home as a nuclear reactor in the kitchen. On the other hand, all the software was free as a nuclear explosion. One gets it, everyone around gets it. Not only the programmers eagerly participated in the software exchange - even the company managers used to take floppies to a business conference and to return with the loot. The job description of some of the most talented software engineers included breaking the copy protection. . .
This might make a bit easier to understand why Larry 1, instead of being quietly enjoyed in the privacy of one’s own home, was shared by a group of 5-7 irresponsible programmers crowding around a single monitor during the working hours, with a little or no protest from the boss. Playing in a group was helpful also because, being an adventure game, Larry presented a very special problem. Most Russians do not learn any foreign languages, and even the AGI subset of English normally would be an unspeakable challenge. . . but not for us! our group was lucky to include 2 linguistic experts! One (me) graduated from a so-called “special English” school and could read Agatha Christie almost without a dictionary; the other learned English all by himself from the “Playboy” and supplied the finer expressions, never teached in the Soviet classrooms.
So the communication with Larry was practically seamless - until the liquor store. . . The word “lubber” didn’t ring a bell! Of course, it couldn’t stop us from buying the mysterious object. As the clerk started to ask more and more questions, the confusion grew, the nature of our purchase being less and less clear. “Peppermint or spearmint” suggested something edible; “colored or plain” seemed more like clothes but could refer to almost anything. . . The final straw was the crowd yelling “Pervert!” which felt completely unappropriate and even offensive.
Anyway, the strange item finally appeared in the inventory and now we could have a good look at it. Alas, it didn’t help at all! The AGI chopped graphics didn’t allow for any identifiable details, except that “it” looked round. . . The guessing continued. The non-encouraging response to “eat lubber” and “drink lubber” proved the food hypothesis wrong. “Wear lubber” - “Now???” hinted that it might be indeed an article of clothing, but unsuitable for the outdoors or the weather ? a winter hat ? Someone suggested it is a ring. . . And suddenly I had a moment of a brilliant insight! and, still unsure, volunteered “hey, I think I know WHAT IS THAT” and giggled. . this was an only case of an instant telepathy that I’ve ever witnessed - in a few seconds everyone was enlightened and rolling on the floor laughing!
This was one of the funniest moments I've had playing an adventure game.
P. S. now, living in a little more civilized country, I’m a great enthusiast of buying games, and even own most of the games I’ve enjoyed as the pirated versions. The jewel of my collection is the “Larry collector’s” CD. If the world will ever see Larry 8 or a similar title from Larry’s dad, you can count on my $50 and my undying gratitude :-)
Best regards,
Helen Zommer
Hello! I’m a guy from Switzerland that really enjoyed the Larry games and I played all of ‘em (except part 4, ha, ha). Anyway, I just read an Interview with you in german PC mag “GameStar”, and I hear you havent gave up Larry 8 yet. I would really, really like to see good ol’ Larry in another adventure, so I just wanted to give you my support and best wishes that you find a replacement for Sierra soon. Its really sad to see such a great company go under. . Thanks for all the great games, and I’m looking forward to more!
Goodbye,
Adrian
I don’t know if you’ll remember me, but my name is Karl Kuras and I had one of your co-workers get you to sign a Torin’s Passage flyer for me, back around Christmas of 1996 (I may be off on the year) At the time you were working on Larry 7, and I was working at an Electronics Boutique in Seattle. I’m currently a student at the University of Florida, have that flyer framed over my computer, and am preparing to go into law school (my covert way of getting into the game business without having to learn to program) =-)
I just wanted to thank you for all the great games you have made (I still have me original Black Cauldron, Donald Duck’s Playground and Larry games) and tell you how dissapointed I am in the way Sierra has been dealt with.
I am currently constructing a web site dedicated to Larry (http://www. ccgnv. net/Trantor/LSL1. htm ) which is just in beta right now. Guess I just had to write a few lines in thanks when I found your site. Best wishes,
Karl Kuras
My almost 15 year old son (an emergent programmer) confided he first encountered Larry when he was 5 or 6 years old. His younger buddy loaded “Daddy’s game” and the two boys howled with laughter while “Laser Suit Larry” fell out a window and was beaten up and when he was drowned by an over-flowing toilet. With their beginner reading skills, adult jokes and innuendo eluded them. The Batman/Superhero fans spent a fun filled afternoon with Larry. I think you succeeded in creating a multi-age game in the Larry series.
I continue to enjoy your humor site. . .
Rose
I’m a great Fan of your Larry-Games and I’m sure waiting for Larry 8. Some months ago I got an idea: We create a signature-list in which we require the Larry 8-Game. I don’t know how big the market for Adventure-Games is in the USA, but in Germany run Adv-Games not bad. On Spieletips. de - a german Games-Mag - we can place the signature-list, so we can reach over 3000 people a day and addionional 11000 with the Newsletter from Spieletips. de. I think that I can find other pages, so that we reach over 10000 people a day.
I have talked with the PR-Deparment of Havas Interactive Germany, they would reach the list to Sierra an give back a statement. But I think you have in this regard better contacts.
I look forward already to your opinion to this idea!
Bye,
Thorsten Rühl
I just thought about sending you a message saying how I like the Larry game (my favorites are 7, 6 and 1 VGA). If LSL8 is ever to be released, I'll buy it FOR SURE. The same goes for any Larry game. In a perfect world, there would be a Larry 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. . . I don't think it's a problem when a sequel is not as good as the original, you can still make another sequel that will actually be the best of all times!
I really do not think that the LSL series isn't profitable like Sierra. How else would you explain that people here in Brazil buy the Larry games, even though the games come to my country costing 100% more than in the USA (I'm not kidding, it's true, that's why I only buy 1 game per year, sometimes and can't buy a game even in more than a year).
Anyway, thanks again for creating hours of fun.
I do have one question. I have the legal version of LSL5, but I do not understand why there codes for places like Hazardville or Fish Camp. These codes really aren't necessary OR usefull. . . are they?
Well, that's all for now. Bye!
DJ
P. S. : with the success of all those adult oriented animated series like Simpsons, South Park or King of the Hill, I really think Larry could work out in an animated series. Just a thought.
Hey Al, I thought, I’d share this little incident my wife experienced with our 2 month old daughter Kirin:
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I have to tell you what happened this morning. I got up and switched on the computer, but then Kirin started fussing, so I was walking around with her rocking her until she fell asleep. Then I was in the kitchen making myself a drink, and I heard this voice coming from around the corner in the hallway. It says very clearly, “Mohmmy! Come here! I’m done!” I thought some freak snuck in through the garage door or something. My heart is racing and I’m standing there trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Then I realize why the voice sounds familiar. It was Larry. It took about 10 minutes for my heart to quit racing from the adrenaline of thinking someone had broken into the house and had the nerve to call me Mommy!
<snap>
I knew it would be worth downloading “Larry Pops Up!” 8) What a nice late Halloween gift. Thanks alot, Al!
Best wishes from us and I keep my fingers crossed for a Larry 8. And just so you know: I started exploring and composing (Smooth) Jazz because of your game music in Larry 3. Don’t expect any royalties yet. 8) And if there’s ever a CD of Larry Music, I’ll be the first one to buy it! Keep up the good work,
Guido
Firstly, I know you must get thousands of emails a day, and I don’t expect a reply, but would love one if you have the time. I just really want you to read this.
I just wanted to let you know, how much I loved the LSL/Sierra series. They were just. . . amazing. I first started with the older EGA ones, like LSL1, SQ1, etc. I could not believe the detail in the graphics, and realisticness the games had!
But the one thing that really made Sierra games different, was just the feeling they created within you. You really felt like the main character. And with the newer ones (LSL5, KQ5), it was a totally amazing feeling.
I am very sad to hear that Sierra has stopped making Adventure games, and so there will be no more LSLs. Everytime I got to a Larry website, or play one of the MIDIs, I get a fuzzy feeling all through my body. Especially the MIDIs from LSL5, for some reason. Just hearing them, I will imagine Larry running along the boardwalk on rollerblades, or walking around in the Cafe. It is amazing how a little MIDI from a computer game can make you feel. I have ever only had this feeling with Sierra games. I think they are the only games that could make me shed a tear, they were just so well though out, and planned.
I would just like to personally congratulate you, on all the work you have done, and I sincerely hope you get another chance to design another LSL game.
Geoff
Sydney, Australia.
Hello. I wanted to compliment you on the great site, and also thank you for creating Leisure Suit Larry. It is unfortunate that Larry 8 has been dropped because I look forward to new games with Larry in them. LSL7 is possibly the greatest game ever made! If you can't play that game and laugh your ass off, you got problems. Maybe someday I can sit down and enjoy my copy of LSL 8 on a lazy afternoon. I hope so.
What is with these people in the computer game industry anyway? A good adventure game beats the hell out of 3 million goddamn racing, golf, football, hunting and fighting games!
Thank you very much!
Adam Perry
Hello, My name is Erik Sintorn and I am, and have allways been, a great fan of yours (or rather of your games). I am also a collector of the old adventure games, and AGI games in particular. Theese two games (Donald Ducks Playground and Winnie the Pooh) have been bugging me for quite a while as they are quite impossible to find anywhere (I even mailed Sierra about it, and the guy who answered, whatever his name was, said that sierra had never made any such games). So, when I found your page (and the Al Lowe page on www. sierra. com), and finally got proof that the games even exist, I was delighted. So, yeah you’ve seen this coming fro quite a while now, I thought you might point me somewhere I can find theese games, and possibly give me some info on them (was it a cooperation with Disney. . and so on). Anyway thanks for hours and hours of fun (perhaps too many hours on Lsl2 though, it was hell restarting everytime I realized I had forgotten some object in the beginning), and I hope you don’t give up. I WANT to see larry in 3d some day. Gimme the games and I promise to bomb Sierra with mail about taking you back ;).
Erik Sintorn
Hey Al, just wanted to say that I really love all of your Larry games! I have been playing them since I could type, thanks for all that you have done for the game-world. You are truly one of the greats of our time. Kudos to you.
Josh Quinones
Hey, Al,
I’ve been a Larry fan since about 1989, and I just want to say, I love the game. Remember, all the fans will be willing to help you in a ny way possible to bring Larry back, so USE US!!!
Anyways, I got a question. You put the copy protection for the games on your site. It sounds to me like Sierra was being a bunch of complete jerks to you when they “tied Larry in the basement and left him to die”, so are you trying to screw them over for sales? You deserve much better. I was also wondering, how come you started off with kids games and then went into adult-oriented games? Isn’t that kinda like an oxy-moron? Anyways, I hope you get your just rewards and make a new game. LARRY STILL LIVES. And tell him I said hi.
Your fan,
HAMBONE HABIB (Randy Hofbauer)
P. S. I see the connection of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and the Larry theme. ONLY 20 MINUTES? Very impressive!
I read about "Black Monday" a while back, but it seemed to me to be a rumour or a gag (you know how the internet can be sometimes) but was finally left lying in a muddled heap on the floor speechless when it was finally confirmed on your site.
I may have joined the Leisure Suit Larry world a little late in life (I blame my dedication to the Commodore 64) but I caught up quickly. I felt like I knew Larry forever. I've been through everything he's been through. Leisure Suit Larry became my all time favorite adventure series.
So Leisure Suit Larry is. . . . . dead? I can't believe Sierra did this? Sierra used to be a great company, the all time best. Take a look at my collection of CD-ROMS, you'll see a majority of them bare the Sierra lable somewhere. But I don't think I can support a company that kills off one of their most profitable characters and fires the brains behind Sierra's greatest accomplishments. Though I probably, in all honestly, continue to support my other favorite game series "You Don't Know Jack", it's only in loyalty to the game itself and Berkley Systems.
But I'll keep a gleam of hope stored away somewhere that Larry will grace us with his presence in another great adventure, somewhere.
Good luck, Mr. Lowe. Thank you for all the good times, and most of all, for Larry.
Dave Rerecich
Bellerose, NY
What a sad day this is for me. I just heard that LSL 8 has been discontinued! NOOOOoooOOOOOOOO!!!! I had been waiting for its release for the past year. And the game was bound to be first on my christmas list. I love those Larry Games. They freaking rock!~ What the H is Sierra thinking???
I still remember having my dad buying me my first Larry game, because I was actually underage at the time. I was hoping that maybe one day I could go out and buy my son a Larry game, and make it a father-son tradition. Tell me that these crack-smoking Sierra fools will reconsider this horrendous decision. Its like a bunch of Femnazi’s took over or something. Even if Sierra wont, screw them. Take Larry somewhere else. Theres gotta be a ton of companies dying to pick you up. Come on Al, do it for my future father-son tradition! Don’t let Larry die!
In tears,
Brian B
Are you really going to wait and wait for Sierra to greenlight the next Larry? I mean did you ever think of making a different (maybe similar) game with a different (or even own) company? Don’t you own the Larry rights anyway? Ah, you think, one of those crazed Larry fanatics, trying to get me back to work and deadlines and all that crap. . . I’m just wondering ‘bout your future! Reading your opinions on the adventure market, you don’t sound very optimistic. But I guess, I like many others, just hope for a secret master plan of all the old Oakhursters.
I talked to some people and one of them had actually worked as lead programmer on Gabriel Knight, Tom DeSalvo. You probably never met him. As far as I know, you didn’t hung out that long at the water cooler in Seattle yet, right? He probably was working at my current employer already. Anyway, I heard eerie and gruesome horror stories about how it can be, working in the gaming industry and all, but still, I have that old hope, dating back to my teens when I used to play only adventures (No not only Sierra. . . In fact I was a big fan of everything Ron Gilbert. Well, until I saw Larry3 in the highest filth level that is ;) ), that one day I might be working on a game. And now I’m living in the US, origin and place of so many game legends and I’m even conversing with you, Al Egend!. . . how closer could I get?? ’kay that word play was a stinker. . . 8)] Instead of whining that Larry is gone, I’d rather help develop the next. Hey, don’t laugh. Can’t I have my silly dreams? 8)
Guido
Hello! I am a big Larry Fan. I have every Larry adventure, and was shocked to find out I'm not gonna have Larry 8! In 3D! That would've been the Ultimate Larry game! I think Sierra could've held out until after this one! That was very rude of them.
Is there an e-mail address at Sierra where we can request Larry 8 to be made? Maybe if enough people e-mailed them, they would give it up!
Also, I've been hearing rumors of a boycott of Sierra products until production of Larry 8 is resumed. Have you heard anything about it?
-£ Anarchy2
Hi, Al. For 2 years now I have been playing LSL and I enjoyed it every time even more (Especially LSL 6 - I haven’t played LSL 7 yet since it didn’t appear in the shops any more by the time I learned to know Larry - You know, Belgium is a very SMALL country). Me and my friends think Leisure Suit Larry is the prototype of a good adventure game.
To the point: A year ago the idea grew to make a game about our school and our teachers (only to get a good laugh, not to insult someone) and we thought the best program to make it with (since we haven’t got the time nor the knowledge yet to program a whole game from zero) would be the Sierra Creative Interpreter. After days looking on the internet, we got a mail that the SCI isn’t given to the public and that we can’t get nor buy it.
Is this true ? And if yes, don’t you know a way to get it though ? It would be real fun to make our own games, without to many things to bother about (we dó know something about computers, we’re not the ample ‘Microsoft-Windows-Is-The-Easiest-Program-To-Work-With’-computer-“users”) Since we are not planning to make a ‘copy’ of an existing game (like LSL or KQ) but we have our own ideas - and we don’t have any commercial purposes, I don’t see why we shouldn’t be able to get in touch with such a program. I’m not desperate yet, but I would be very pleased to get an answer of someone that I admire and I know I can trust. (that’s you Al!)
I'm sorry if my English grammar and vocabulary aren't very well, I just can't do better.
Maarten Vanpuymbroeck
Dear Al,
I have been a Sierra On-Line fan for about 5 years now, I first got into it when I got Space Quest IV for Christmas of ‘94. Then I found of about Police Quest, Kings Quest, and then Leisure Suit Larry. I’ve been collecting each series ever since, and I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had with each, especially LSL.
I remember the first time I saw Leisure Suit Larry. I think it was LSL 3, about 10 years ago, my dad was playing it all the time in his office at his work. I happened to be there one day, I watched him play it, he could never figure it out, either could I, but I remember how much he liked it, but what’s strange about it is that he never likes to play computer games.
When I first found out about Sierra and had gotten into the games, I became obsessed with it. The only games I would buy would be the ones with the Sierra symbol at the bottom of the box (adventure games especially). I subscribed to the Sierra On-Line Magazine “Interaction” only to find out about upcoming Space Quest, Kings Quest, Police Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry games.
Then I found out about the cancelling of Space Quest, and it crushed me. I could hardly believe that I would never buy another Space Quest game.
And after beating LSL 7, it says about an upcoming LSL 8 game, which got me excited, then I heard about the cancelling of LSL!!! “What is up with Sierra now?”, I would constantly ask myself. I know me and millions of other LSL fans would LOVE to see another LSL game, at least just ONE more! I mean, we grew up with these games, right? And I still can’t believe what Sierra did to you Al. Just cancelling LSL and your job at Sierra, it just isn’t right. Well, whatever the outcome, I just want to let you know, that I’ve had a HELL of a good time with these games.
So Al, Ken, Roberta, Scott, and everyone else, thanks for all the good memories, I’ve really enjoyed them! Sincerely,
Will Perry
Florence, AL
Al,
Hi. I'm (I hope) one of your biggest fans. I just wanted to say that I think it's very disappointing that Sierra "cancelled" Larry - the games are still my favorites of all the adventure games I've played. Mostly, though, I wanted to say thanks for creating those great games (and Freddy Pharkas, too), which I've played even though I'm *ahem* a good bit younger than I ought to be. I agree with your guestbook postings, I'd still like to see LSL4! If I saw you in person, I'd probably ask for your autograph, but instead I'm writing this silly note.
You're the best, Al, and I love all your games.
I’m afraid I have to register a complaint, though, Al. We were taking a standardized test in school yesterday, and your Larry Theme was so continuously running through my head that I almost didn’t finish the last section! How does one manage to create such an addictive song?
Michael Proctor
You got very cool pages!! Btw , I became rock/jazz/blues addict couple of years ago , thanks to many dudes , including you! When I bought LSL7 , I fell in love with jazz. My favourite songs in the game were the main theme & the song heard on Proud Lil’ Seaman Lounge(when you’re just hangin there).
OK. That's all. Keep on jazzin'!
Eddie
I am sure you get fan/suggestions/dirty/idea man letters almost constantly. So I will make mine brief.
ME AM HUGE FAN!!!!
I played Larry 1 in college 9 years ago and I have been hooked ever since. I have played all the Larry's (bought utilities, too) and even Freddie the Frontier Pharmacist. I guess the point is that I have really enjoyed your sense of humor and I wanted to say thanks so much for allowing me to rot my brain in front of a 17" PC screen instead of rotting my brain in front of a 36" TV screen for the last 10 years.
I worked in the software retail industry for 5 years, and I cannot express the joy I felt opening the shipments to find a another one of the Al Lowe titles had shipped. Needless to say, when I heard about the Sierra thing, I was bummed. But the best thing about comedic minds is that they ALWAYS end up in the spotlight again and again. Take Bill Cosby. Over the last twenty years he has gone from CBS Saturday mornings, to movies/specials, to NBC Prime time and back to CBS. My beleaguered point is: The public is needing Al Lowe's Humor. Larry is in Limbo, but the deep recesses of your mind has about a dozen characters awaiting emergence.
I know people like Bob Bates of Legend software (other makers of fine comedic games in the mid-nineties) were salivating when they heard that Al Lowe is free from the shackles of Sierra.
Okay, okay enough of the pep talk (because you don't really need me to do it, I'm just a fan, not a publicist). Here is the idea: Online world of Al Lowe. Instead of Multi-Level-Tournamental-Head-Severing fight games (DIME A DOZEN), I think that a world of quests done in the style of Al Lowe humor would be a smashing success (with the right marketing, of course).
Ok, like you haven't already gotten 18 geeks and 3 cross-dressers who haven't submitted you this idea. But, I am a firm believer in letting the masses dictate the releases. A simple state of DEMAND and SUPPLY. Thanks for the forum. Looking forward to anything that comes from you. . . . . hurry, need a fix soon. . . . . room getting darker. . . . . .
J. Pace
Devoted Fan
Are they crazy???? What are they thinking??? Hey Al, can't you produce the game under a different name and company? That was the only game (beside the King's Quest series) I nearly pulled my hair out waiting for each year. Do consumers need to petition Sierra? I was really looking forward to playing LSL 8 this year. I hope they have a change of heart. That's like EAsports pulling out Madden football games. Good luck!
Reyguel Nious
I have been playing your games since the early days of computing, when I first bought LSL1 on 5 1/4" floppy for my COCO.
I have thouroghly enjoyed your humor, effort , and vision that somebody realized that adults want and need entertainment geared towards them, and not just another lets see who can "frag" who the fastest type of shooting game. Although I am not an avid game player I bought the Larry collection more on principle and the fact that its a classic that deserves to be owned. I understand that Sierra owns the rights to Larry and your hands are tied in development of future titles under that name, however I was wondering if there could be developement of another character (possibly female) through another company? Believe me when I say that under any guise the humor, orientation of the game based upon the formula you developed means more than any software companies name on the box. I sincerly hope to see a title with your name as developer in near future.
Thank you for the wit
Terry Brown
Al: I have been a Larry fan from the beginning. They have been the most entertaining series Sierra (read as YOU) ever produced. It seems Sierra lost their way and forgot what made then famous. Adventure games. They may be a dying breed, but there's a reason they're dying. . . . no one is willing to have some b*lls and release a good one! In the age of real-time stratagy, and 1st person shooters, I want my favorites back: Larry, Sonny Bonds, Roger Wilco, Hero (Q for Glory)
So, since the fans rose QfG from the ashes for one last run, where can I send an E-mail to Sierra to demand the return of Larry?
You've brought a little laughter in to my life. Thanks for all the hilarious games over the years. Best of luck! Oh, yeah. . . . I LOVE THE SITE :)
JMJ
GASP
William -- Wednesday, 8 December 1999, at 4:15 a. m.
I was browsing the net looking for stuff when I realised sierra was closing down some of its major divisions I was shocked I couldn’t beleive it, you cant do this remember Softporn origonaly a test for the database you bought it and made larry 1 then 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and CASINO From a text-based test , to agi ledgend to an ega saga to the vga remake to THE BEST GOD DAMN GAME EVER to a VEGAS CASINO GAME I mean wow. And Police Quest I mean who would have thought that would become anything close to S. W. A. T. 2. And Kings Questwhat became of that Kings Quest 8. Space Quest I LOVED that game and 2, 3 and 4. and what about that fuzzy little blue guy that everyone loves you know the one that walka accross the screen draggin the sign behind him. and even the installation is funny with that caption next to quit TEE HEE HEE. and the end of larry 7 (FORMATTING C:. . . . . . . . . GOTCHA Well That’s All,
Will
it's ridiculus
Alex -- Tuesday, 7 December 1999, at 8:41 a. m.
Well I’m a 13 year-old boy and the first adventure I’ve ever played was LSL 7 wen I was 10. It is still the best adventure I’ve ever played. when I finishen the game I saw the advertizement about LSL 8!I was thrilled, another great larry game will be published I thought. . . . and suddenly black monday came. . . sierra wrecked my dream of a new great adventure. I hope that sierra will finally release LSL 8. I’ve all larry games and I think that I will be a pitty if LSL 8 will not be released
alex(greece)
Sierra. . . This can't be!!
Antonio Duarte -- Monday, 6 December 1999, at 4:18 p. m.
I have been a great admirer of Sierra On-Line since I was 10. . . That was when I first played LSL1 but when I put my eyes on Quest for Glory and King’s Quest V. . . Damn I saw the light!!!! I’m sure many other ppl feel the same and we should all collaborate on keepin Sierra and its games alive!!!!!!!!!
All the kewl Shit
Daniel Harzheim -- Monday, 6 December 1999, at 12:09 a. m.
I grew up playing “Heroes Quest” -aka- “Quest For Glory”, “Kings Quest”, a little “Space Quest”, a bunch of “Police Quest”. . . . and when I was about 10, my cuz showed me Leisure Suit Larry. . . but so far QFG is my Fav. I own and have mastered all of em’ I’v been playing QFG since I was 5. . . I’m 14 now. and I still play em’ in my free time. playing qfg made me the only 2nd grader who knew what an opponent was, or how to spell “levatate” or knew what it meant to cast upon something. you kan’t stop making qgf, or KQ, or LSL. . . . it would just SUK without those games. . . 1 qfg game can only entertain me deeply for about 2 yrs. . . you kan’t take away all the kewl shit!
-Danny
Save Sierra!
Kendall Embach -- Sunday, 5 December 1999, at 12:43 p. m.
Sierra created some of the most innovative and well-crafted games ever to be released on the PC. Without their skillfully created adventure games you are letting go of a fan-base of an entire genre over which you would’ve had an unnapproachable advantage against your competitors. Please bring back Sierra, and especially the hilarious Leisure Suit Larry series, as it will benefit both the consumers and your profits greatly.
GIVE US BACK OUR SIERRA!!!
Teddy Kidz -- Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 11:49 p. m.
DON’T KILL OUR LARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s the best game I’ve played ever!!!
Sierra has screwed up HARD CORE
Steve Cena -- Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 7:08 p. m.
Sierra was just about the only quality adventure game company around. I couldnt wait for the next in a series to come out. Be it Larry, King’s Quest, or whatever. But to just turn tail and quit has got to be the absolute dumbest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. I used to have a great deal of respect for Sierra, but now I don’t know what to think about them.
NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Matthew -- Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 6:56 p. m.
AAAAAAAAAHHH!! What is this?!? No more Space Quest? No more Quest for Glory? No more KING’S QUEST?!?!?! WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Whatever you do, save sierra!!!
The Best -- Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 7:00 a. m.
We can’t let sierra go!!! They make the most kickass games and I’d be really pissed off if they don’t make another Leisure Suit Larry game!!! They absolutely have to stay!!!
Save LARRY! Yeah BABY!
Stalker -- Saturday, 4 December 1999, at 3:29 a. m.
Sierra is dying, and by dying I mean bloody rapidly drianing down the tube! Guys at Sierra Wake up you can see by this petition there is a hell of a lot of buisness still in the adventure game industry!!!! Thanx We know you’ll do what right by the fans as Fans are The main people tha fund such items!!!!
Leisure Suit Larry 8
Chri Steiner -- Friday, 3 December 1999, at 10:33 p. m.
I loved Larry 7. You can’t take Larry 8 away from all of you loved fans. Please make it I will be the first to get it once it comes out on the market. Thanks,
Chris Steiner
Save Larry
Silkysweet -- Wednesday, 1 December 1999, at 8:55 p. m.
You just have to make Leisure Suit Larry. I have every Larry adventure including Casino. I just can’t get enough. I love Larry, he makes you laugh and have fun. You know when you buy a Larry game your going to enjoy it, you can’t say that about all games. So PLEASE SAVE LARRY. We want Leisure Suit Larry 8.
Save LSL 8
Kelly Curl -- Wednesday, 1 December 1999, at 3:08 p. m.
Larry is as American as apple pie, baseball and blowjobs in the White House. SAVE HIM!
Save Sierra
Nick Hanobik -- Wednesday, 1 December 1999, at 12:29 p. m.
The original King’s Quest was the first computer game I played. After that I fell in love with several of the Sierra adventure game lines. To see an end to them would break my heart. Please don’t let that happen. It would be a shame if the white polyester suit, the janitor’s mop, and the land of Daventry were to die forever.
SAVE SIERRA
Jan Pevenage -- Wednesday, 1 December 1999, at 12:06 p. m.
SAVE SIERRA SAVE LARRY I need LSL8 bad! you can’t just stop one of the greatest games of its kind. regards
690 MESSAGEZ!!
sega dreamcast -- Tuesday, 30 November 1999, at 5:55 p. m.
COMEON! SAVE LARRY! LSL8 MUST LIVE IN MY COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!
Saving Leisure Suit Larry
BLZBuBX57 -- Saturday, 27 November 1999, at 1:40 a. m.
I haven’t been here in awhile, and I’m fairly excited about the recent takeover by Codemasters. I think this really increases our chances of saving Larry.
One important thing I think people should cite in their e-mails to Codemasters and Sierra is the success of other adventure games by other companies. One specifically is Grim Fandango by LucasArts. This interfaceless adventure game was rated in the top 10 (and usually the top 5) of the best games of 1999 in almost every computer gaming magazine on the market. My personal favorite, PC Accelerator (If you don’t like this magazine just sign the petition and then leave, please. . . ) rated it number 3 of 100 games! It even beat out StarCraft, the most popular strategy game ever, what with Battle. net.
Now, if LucasArts can make such a fantastic game that is praised so highly in reviews AND sells so many copies, why can’t Sierra? LucasArts has shown that the market still exists, so Sierra really has no recourse in saying that the game wouldn’t sell, especially since previous Larry games came close to Grim Fandango.
This also reminds me of another time when action/adventure games such as Commander Keen were the rage. Honestly, who didn’t enjoy Commander Keen, as well as the other games of that genre like Bio-Menace and Crystal Caves. Those games were incredible just because they were so much fun. Back then, they couldn’t rely on fantastic graphics, a new 3d engine every game, or multiplayer support, and the games were still fun. But Apogee was forced to scrap all of their Commander Keen games because iD software wanted to make Doom. Man, what a horrid game. Quake and Half-Life are good, but Doom sucked ass. No aiming, no jumping, and only demons to kill. And they dropped the classics like Commander Keen for Doom. Just as Sierra dropped a classic game like Leisure Suit Larry (and Space Quest, and the GOOD Police Quest games with Sonny Bonds) in favor of better graphics and sound and, they think, better games.
Sounds like Pong ‘99. Pong ‘99 has fantastic graphics, incredible sound, and a seamless graphics engine. But it’s still Pong. It’s two gods damned paddles and a ball. This shows that graphics and sound don’t make a good game, as Sierra thinks. They sould stick with a classic game that is fun.
People didn’t start playing Leisure Suit Larry because of the amazing graphics. In fact, they pretty much blew back then. Even for their time, they weren’t quite state of the art because King’s Quest and Space Quest were always a step ahead.
People played them because they were fun. I know I did. Who could resist the lovable loser, Larry, Larry Laffer. Anyway, I’m starting to ramble (starting. . . ? I don’t think I’ve done anything but. ), so I’ll be signing off now.
Just so you know, I intend to plague everyone at Sierra with this same letter, but I’ll lengthen it (although they’ll probably immediately delete it when they see LSL8 as the subject) to make it more annoying. Until next time, keep those keyboards smokin’ to save our little buddy Larry.
NO! The end of an era
Larry FAn man -- Thursday, 25 November 1999, at 9:44 p. m.
I can still remember vividly when I was five years old, my dad brought home kings quest five. I remember playing that game for hours on end never getting bored. Later I found out about LArry. THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!!
Love In Space
Kwakeroni -- Thursday, 25 November 1999, at 5:29 p. m.
Who has ever made love in space ? Armstrong and his astronaut friends ? Spock, Data & the whole lot of Enterprise babes ? Unless in some lower-class porn-movies, NO ONE! So, why shouldn’t Sierra create a game in which the common man can make love in Space, through Leisure Suit Larry, think of the great commercials you could make about that! And they certainly will make profit with a game that is sold in nearly every country where computers are known. If Larry Laffers dies, your (sex)life dies!
Larry games
A Loyal Larry Fan -- Monday, 22 November 1999, at 5:04 p. m.
I can’t imagine Sierra without Larry. It’s been a part of them since the early 80’s and is probably what helped make them the huge company they are now. If anyone who is in a high-standing position at Sierra is reading this, please make sure that Larry is kept alive for at least another installment or two!!! Thank you!
Larry 8 must be made!!!
GGC -- Saturday, 20 November 1999, at 5:29 p. m.
I have been waiting for larry 8 since I finished no. 7 two years ago! it must be made, no closer was made to final chapter of the larry series, we were told we were getting no. 8 and we will get it, or all that we hold to be true is a lie.
larry
Bryan -- Saturday, 20 November 1999, at 5:20 p. m.
are you serious, you CANT take larry away from us!!!!!!!!
Please. . . . I need to explore Uranus
N. A. Pickle -- Saturday, 20 November 1999, at 3:29 p. m.
Come on guys! Give us Leisure suit Larry 8!!! I just finished 7 and am ready to help Lary explore space, uranus and anything else for that matter!!
LSL 8 must come!!!
Querinus -- Saturday, 20 November 1999, at 5:56 a. m.
To make my point about the importance of continuing the formidable already classical Leisure Suit Larry series I have to make a comparison: Imagine what would have happened, or better: what would not have happened or. . . what would we have missed, if Walt Disney would have decided to quit making movies after his first six full-length movies “Snowhite”, “Pinocchio”, “Fantasia”, “Dumbo”, “Bambi” and “Cinderella”. We would never have known his “Alice in Wonderland”, his “Lady and the tramp”, his “101 Dalmatiers”, nor “The sword in the stone”, “Jungle book”, “The Aristocats”, no “Mary Poppins”, no “Lion King”, no “Poquahontas”, no “Little mermaid”, etc. There would never have been a Disneyland and a Disneyworld. We would have missed all those heartwarming memories of many Disneys characters. If Disney would have given up after the commercial failure of his most beautiful picture ever “Fantasia”, we wouldn’t even have known Bambi and have had the priilege of a look in his eyes. So please, don’t stop the best CD-rom game ever. Prevent Sierra from disappearing and never give up on improving one of the best develloping CD-rom-game games and character: the infamous LEISURE SUIT LARRY”. There are still so many ideas that need working out, so many opportunities of devellopment in humoristic adventure-gaming with a pleasurabl dose of erotics. Don’t give up on an ideal! That is very unamerican!!!!! Good look and wisdom!
Querinus
LSL8
fat bastard -- Thursday, 18 November 1999, at 11:09 p. m.
can’t anybody leave well enough alone!!!! we need another LSL to enjoy. please continue your quest to pollute our minds and hearts.
Save Larry
melanie o. -- Tuesday, 16 November 1999, at 7:28 p. m.
I’ve been playing your game since I was in fifth grade. I am now in University and I can’t seem to get enough. Give me more of that lover boy!!!
Sierra must be saved
bluenazarite -- Sunday, 14 November 1999, at 9:21 a. m.
Sierra is one of the last surviving classic computer-game manufacturers. Wich other firm doesn’t want to buy it ???
Save our Sierra!
Kelley Pagan -- Wednesday, 10 November 1999, at 4:42 p. m.
I’m not certain how all encompassing this change to be set is, however, I don’t want to lose any Sierra products. Grin Sierra products that I don’t erase on my computer. Seriously. “What? Only 10 meg left? Don’t even THINK about erasing that LSL folder! Who needs Windows anyhow. . . ” I love your products and I buy games just because of your logo (and a slight lack of things to do)and I’d hate for anything to break this one (of many) monotoies of my life. PLEASE keep your products coming. Expecially that god, my idol since I was tweleve, that titan amoung, well, not much, but still that great and lovable (and balding) guy, Larry Laffer. If I didn’t have him I think I’d go postal and how’d you like that on you mind, plagueing you day after day. So for my sake, for all our sakes (Can I pluralize sake?), keep ‘em coming. Thanks! Yours,
K. P.
Larry 8
Reijer -- Tuesday, 9 November 1999, at 5:58 p. m.
I have wait a long time for the new Larry. Seirra, make it possible to let me play Larry 8 soon
Larry
E van Heusden -- Tuesday, 9 November 1999, at 9:36 a. m.
We want leisure suite larry 8 (mr loverboy)
Email Sierra!!
Curtman -- Tuesday, 9 November 1999, at 4:33 a. m.
I can honestly say that I take the time (bout 5 mins) to Email Sierra Several times a week, usually the president of sierra, David Greniswhi or whatever hes called. It seems like the only way to convince sierra that we want adventure games! Maybe if we keep it up, they will do what they did with 1/3 of the 250people layed of and reasign them closer to homebase. We need to show those bastards that we have the right to say what goes on The Market! So Email Them! But dont nuke them or mailbomb them, or their probably wont be a LSL8.
Save Larry
David Poe -- Monday, 8 November 1999, at 5:21 p. m.
I have everyone of his games and it would suck if they stopped making them. Save Larry
Save Larry, Save Larry!
Larry -- Sunday, 7 November 1999, at 8:05 p. m.
Please God I’ve really never asked for much except a couple of good looking women in my room every night but this next request is true, SAVE LARRY GOD PLEASE!!!! I swear I’ll never drink, smoke, lie, cheat or swear again I promise just save Larry God PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE! If you do I can die a happy man, thank you God!
Well, this blows!
Chris L -- Sunday, 7 November 1999, at 7:46 p. m.
The above says it all. A petition to save Sierra? Just show me wear to sign.
Just like the goverment!
Wayne -- Sunday, 7 November 1999, at 11:06 a. m.
When a good thing comes along they can’t let it run it’s course! They have to threaten you with and then may not let you have it anyway! PUT LARRY ON THE SHELF! THIS IS IMMORALLY WRONG, WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE THE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT! LET US BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE PURCHASE AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT BIG BROTHER OR THE SENIOR EXECUTIVES!
Save larry 8!
Steve L -- Saturday, 6 November 1999, at 4:27 p. m.
Make a larry 8 he rules and everyone will buy it for sure!
Larry Must Be Saved
Feelix -- Friday, 5 November 1999, at 10:28 p. m.
I have enjoyed all of the LSL titles. I don’t understand why Sierra would halt this wonderful series. LSL8 must be made! Along with with any other LSL games they can come up with! SAVE LARRY!
Not Very Happy At All!!
Curt -- Friday, 5 November 1999, at 2:20 a. m.
Since Sierra Fired The Adventure Game Line, They Have Really Started To Suck! Sierra Had A Good Reputation, Which Now Has Been Rubbed Into A Pile Of Dogshit. They Now Create Games Exactly Like Everybody Else Does. Like Half-Life, Everybody Now Adays Creates Doomstyle Games. . . Come ON!! We Need Some Veriety! We Need The Sierra Adventure Games! We Need Leisure Suit Larry!!
LSL8 and Sierra
Jeff -- Thursday, 4 November 1999, at 11:28 p. m.
I remember bringing home the original LSL (Land of the Lounge Lizards). I was playing my games at that time on a new Atari 1040ST, running everything off of floppies, and with that first LSL I laughed like I never had before. I’ve never been a big fan of shoot-em-ups, but have always preferred games where you had to think a little. I think it is a huge mistake to abandon the Adventure Game market in general, and the established Sierra lines (LSL, KQ, SQ, etc. ) in particular. These series’ have sparked so much imagination and have provided so many hours of pure fun, that it would be a crime to lose them forever.
I love LSL series
jercho -- Thursday, 4 November 1999, at 10:03 p. m.
As the yr go by larry laffer games get better I hope to see “Bimbos in outerspace larry 8 “soon as LSL7 said
product
dusty -- Thursday, 4 November 1999, at 5:42 p. m.
do not cancel LSL8
We Must Face Up To It
Richard Brooks -- Thursday, 4 November 1999, at 1:35 p. m.
Storming off Sierra because they haven’t made another Larry isn’t going to help the situation. We must e-mail them, write to them, phone them, get the bloddy point over to them. Not sit here complaining. LETS SAVE SIERRA!!
LSL8 LSL9 LSL10 LSL11 LSL13
Randy -- Wednesday, 3 November 1999, at 11:13 p. m.
Sierra Larry is my only friend, don’t kill him, let him live please. please save LSLarry he deserves to live. make LSL8 or sell the rights to another company willing to make LSL8.
Save Sierra!
Matt Hayden -- Wednesday, 3 November 1999, at 3:57 p. m.
For more than 10 years I have been playing Kings Quest, Space Quest, and LSL. I have every game in each series and have played them multiple times. We must save these series, our addiction will not let us quit!!
Sierra
morris mayer -- Wednesday, 3 November 1999, at 3:16 p. m.
I sure hope Sierra will either continue their adventure series or give away the licenses to developers who are worthy of developing such great games, ie TranSolar Games.
LSL8
Spider -- Wednesday, 3 November 1999, at 10:07 a. m.
Please save Leisure suit Larry 8!
Just Larry
Magnus Nilsson -- Tuesday, 2 November 1999, at 6:24 p. m.
I’m afraid I don’t have time to write to much, I just mailed Codemaster and it took quite a while writing the message (about one A4). Since I don’t have time to tell all of you how much - and why - I love larry, I’ll just let you know that I do love him (don’t get me wrong now). But of course I love Larry, who doesn’t? Of course all of you Larry fans out there are compleatly enamoured with Larry why wouldn’t you? The charm of the LSL games gets to every one. Hope you’ve had a great time with Larry so far, and I hope with all my heart that you will get to spend more prime time together with the world’s greatest looser. The memory remains
Magnus Nilsson
LSL8
tim ronan -- Tuesday, 2 November 1999, at 6:16 p. m.
There is a final fantasy 8. YOU even made a king’s quest 8. SO WHY WON’T YOU MAKE A LEISURE SUIT LARRY 8?!?!?
Save us
Leisure Sven Suit -- Tuesday, 2 November 1999, at 10:38 a. m.
HELP, save us from the heart attacks we get, if we cannot play new version of larry.
Lsl Rights
LSL saver -- Sunday, 31 October 1999, at 1:44 a. m.
If you are not going to make another LSL, at least sell the rights. . . dont deprive us of larry.
save LSL8! save LSL9!!!!
brian -- Saturday, 30 October 1999, at 4:56 p. m.
The Leisure Suit Larry games are the funniest games that ever existed. They are so fun to play. Those games have good challenges, and a joke for just about everything you type (or click on). Please continue the series!
Sierra: please make LSL8 or sell the rights to Codemasters.
Codemasters: please buy the rights and make LSL8
LARRY CANNOT DIE DAMN IT. . . . . . . I WILL NOT ALLOW IT
Lukas Unimax -- Saturday, 30 October 1999, at 4:06 p. m.
We all must work to save larry. . . . . . Larry Laffer is my god. . please dont take my god from me!!!!
LARRY WON'T SAIL AWAY!!
Leisure Suit Pieter -- Saturday, 30 October 1999, at 9:08 a. m.
Larry is the most funniest adventure ever made!! I’ve bought ALL the Larry’s 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, Casino! And Larry 8 MUST join my collection! Larry make me happy en Al Lowe too! Bye --------> Master
Save Larry
Antoine van Ballegooy -- Thursday, 28 October 1999, at 12:49 p. m.
Larry I think your the greatest you must been SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LSL8
Chris Holt -- Wednesday, 27 October 1999, at 5:07 p. m.
Still having loads of fun with #7, sad to hear that there will be no more. That’s a shame, because I like games that challenge the mind and not just the reflexes. LSL7 is one of my favorite games to play when I want to have some fun and not jsut kill something.
Girls love Larry games too
Ashley -- Wednesday, 27 October 1999, at 3:50 p. m.
I love Sierra. I first found the game Kings Quest 3 years ago and feel in love. I couldn’t wait to play Larry. I thought it was so funny and neat. I love games like this. I am married and my husband & I have a lot of fun laughing and playing the Larry games together. Keep them coming.
Larry Laffer
Jasper van Maris -- Tuesday, 26 October 1999, at 2:18 p. m.
Larry Laffer is the best game of my life! Keep up the good work!
Larry is so cool
Splat man -- Tuesday, 26 October 1999, at 6:25 a. m.
I remember the only games I used to have was arkanoid then one of my friends lent me his copy of space quest 1 and I thought to myself, “you can get games this playable!!” Sierra dont let larry and roger etc. die
Learn a lesson
Bryan (remove NOSPAM to mail) -- Friday, 22 October 1999, at 6:52 p. m.
I am deeply disappointed to hear that the LSL line was cancelled, and that drastic shortsighted changes (I. e. , the gutting of several divisions) were implemented.
Let us use a tired old cliche’, with a twist: Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of others will not stay in business over the long term.
In order for any company to be successful in the long term, said company must constantly reinvent itself. Ultimately, giving the consumer what he or she wants is the key to making sales.
Let’s look at a specific case, followed by a generalization. Many years ago, the Swiss watch industry was in disarray. They had completely lost the low-end market due to their competition’s ability to produce a more inexpensive watch, and those competitors were threatening the high-end market. The two largest watch companies, ASUAG and SSIH, were on the verge of bankruptcy.
Part of the problem was that a master craftsman was needed to construct the traditional Swiss watch almost from start to finish. This meant that each watch required a great deal of expertise, despite its price. Another problem was that although the Swiss created the quartz crystal movement, they did not take advantage of it. Timex, Citizen and others were able to mass-produce their own low-end watches, using the quartz crystal movement, which they could bring to market much more efficiently. With their increased dominance of the low-end watch market, they started casting their eye at the upper-end.
The Swiss banks initially decided to downsize and essentially sell most of the ASUAG and SSIH, as they were losing money. In 1986, they hired Nicolas G. Hayek to oversee the dissolution. What Hayek saw, however, was an opportunity. He merged the two companies, and reengineered their processes so that they could produce a relatively inexpensive watch at a low price. He then marketed the watch towards the consumer not as a timepiece, per-se, but as a fashion item. You have heard of this watch: Swatch.
Let us sum it all up. The revenue generated by the employee divided by that employee’s cost equals profits per employee (“PPE”). There are two ways of running a business: tactically, where one reacts to problems with solutions and strategically, where one plans the firm’s direction and spends money on long-term growth. A tactical company will increase the PPE by decreasing the denominator (employee cost), either by downsizing or by replacing employees with contractors. Companies have long used contractors as a trick to fake out the shareholders; it ends up costing the company more money. A strategic company increases the PPE by increasing the numerator, via increased efficiency, innovation, moving the business into untapped markets, and so on.
The bottom line is that a tactical company will ALWAYS follow the market (the exception being if said company is a (near) monopoly). They cannot do anything else, because they no longer have the resources to innovate and their management is busy reacting to market pressures instead of creating new business. They will never have growth in the long term, only in the short term, because the majority of their talented (and “expensive”) employees have left for greener pastures.
I hope Sierra will start innovating and stop making ill-conceived decisions. If you are not making enough money, do not downsize – stop hiring. Use the talent you have. Innovate.
Adventure games are not dead. There is a place for titles such as Leisure Suit Larry – and demand to support it. David Grenewetzki, President of Sierra stated that adventure games are expensive to make. That is where the innovation comes in. Make the games less expensive to make. Do not stop making the games! If all you make is another Quake imitation, then you will only make sales while that genre is “hot. ”
Links for more info about Swatch:
http://home1. pacific. net. sg/~aktarzan/begin. html and
http://www. swatch. com/mr_swatch/index. html
http://www. swatch. com/mr_swatch/history. php3
Sierra President Grenewetzki interview: http://www. 3dnews. net/interviews/09_27_99_sierra. x
Save It!
Andy -- Friday, 22 October 1999, at 3:53 a. m.
It’s been a long time that I am playing larry, from the days of the Lounge Lizard. It’s great and goes with what I like ‘ADVENTURE’. It took a while till I got to this space to express my feelings but, I waited, to Help save a terrific game and company ‘Sierra’. SAVE LARRY, SAVE SIERRA, SAVE LARRY, SAVE SIERRA, SAVE LARRY, SAVE SIERRA, SAVE LARRY.
Save It!
Andy -- Friday, 22 October 1999, at 3:50 a. m.
It’s been a long time that I am playing larry, from the days of the Lounge Lizard. It’s great and goes with what I like ‘ADVENTURE’. It took a while till I got to this space to express my feelings but, I waited, to Help save a terrific game and company ‘Sierra’. SAVE LARRY, SAVE SIERRA, SAVE LARRY, SAVE SIERRA, SAVE LARRY, SAVE SIERRA.
save larry
sara -- Thursday, 21 October 1999, at 11:03 a. m.
Don’t stop making Larry games
save larry
Kevin -- Thursday, 21 October 1999, at 11:02 a. m.
Don’t stop making Larry games
SIERRA IZ THA BEST
CaPoNe -- Wednesday, 20 October 1999, at 6:05 p. m.
KEEP SIERRA ALIVE ITS THE BEST COMPUTER COMPANY OUT THERE
SAVE LARRY!!!
Ken Goff -- Wednesday, 20 October 1999, at 1:24 p. m.
Save Larry. . . It is one of the greatest adventure games on the market. . . It has brought laughs to alot of people and fame to Sierra. . . To get rid of Larry would be a huge mistake and would just really SUCK!!! So save Larry and keep the legend alive. . . kg
Larry forever!!!
Bart Hermans -- Tuesday, 19 October 1999, at 5:46 a. m.
How can they decide to stop the making of Larry ? I remember playing Larry on my XT computer. Together with King’s Quest they are the longest living games in the gamers world. Stopping the production will be the biggest mistake ever!!!
It’s selling in every computing country all over the world. The humor of Al Lowe is one of a kind and everyone loves it. There MUST be a way to let Larry continue it’s adventures. I’m sure that IF a company decides to bring Larry back. They ‘ll get better with it! Larry is a goldmine. What the hell are they tinking there!!!
I am a manager myself and I cannot believe they are stopping a succes story as Larry!
This would be the same as telling Elvis in his mid 20's to stop making music!
I wrote to you some years ago, just about the time you moved to Seattle. You were kind enough to write me back, not many designers do that. At that time we talked about games and how they were developed, at that time I dreamed of working for a company like Sierra. I had toured the Oakhurst facility in the fall of 1991 and loved the people and environment. I recently heard that Sierra and who ever now owns them was pondering to close the Oakhurst studio, this was sad for me to learn.
Anyway the real reason I am writing you is that I wanted to thank you. You have given me many hours of fun and enjoyment for the past 16+ years. I first learned about Sierra when I played King’s Quest 1 back in 1984 on a IBM PC Jr. (Damn that makes me feel OLD) I had an Apple ][+ and could only have 4 colors plus black and white; needless to say I wanted a new computer. And over the years I have played all of your games, as well as most every game Sierra produced until with in the past couple of years. I am like you, I feel that todays games have gone from the “thinking” person’s to the “Blast them all back to Hell” person’s genre. I am left to play my beloved Flight Simulator (my wife has major fears about me flying for real) and SimCity type games. Maybe one day someone will come along and re-invent the adventure game and life will be beautiful once again. ;) But until that time, I have a big box of old games that are like long lost friends to play with. I hope that one day I will walk into the local Wal-Mart and find a game that says Designed by Al Lowe on it. Again Thank You!!! for your creativity, humor, and Ulcers (from meeting all of those deadlines).
Sincerely,
Jhan Jensen
I’ve never writen you before but I figured you get enough fan mail that the title would be somewhat realistic. Anywho, I’m realy bummed/pissed/every-other-not-so-polite-word-meaning-disgruntled at what Sierra’s pulling and I’ve writen them and signed that guestbook and everything letting them know that.
I mean, shesh, I’ve been playing LSL since (Cue memory flashback) before I was legally old enough to be playing them. Larry is, saddly enough, one of my favorite people and I’m going to miss him a bunch. Without him I’d not have learned the valuable pickup lines (Which, more often than not, made chicks sleep with me out of pity. . . ), the original fashion sence (Not a leisure suit but certainly a fashion question, err, statement), and the value of cheat codes (A must to get the full veiwing enjoyment of each game!).
Well, anywho, I’m done bugging you. . . For now! If you got nothing more out of this e-mail, just know that your work has been a great influence on my life and I realy do appreciate it Bye!
Kelley Robert Pagan
My husband has purchased almost every LSL Game you made for us to play and last Christmas he bought Love for Sail. Now I see on your site there won’t be an 8!? Will there ever be another?? I loved this spoofs in seven and Brian even stayed up one night to 6am looking for Dildo #32 which I found the next day in your help files. That really blew his mind since he is a software programmer with an ego and said “That’s not fair!”. Hehehe. I was kind of looking for another polyester adventure this year. Can’t you wildcat your software or does Sierra have control over it?
I know many of there games are violent and it seems people (kids) like war and blowing things up. My husband likes simulations and I like pinball now there’s an idea Leasure Suit Larry Pinball?? PLEASE?! <GRIN>
Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Happy Holidays,
Wendy Black
I’d like to thank you for helping me waste time ever since I was 6. Surprisingly enough, I’ve been playing the Larry games starting in 1988, when my older brother introduced it to me. Anyways, I’m grateful that you’ve brought the lovable loser to my life as well as all the other gamers out there.
By the way, whatever happened to Patti? Last I’ve heard of her was when you interviewed her by telephone when you were writing that book about Larry.
--ISO9007, Jonathan Navarro
I'm worried for a start, worried how Sierra can kick out their most famous programmer (with Roberta Williams) just like that. It's so unimaginable pathetic!
The Larry games is in fact still the best computer games ever maid. The combined adult humour with so much freedom movement and actions (Larry V) for an example. And that Sierra got the rights of Larry is pretty sick, you are the only creator! Maybe their planning to let some other make Larry 8 which is so idotic, it's like letting over Calvin and Hobbes to Charles Schultz!
Would really want to see a Larry 8 and their must be some juridical way to manage that! Dont let them treat you this way!
With Best Regards,
Henrik Johansson
I just wanted to thank you for your work in the Lesuire Suit Larry Series. I just finished Larry 7 (I found all the “Where’s Dildo’s”, but I’m having trouble getting all the points), and I saw that a Leisure Suit Larry 8 was supposed to come out in ‘98, and then found out it was, in actuallity, NOT, needless to say I was dissapointed (It’s like cancelling Christmas!!) I was just wondering if there was anything Johnny Q. Public could do to provoke Sierra (not in a violent way, mind you) to reconsider releasing a Larry 8. I just wanted to let you know that there ARE alot of us who would support you. Well, if there’s anything we can do (or anything you want to SAY, for that matter), then please feel free and welcome to respond. Once again, I would like to thank you for ALL of your work (I enjoyed them immensely. Keep up the good work!
Cordially yours,
David W. Deist
Fortunately for all of us fans and for you Al, Larry will live on in our hearts. There is not one company in the world that can take away our memories: The feelings of being caught masturbating outside our hotel rooms (LSL6); getting cussed at by some ugly ass lady wannabe pirate (LSL7); getting punched all the way up to the ceiling after *seeing* a nice treat!(LSL6); being constantly teased by that damn blonde guy in the pool!(LSL6-Ken W. ); getting laid on the beach after getting the CRABS (LSL3); and the list goes on. . . BUT, not one company can take all these momments away from us. . . no matter where they stand or how greedy they can be. . . Larry is officially now a piece of Computer History. . . and his style, spirit, suave lines and uhh. . . baldness lives on for all of us. . . in our hearts forever! Here's to Larry, Larry Laffer (hehe): Badges? We don't NEED NO STINKIN' Badges!
Ralph Caraveo
I just want to say a few words on the sierra and adventure games. When Sierra announced that it was not going to make any adventure games I didn't believe it. Now I am holding the last adventure game, Gabriel knight 3. When I received it I didn't want to play the game knowing is the last adventure game. A few days later I start playing the game, playing the game show me again why I like so much adventure games.
Please open new company and make new adventure games, you can't live us with so many open question about our hero. I enjoy playing gk3 and I can't wait to gk4 (if there ever be one). Do you know if the game selling well?
Thanks for reading
Ido Wodnizki
P. S. Please forward this email to Jane Jenson and Roberta Williams
Firstly, I'd just like to say how much I've enjoyed all the larry games. (especially larry 4). It's a shame the world (probably) won't see an eighth (seventh?) game featureing the worlds biggest loser. Also, why was Patti's named changed from 'Polyester' to "Passionate'? I've searched for an answer to this question, but everyone seems more intereseted in why there was no larry 4 ( I always figured 'larry 4' would turn up in a later game, way the Maniac Mansion turns up in the 'Day of the Tentacle'). One last thing, why are you giving away the copy protection for all the Larrys? Is it to spite Sierra, or what?
cheers,
Bodie
I think it best I start off with some background info on myself. My name is Daniel Pinder (Danny or Dan to my friends, you can consider yourself a friend of mine, you’ll know why by the end of the email). I am 20 years old and living in Florida. This is where it’s gets a bit different. I am living in Florida, not from Florida, I am originally from The Bahamas. Might not seem like a big deal, but it is.
In The Bahamas there are no computer game stores, only places that sell computers for disgustingly high prices (not sure of exact prices, but get this, a gallon of milk is $5, a gallon of gas is $2. 50, just take a guess at the cost of a computer). When I was growing up I had “the babysitter” a Nintendo. I, like you, enjoy the classics, Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda (still my favorite series on the home console).
Then it happened. One year my dad got me a computer (I had been using them in school, at home we had an Apple][e, but it was mainly for business, my gaming consisted of the games games my uncle (mom’s brother, living in Oregon) got me, Mindshadow and Transylvania (can we say classics? “Say Ijnid” - Me talking to goblin in TRansylvania. “You see a shiny key”). Well, the computer that my dad got was a top of the line x486 DX66. 540Meg hard drive and 8 megs of RAM, and get this, a 28. 8 Bps modem! (I’m laughing at the computer as I type). Well, the family usually made two or three trips to the United States (we referred to it as ‘The States’ for short). On these trips I would get one, maybe two Nintendo games, and one computer game, if I hadn’t bugged my dad during the trip. One day while I was walking down an isle in Wal*Mart I saw this odd looking game with a strange looking guy in a white suit. I read the back, and thought, hey, this could be cool (mind you I was an early teenager, well below the age requirements so my mom got it, didn’t even look at the box, she would have said no if she did). Well, I got back to the hotel and opened it up, read the manual I couldn’t wait for the flight home to play.
I got home, ran upstairs and turned on my computer, popped in the CD and installed it. I fell in love with Larry. The game was amazing, my experience with computer games up to this point was Wolfenstein, Doom and the strategy game Dune (ok, I played it at my friends house). Larry was the first game of it’s kind that I had ever played and was amazed at the graphics.
After playing the game for 1 hour I ran to my parent’s room yelling for my mom, she thought I had fallen and broken my arm or something I was yelling so loud. I quickly told her I new what I wanted for Christmas. “Mom, I want Larry games for Christmas” She had no clue what I was rambling about. I told her I wanted a couple games (read: all the Larry games). So I grabbed her credit card, dialed the 800 number (which I got charged for by the way. [Nothing free in The Bahamas]). I told the person taking my order I wanted all the Larry games. She wanted to know if I really wanted all six of them, I said that there were only five of them, and I had part 6, because Al never made a part four, he went to five (I had done some reading on-line, don’t even get me started on the cost for that! hehe). Well, the order went through (I even got Freddy Pharkas by the way). A few weeks later I got the games, and had many, many months of fun playing them.
Since then I had lost all the games in an accident involing a very stupid friend and some fireworks in my room (I beat him up good for it too, almost got me grounded). So I bought the bundle of Larry 1-6, Softporn and the Laffer Utilities. A couple years later and, hello college in ‘The States’, and alos, hello new computer.
Wow, what’s this, a new Larry game?? Alright! Needless to say I bought a copy and was playing it within 30 minutes of it hitting the store shelf.
So, I wrote this pathetically long drawn out email to express my most sincere gratitude for giving me years of enjoyment. Out of all the games in the Adventure genere I would have to say the Larry is still number one to me, and I am sorry to hear that for now there won’t be a Larry 8, I am truely heart broken to hear this. I was hoping to have yet another mis-adventure with Larry Laffer.
I am looking forward to hear from you, if it takes a while I don't mind, I know that your life, family and fans keep you busy.
Your loyal fan,
Danny
P. S. I'll leave you with my favorite quote since you like to leave quotes from the likes of Dennis Miller on your web site: "I drank what?" - Socrates
Al, Mr. Lowe, or whatever it is you would like to be called,
My name is Mark Reeves and let me just say that I’ve been a fan of Sierra games since Sierra Championship Boxing came out. Sure, I was young then (I’m 22 now), but I loved the games. In fact, thanks to you, I learned about sex at a fairly early age. I’m not sure if you’re interested in hearing an anecdote, but I used to play Sierra games with my father, except for the dreaded Leisure Suit Larry series, which he would play once I was supposedly already asleep. Well, one night, it was snowing very hard, and I knew that school was going to be cancelled the next day, so I stayed up late and sat with my dad while he was playing Leisure Suit Larry I. When he got to the part with the “lady on the bed” as I knew it, he quickly asked me to go downstairs to the kitchen to refill his coke. Not wanting to miss any part of the game, I made it to the kitchen and back in record speed, and got to see the censored scene take place for a few seconds before it ended. My dad, being a bit embarrassed, then saved his game and went to bed so that I could play one of the other Sierra titles. But sometimes, when he was either asleep or at work, I would play Leisure Suit Larry. . . or rather, try! Those questions at the beginning were a bit tough for me, but with enough patience, I was able to get lucky and find 5 questions that I actually knew in a row.
This letter is not to yell at you for corrupting a poor soul, but rather to thank you for making sex a humorous part of life for me. Your games taught me the gist and saved some embarrassing talks with mom and dad! I guess I just want to say thank you for keeping my interest in computers and for creating fun, light-hearted games for me to enjoy for many years.
I do have a question for you. . . while re-playing Leisure Suit Larry 6 recently, I noticed that during one of Larry’s jokes to the bartender, he mentioned a drink which he called “Glengarry Glenn Ross” which just happens to be a play/movie by my favorite playwright, David Mamet. Was this intentional, and are you also a fan of Mr. Mamet’s? I’m just curious.
Once again, thank you for just being you and creating fun-loving games that I have enjoyed with family and friends, including my girlfriend, who just completed Leisure Suit Larry 7 about a month ago! Kudos to you sir!
Mark C. Reeves
Long time Sierra and Al Lowe Fan!
Hey, I don't know if you are really Al Lowe, but I hope you are. I am from Germany and 16 years old, that’s why my English isn’t very good. There is one question that you were surely asked a lot, but I wanna have an answer:Was Larry 7 the last episode? As I heard that you were fired, there was one thought “What will be with Larry?” My first episode was Larry 5 and I loved it, but for me Larry 6 was the best, I don’t know why but this game gave me a lot and I play it in every free minute I have. I know that my storys will not interest you but I hope that you read them. I hope that you and Larry come back.
Thanx for all
Tobias Pastor
Happy Ho-Ho??? Not without LARRY!!!
Gary Keeping -- Friday, 24 December 1999, at 9:30 p. m.
Dec. 24th 1999
Dear Santa (Sierra):
Okay, Santa. . . Here’s the deal. I’ve been a good boy and have been playing LSL. I’ve been faithful to Sierra so my one Christmas wish this year is for you to give Sierra the “kick-in-the-pants” that it deserves! I want LSL-8 for Christmas. It’s Chrismas Eve and I’m WAITING!!! Thanks.
Don't Kill Super Stud
Kevin House -- Friday, 24 December 1999, at 4:53 p. m.
Leisure suit larry is the best gaming series I’ve ever played. I have played every single one of the games. Sierra needs to re think whats goin on.
Help!!!Don't cry!!!
Armandos Stylianakis -- Thursday, 23 December 1999, at 9:06 p. m.
Hey, jerks!!!Yes, All Larry’s fans are jerks beacuse the sit and cry!!!Help!!!Go to Al Lowe’s page and tell him that we will help!!!Give money to Al Lowe. Help Al Lowe to buy anything he needs to create LSL8!!! HELLLPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the world
Francosco M. C. de Oliveira -- Monday, 20 December 1999, at 9:27 p. m.
Hey, you guys form Sieraa are crazy or what?! (I won’t accept WHT as an answer). . . You guys always did great adventure games, and Larry is the best series you ever made!!! Larry Laffer’s fame, goes aaalllll over the world. . I’m in and I’m from Brazil to, since I was 16, when I firsts playde Leisure Suit Larry:In The Land of the Lounge Lizards VGA in 1991. . . coulnd’tbarely wait for the others. . I played the 3and the 5th, 6th , 7th and Casino with all my pleasure (and I meant it). . . and still keep playin them reapeatly. . . when I heard you were not going to make LSL8. . I got nuts, HOW COME?! Give us larry fans a reasonable explanation. . . Im 24 now, and still playin it. . so please, reconsider in LSL8, we are about to get nuts. . ARGH! C’mon, WE ARE THE ONE Lust to see Larry Lust (in the space). . . I hope you consider our request, because if not. . . we will make LSL8 ourselves. . and I’m sure you won’t like it at all!!! Thanks
LSL8
the angry man -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 6:07 p. m.
We need Leisure Suit Larry 8 now. Don't disapoint us. PLEASE
Save Sierra
Marie Wilson -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 1:05 a. m.
Over the years I’d love the games that sierra has produced Like the King’s Quest series, Quest for Glory series, and Space Quest. Those among the most fun and best made adventure games that have ever been made. I can’t imagine that someone would want to put an end to a company that has made so many hit games. It would be such a shame to see Sierra go and a tremendous lost to the computer game industry.
NEED HELP ON LSL7
Joseph knapp -- Saturday, 18 December 1999, at 11:23 p. m.
plees send me LSL7 stuf I kueep on geting stuk NOT A nuf pounts and cant find all dildos
Larry
Mudlark -- Thursday, 16 December 1999, at 10:49 p. m.
I feel as if I’m on a first name basis with sleazy old Larry Laffer. I’ve bought and played all of the games and I’ve been driving all of the computer stores nuts asking when Larry 8 was coming out. Imagine my surprize when a salesperson told me today that Larry was finished. Don’t let this happen and take away a 58 year old Grandma’s fun. Yes!It is a game that older people enjoy rather than all the monsters, swords, and arcade games.
damn this sucks
nick thompson -- Friday, 10 December 1999, at 4:47 p. m.
Now my name is nick thompson. I have a simple request. that you just grant my little christmas wish. the one thing that I want most of all is to have Leisure Suit Larry series continued. I mean why in the world would you cancle a game becouse of its sexual content. the game is intended for the adult veiwers. so why dont you just let the series continue. there are a hell of alot more dirtier stuff on television than the luisure suit larry games. one hbo or cinamax late at night there are tuns of porn movies on. hot and heavey stuff. Leisure Suit Larry is just a cartoon adventure about a single guy lookin for love. isnt that what all guys do. so I am just sayin that there are alot of dirtier stuff on television and the internet than a little game called Leisure Suit Larry. just compare them and I bet that compared to the internet and television, larry is a clean game. that is my last request of the year. if this request isn’t met it will be my new years resolution to get the Leisure Suit Larry series back up and running.
nicholas thompson
since it costs so much to make a game, have soemthing on your site were you can take an oath(is that how you spell it?) that you will buy LSL8!
Wreford
Larry is the greatest adventure series ever it’s sad that sierra has put larry on hold(its bad anuff they cancelled the next sq game). My question is, could you create a character similar to larry and offer this idea to another pc gaming company , since sierra seems to have a few hairs stuck up there ass. If not, I hope sierra releases a new larry game for 2000 and beyond.
P. S. Larry Rules!!!
I have Been a fan for a long time ever since I was 12 I am 16 now turning 17 yrs old. I have the laffer utilities for DOS it rocks and yester day 12-28-1999 I was in SOFT WARE ETC and I found lesiure suit larry ultiment plesure pack I have been looking for all the laffers for about 2 yrs and could not find them they are awsome. IF you ever need a role model for laffer I would love to be tat person change my name to larry laffer and ware the lesiure suits that is all for now
Shawn
Hi. I need your help. I'm not so sure you're the one I need to contact, but I thought it would be worth a try.
I purchased LSL5. I tried to install it on windows 98. (I'm relatively new to computers, but I am under the impression that windows 98 will recognize win. 95 software. ) I was told the program has performed an illegal operation. So I tried it on ms-dos. no luck. it's a bad command. So what do I do? Am I doing something wrong? is it possible that this game is too old to use on my computer? And. . . does technical support even exist anymore? Any information would be greatly appreciated!
Have a safe new year.
I thank you for all your help and advice. Years ago, my Dad had the first Larry game. It was funny as hell. I was 13. . . so it was rebellious. Thanks for the memories. <enter song here>
How cool is it that the man who made Larry Laffer sent me an email. My life is worth while after all.
-Amy
I’m a die hard LSL fan and for the longest time I’ve been telling my friends that someone should make an LSL movie and cast Rob Schneider as the always-lovable Larry Laffer. After checking out almost every link on your site I read that you once went to Hollywood to pitch the LSL movie idea but, it didn’t say if the movie was made. Since I never heard of LSL the movie, I’m assuming it wasn’t made however, last week I saw the movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and immediately thought that it was at least inspired by the LSL series. I stayed through the credits but didn’t see Sierra or Al Lowe mentioned anywhere but, I still think that it is some how related to the Polyester Prince himself. Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler both took part in the production of Deuce and were probably in their mid-late teens when Larry was released, so I figure that they were inspired by the Larry games to make this movie. My question to you is: Do you know if Larry has anything to do w/ this movie or is it just a coincidence?
P. S. : While watching Deuce I compared the situations in the film to situations in the Larry video games and tried to picture the visuals on film as parts in an LSL game. It was a great movie and I recommend you check it out!
Anyway, thanks for all the great Larry software of the past and good luck in your future!
Robert Colicchia
I must say you are a true inspiration Al. Your contribution to the software industry is yet to be matched. I must admit, I started playing your Leisure Suit Larry games at an age that I shouldn't have, yet I couldn't have enjoyed them more. I found something in those games that I have yet to see in my years of gaming. It is because I truly believe that you created these games simply for the love of making them is why they became such masterpieces. I'm sure you get plenty of Emails of this sort but what I say is truly sincere. Leisure Suit Larry is the only series I have played repeatedly for years now and yet to find any other to compete with it. It was with great disappointment that I heard of your firing at Sierra and I did truly lose a strong respect for the company, for the reason that if they would fire a person who truly expressed his talent in his work, then it shows Sierra is not looking out for the interest of the consumer. I do want to thank you Al, for you are a true inspiration and the sole reason for me learning to program. Maybe someday I would have the honor of running into you and shaking your hand and thanking you. And if there was just one thing I had the opportunity to tell you in person, it would be not to give up, because you have millions of fans supporting you and we all hope to see your work again in the near future. Thank you for this opportunity to let you know how I feel, and again thank you for all you've done.
Sincerely,
Javier Perez
Today I found out the shocking news that Larry 8 is never to see the light! I played my very first computer game on an Amiga 500, and it was Larry 1! Ever since that I have always looked forward to the next sequel. I am grown up and do not like all these games of today who all seem to be only “bang-bang” in a future fantasy world.
Sierra has always been a favourite publisher of mine, since they had all these great adventures. Just in my taste! I can´t understand why they are not doing them anymore. Even the latest Kings Quest was a disappointment. Is not Mr and Mrs Willliams with the company any more?
As I mentioned it was really a great disappointment to read your site and see that Larry 8 is not to be published. I wonder why. Doesn´t Sierra like Larry anymore? Can´t they afford it? Doesn´t Larry sell any good numbers if issued again?
Thank you for your great entertainment so far, and I really hope you are soon doing a great game again! I wish you a very happy New Year! Hope to hear from you.
Carl Landberg
Sweden
Al, I among many others think that Leisure Suit Larry is the best gamign series ever. The saga of Leisure Suit Larry must not stop. You are fully willing to make Leisure Suit Larry 8. You need to do it! I know, you cannot do it without Sierra, but theres other computer gaming companies out there! Make it yourself if you have to! You cannot dissapoint the LSL fans across the world! Leisure Suit Larry has left a huge mark on the computer gaming industry. Please do all you can to make Leisure Suit Larry 8 a sucsess and continue the saga of Larry! Thank you very much.
I just wanted to write you this short little note to express my humble THANKS for the Leisure Suit Larry Series of games. It was my first role playing game that I was introduced to way back when. At the time I was 18, and couldn’t stop playing LSL until I reached the end, even then I would gather my friends together and play it again. I have purchased each and every episode after, sometimes furious with anticipation at its release. I thought then and still think that it is among the most entertaining games ever produced. The combination of a strategy/puzzle game, humor, and an mature theme made me hunger for more. I happen to stumble across your web site and was once again filled with the memories and laughs from Larry adventures past. I was very dissapointed to hear of Sierra’s decision to discontinue developement of LSL8. In my opinion, and from the various other postings I have read on the web, a bad decision on Sierra’s part. I would have bought that, and any installment of LSL as fast as you could have put it on the shelf. I only hope that you get the opportunity to continue to develope new LSL advetures in the near future, ad you can be sure, that if you do. . . . . I will be somewhere in a retail outlet, with a copy in one hand, cash in another, wearing a white leisure suit!!! (Well, maybe not the suit!)
Thank you,
John Rosario
President Genisys Computer Systems
Average guy.
Al Lowe has created God in his own hands. Although Larry is dead, I still know that His influence and humor has enlightened me to make me become a better person. Larry lives in death and his influence will live on our hearts. . . . forever.
I do wish that Larry will continue his wacky adventures sometime.
Shermie
I am someone who loves Sierra adventure games and just became hooked on the Leisure Suit Larry games. I bought the Collection (the one without LSL7) and absolutely enjoyed the games when I spent many hours going through them. I can see why many people love you and your sense of humor. I nearly died laughing playing the role of Larry.
Like many fans, I can't help but smile at Larry's adventures and his failures that he has. I could go on and write about how much I love the Larry games, but I don't want to write too much. I just want to say that you're probably the funniest person I know, although not personally. I've never seen a sense of humor as great as yours. You can never stop making me laugh with Leisure Suit Larry.
I loved the Larry games so much that I made a web site devoted to Sierra. I've been focusing on Leisure Suit Larry. I've gotten just description pages for most of the games as well as The Laffer Utilities. The address to my site is http://members. xoom. com/AntUgarte
Ugarte is my on-line nickname, by the way.
Well, I hope you continue to keep people laughing and help us all feel great. Keep up the good work. And Larry Laffer is my hero! Thank you for creating a fantastic game series.
Sincerely,
Anthony Nguyen
My name is Luciano. I'm from Brazil. So. . . Sorry about my English. (I learned a lot with adventures games, so I don't think it's too bad after all :D)
I want to say Al. . . that I just love the Larry games. It's a shame it's over now. . . I visited roboto. com every day since that monday. . . Larry 8 was a unique project. . . . What kind of women Larry would meet ? What kind of place he would be ? What happened with the people in the boat ? Please answer these questions. . . . I think on it every day ! :D
Err. . . Another question. . . Is it true Sierra stop with adventure games to make Half Life ? (I just HATE this game !!!). Another company can buy the rights to larry ? (One day I dreamed that Lucas Arts have bought Larry. :D). If someone one day buy the rights of Larry and call you I will do Larry 8, won't you ????
Well. . . . I want to ask you a very important favor to me and all Larry fans. . . . I know all the easter eggs from Larry 7 but only one from Larry 5 and I heard about some in othes Larry games. . . . Could you please put the easter eggs on the page ???
Al. . . it's time to say goodbye. . . . I hope you read this e-mail and answered. . . . Ah. . . I want you to know a thing. . . . One day, a friend asked me what were the 3 more important famous person to me. . . . And I said. . . Al Lowe, George Lucas and Steve Jackson. . . .
So. . . goodbye Al. . . I feel that one day I will play Larry 8. . . . and Larry 9, 10, 11. . . . :D
Luciano Dias
I want to thank you so much for all the Larry games. I have grown up with them. I am now 22 years old but still bought LSL7. It’s a great shame what happened to Sierra, but perhaps, MAYBE someday there will be LSL8. =) I don’t think I can ever thank you enough for all the passion, good sense of humor and hard work that went into it, but I want you to know that there are A LOT of people that you have somehow affected over all these years. Thanks so much!!!
It’s pretty interesting what Sierra was to me. I was simply a 14 year old kid that liked games back then, but it has all changed now, except for one thing. Your inspirations and things you grow up with will always stay. I basically have all LSL, KQ, SQ, QFG, and Gabriel Knight series. I was a kid, I wanted to work for Sierra when I grew up for god’s sake. . . =) These games were along with many other things that have inspired me to make something new, and hopefully inspire others. I work for Motorola as a Senior Network Engineer, but am also a professional musician. I play drums in a very successful band in Chicago (been playing my instrument for 13 years now), and I think soon it will have to be my only occupation, which is great. The point I am trying to make is people like you and others who created “seemingly” little things like computer games, movies, and music make all the difference in this world, and for that THANKS. Good luck!
Jeremy Smirnoff
P. S. Gotta love "Where's Dildo?" That cracked me up when I first saw it.
I hope you do get this. I just would like you to know that I grew up with your games (I’m now 21 years old), and that would explain why I’m so twisted. . ;) I used to sneak a play of my father’s copy of LSL1 when I was about 12 years old, but only if I could get the questions right! :) I wish to thank you for your stories, music, and humor! I’m getting married in a few months and I will be missing the LSL games since I don’t think my wife will be too interested in them. Plus, I have played out all the LSLs and another doesn’t seem to be on it’s way. But, I will still have the Midi music and I’m planning to buy a Roland MT-32 so that I can listen to the originals as they were meant to be heard. I will have you know, I am now starting to look for Torin’s Passage, so that I may have a little more humor from you, that the wife may agree with. :) Thanks for everything AL!
Kyle McDermott
P. S. The games these companies put out now a days suck! That includes Sierra Online's! Make another LSL will ya? PLEASE?!?!?
I’m one of your German fans and Im generally speaking German so excuse my English. Here in Germany Leisure Suit Larry is also very popular and I’m one of Larry’s gratest fans. So I was very shocked as I heard that there will be no Larry 8 in the next time. Can you tell me exactly why Sierra stopped the production. Something else: I also write computer programmes and I would like to know how you technically realized it that Larry can move behind objects, e. g. in Leisure Suit Larry 7 Love For Sail!. Can you explain that for me in an easy English. It would be very nice of you.
Robby
I feel Sir is the only way to properly address the respect I possess for you for not only changing the gaming world, but my perspectives on life, as well. Allow me to explain. . .
It was sometime in the early 90s. We had just gotten our first 386 25 MH computer. My parents bought several games, including Larry 3. At the time, I was fairly young, so my parents thought the game may have been inappropriate for me at the time. I probably would not have understood the humor behind it, either. Anyway, a few years later, I had totally given up on computers, and I felt like my life was just one disaster after another. I found the old floppies to Larry 3 and started to play it. As I guided Larry through his many mishaps, I started to realize that Larry’s life was much worse off than mive (even though Larry is a computer game character), I mean, it made me realize there are a lot worse things that could’ve happened to me.
Anyway, this past Christmas I recieved the Larry collection and Love for Sail, and even though I’ve completed all 6 games many times over, I still play them when life seems to be going the wrong way, and the humor seems to cheer me up everytime.
I was on the internet today for the first time in a long, long time and decided to check up on Larry 8. I was caught off guard when I saw that it had been cancelled. This has truly been one of the saddest days of my gaming life, and I hope something happens for the Leisure Suit Larry Legacy to live on.
A devoted fan now and forever. . .
Darren Brothers
First off, I can’t belive I’m actually getting to e-mail one of my heros. I have fallen in love with every product you’ve ever created. :) Larry has always managed to lift my spirits, and every time I play one of the games, I always manage to find something I didn’t before. One of the things that has intrigued me the most, is Larry’s theme: For Your Thighs Only. The last rendition of it for Love For Sail!, I think, was incredible. To that point, I am a college student at the Rochester Institute Of Technology and take part in a small jazz ensamble myself. I would like to know where I can purchase the sheet music for the F. Y. T. O. used in Larry 7. Would you happen to know where that can be done? We’d like to perform it at some point but I’m not musicly inclined enough to translate more than just the melody. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated & hope that I will get to see more of your work even if under a different label. :) Thanks for creating such wonderful adventures.
Steve Cena
Did I understand your news on you homepage right: Did Sierra fire you???????!
If not, don‘t you see any possibility to go on with Larry 8? Possibly when enough people will write to Sierra that Larry 8 is the one game they have been waiting for their whole life along and without which their lifes would be over? And what about you? Don‘t you have some important friends at Sierra or maybe at other firms that are able to convince the Sierra people of the importance of Leisure Suit Larry 8? Please try everything to turn the Production on again. If you need help I am sure that half of Germany will give it to you. Ciao say your‘s an Larry‘s biggest fan!
Tobias Piechura
I would first off like to commend you and your team for the developmet of Larry. I have played all the games and everyone their is a hell of a gag to laugh at. I got word that Sierra stopped on Larry games though. This issue upset me and being the Larry fan that I am I want to try to do something about it. I also saw the last Larry 8 video where you turned him into a more dimensional type of Larry. I was really impressed with that. I miss Larry and his adventures and knowing that technology we have today and the sophisticatedness, I bet a Larry game would be so advanced, so popular that alot of gamers would be impressed. Well I hope that in the near future one hell of a Larry game can still be released, and have it not go through sierra.
Larry Fan,
Jeff North
I am just one of your many fans. . . And you have properly already thought of this idea yourself, but it doesn’t hurt to ask you. . .
Well. . You said that you were willing to make LSL8, but you can´t without Sierra, coz they own Larry. . Am I not right??
Well, ever tought about getting someone to buy him out of Sierra?? Another software company maybe, like Lucas Arts (Well it’s worth a shoot *s*) or someone else, because The Larry Series are extremely popular all over the world (fore example, I am from Denmark and it is very popular here), and a popular game like Leisure Suit Larry would defiantly be a huge success, especially because of the delay. Just look at all the responses you have got from people. .
So Mr. Love, I hope you would try to persuade a software company to buy out Larry from Sierra, so all of us Larry fans, once again can try our luck with good old Larry. .
Thanks for listening to me, Mr. Lowe.
Rune B.
First of all, I want to express my gratitude for making all the Leisure Suit Larry games since 1987 and providing me great entertainment since the early 90's (We didn't own a computer until then). It's hard to explain the amount of fun I've had with the Larry series over the past 10 years, but let me tell you: It's been one hell of a great ride!. Loved them all, but my favorite one is Love for Sail for the amount of laughs I had in that one. LSL 5 and 6 come in as second and third place, respectively. Seeing the awful truth that it will take quite a while before a new Larry game will be made, what with the reorganisation of Sierra and all that, (And with people like you fired by Sierra) I can only hope that the laughable loser will someday return. But at least his latest adventure outing made him go out with a BANG. (Which, sadly, was not the case with the latest Space Quest, although the Narrator did a great performance. This series I'd love to see continued, as well, btw)
It's great to see the series go in such an upward line. . . The addition of a decent story in LSL 5 added something to the game, but LSL 6 was more interesting just as LSL 7, location-wise, because of the huge area the player is allowed to explore. All in all, I admire your work on the LSL series, and hope that, one day, our beloved middle-aged loser will be humiliated once again, even more in the (not too distant, I hope) future.
Hans Christian van Nijkerk
a fan from the Netherlands
I have been an avid fan of the LSL series ever since it was born back in 1987. I recently bought the LSL Pleasuree Pack for only one reason. . and that was to fulfil something that I stated way back when LSL 1, 2 and 3 were out. After having bought all 3 games, and liking the series so much, I told myself that should there ever be any LSL games in the future, I would collect every one of them that came out. After owning LSL 5 and 6 for some time, II was saddened to find that the entire series that I saved were lost due to moving residences. I finally bought this Plewasure pack in fulfilling the dream I would own every LSL game there was out. Buying this game also introduced me to LSL 7 which I think is undoubtedly the best LSL game Ive played.
I have alot of reasons why I love this series so much. THe one thing that I love so much about the game is the musical score. I consider myself picky in terms of catchy music, and although I grew up on heavy metal music, I later found myself liking anything that sounded good, regardless of the type of music. Your game music alone in all the games have more catchy tunes in it that almost all the music CDS that I have. Ive even found myself recording some of them for sleep music.
The humor and the graphical humor is another reason why I love the game. This is one of the very few series that I actually find myself laughing at the computer, unlike alot of games where I just smirk.
And of course, the artwork is fantastic. The babes in the game, all of them are drawn accurately and are very sexually provocative. Then the voice acting to suit the girls are also fantastic.
Mixing the music, the artwork and the humor, I would say that you have done such a terrific job in providing such a unique mood when I play the game. I remember when back when I had the LSL1 Remake, I would start playing that game every day at exactly 10:00 pm at night. (The time that when you first enter the game and look at your watch, its also 10:00 pm!).
I just recently discovered this website and found many interesting facts (one of which the day you started composing the Larry theme happened to my birthday too!), and the cancellation of the LSL8 project. Like most of the fan letters you recieve, if its out there, I would buy it, just to experience the good old times. I liked LSL7 so much to the point that I was wondering if you would make money buy remaking all the previous LSL games to those graphics, sounds and especially the music (the music as in using the real instruments to play the music).
Anyways, I would like to just thank you for all the good times that you have given me and I do hope the LSL8 makes it out the door, and hopefully more to come too!
Kit
East Lansing, Michigan
Dear Talented Al Lowe,
Larry is the greatest adventure game character of all time. When I heard Larry 8 was stopped, I almost had a stroke. I wish Sierra would understand the popularity of the game. I recently purchased The Larry Collection and Ultimate Pleasure Pack, even though I already owned all the game individually just to help sales. I suppose if everybody buys that Pleasure Pack maybe Sierra will change their mind. But seriously, Larry must continue on. But since Sierra owns him I guess its up to them. I also have Torin’s Passage and Freddy Pharkus. Both great games. You’ve done well. I hope you can continue the Larry series though. It’s been my favorite for a long, long time.
Thanks,
Caner Ozdemir
Since I am a very big fan of your Leisure Suit Larry Adventures, I always wanted to get to know you. So I tried to find out your eMail adress which I found on your homepage Allowe. com .
Say, how did it all start with Larry? Why does he exist? I got the collector’s edition with two videos where you say, Larry leads the life you never had.
I am not sure which is my favourite adventure game. I cannot decide whether if it’s MonkeyIsland or Leisure Suit Larry. They are both ad-ventures but very different from each other. I bet you have also played Monkey Island (who didn’t?).
There are two things which always strike me when I play one of these games. I totally concentrate on the main Character (Guybrush / Larry). It is really fascinating how they both live and act. Monkey and Larry are the only games where this is possible in this strong way. You feel with Guybrush when he falls in love with Elaine. You know what Larry is talking about when he speaks from dog breath, the 70s disco and (of course) women. They are both so lovable, but they are both totally alone.
I always wonder about those “modern” games. They struggle about who has the best graphics engine, but they all lack in story, character, FUN and (last but not least) UNIQUENESS. It was a very good time for programmers and players when graphic adventures were still produced. Together with books and movies the computer games are the best media to tell a real story.
Just another question: I love the speech in Leisure Suit Larry 6. For the german version, they only converted the written speech. But the Sound files were the original ones. Then I bought the Collector’s Edition. When I began to play Larry 7, I was a bit said about this german speakers. Nobody can make you as hot as your english babes do. Since I always take a look at every file in a new installed program or game, I found the . AUD files, which contain the music. Do they also contain the speech? Would it be possible to download the english speech files from the internet and copy them into my game folder? I would even pay money to get these files in english.
Oh god, I have so many things to say & ask.
You created the Leisure Suit Larry Title Theme, eh? In your collector’s edition there is a copy of a sheet of paper. There were some scores on it. I am (sorry) unable to read scores. If you answer this eMail, it yould be fine (or even finer) if you sent me a MIDI files or something. So I would be able to look at it with Cubase or some score editor. I play the guitar and I’m sure I can learn it. It’s the Jazz I’m fasci-nated of (especially the cool jazz in Larry 7).
Apropos Larry, Downloading and Website: Why did you leave Sierra? Was it a kind of struggle between you and the company?
My girlfriend also is a fan of you. Would it be possible to append also a little JPG picture of you? Would be nice. She collects photos which she gets from game designers. The last we got is from John Romero (Doom, Quake).
OK, that was all. Excuse me, stealing your time. But I would be happy to get an answer from you.
Honestly,
Frank.
I love your series, and yes I wish to urge Sierra to make moer Larry games. The cancellation of LArry 8 has saddenned me so much. Ever since I bought the Pleasure pack, Ive always played larry 1 all the way through to larry 7 everytime cause I just love the connection of the entire storyline from 1 to 7. Hopefully this pleasure pack was sent out so as to see the popularity the series still has and to get some extra cash to use towards continuing production of larry 8. Since the series is already doing well, im sure the pleasure pack will bring in gobs of dough. I would love to play larry 8. . and hopefully he touchdowns back on earth from space to continue hitting on the babes from good old mother earth. But hey, since he keeps losing with the girls back on earth, I can understand why hes in space now to take a crack at the aliens!
Kit
East Lansing, Michigan
I am quite certain that someone already told you this, but you are great at designing games. Since Sierra, which suffers from severe mismanagement, doesn't give you the credit you deserve, I suggest you try another firm.
I think that just because of one company's lack of view you shouldn't give up on game creating. There must be a wiser company that can help create another Al Lowe game.
Chris Oldfield
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Rain Manson -- Tuesday, 18 January 2000, at 7:33 p. m.
PLEEEEEAAAAASSE!!! DON’T GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I NEEEEEEEEEEEDD MOOOOOOOORRRE GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMES!!! <¦o
Save Serria
Lord Raven -- Tuesday, 18 January 2000, at 4:32 p. m.
I’m 16 and have loved serria made games forever . This is a great company so don’t let adventure games go down the tubes . Shooters get borng after awile but you want to comeback always and play adventures . Don’t destroy such characters as Rogger Wilco(space janitor) or Lesiure suit larry( The hopless lover) or The brave nobles of Daventry(King Graham etc. . . . . ) these are great and loveable characters don’t , I beg with you don’t throw them away like cantalope peels.
Larry must live!
Caner Ozdemir -- Tuesday, 18 January 2000, at 3:35 p. m.
When I first heard Sierra dropped adventures, I almost vomited. Sure shoot’em ups are fun for a while. But they get a boring. A classic adventure game can’t be beat. They are like good books. I have played many games. Nothing hold my interest like the adventure genre though.
And Larry(being my all time favorite game series) being cancelled totally disrupted my emotions. My initial anger phase hasn’t worn off yet, and I may seem unreasonable, but HEY, adventure games don’t sell? Sierra says the games sold pretty well. But when they weren’t making any the sales of other companies adventure games went down. Maybe because they suck. If Sierra continues in making excellent games, people will buy them. How can they abandon what got them started? It’s sad.
Save Larry. Larry is the all-time greatest character in any adventure game series. The games are spectacular. Ending the series should be a crime. I hope Sierra feels the fans of the company, for which they need the support of to continue on.
Thanks(for reading the whole thing),
Caner Ozdemir
P. S. I just want Larry to continue.
Save Sierra
Jason DeMotte -- Tuesday, 18 January 2000, at 12:27 p. m.
Sierra don’t forget your roots. The people who grew up playing your games now have jobs but that doesn’t mean we don’t still play games.
Quest for Glory!
Bibbi -- Monday, 17 January 2000, at 6:20 p. m.
We need all Sierra adventure games back! Including Quest for Glory, Lara Bow, King’s Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, and all the others! Don’t let adventure gaming die!
Sierra
Oscar Sanz (Madrid) SPAIN -- Saturday, 15 January 2000, at 1:50 p. m.
Like dog is man´s best friend, larry is computer´s best friend. Here in Spain, we need to laugh too. Please save Larry, Sierra and Al Lowe´s Work. Keep our computers alive.
no way!!!!!!!!!
jeff thalison -- Friday, 14 January 2000, at 8:06 p. m.
if sierra quits producing liesure suit larry I will tell every person I know to stop buying all sierra games. . . . larry is enjoyed by was too many people to be tossed. . . .
LSL 8 Must be made!!!!
Jamie -- Friday, 14 January 2000, at 5:12 p. m.
Someone has to make a new LSL game soon. I can’t wait much longer. LSL games are the best computer games I have ever played! For those who don’t like SHoot em’ up games or sports games, LSL is the only resort, and the best one at that! I pray to God that Sierra or Codemasters will get smart and make an LSL 8 or some kind of new LSL game. My friends and I have spent countless hours playing LSL 1-3 and 5-Casino. There HAS to ba a new Leisure Suit Larry game soon.
Jamie
Adventuring
higgy -- Thursday, 13 January 2000, at 11:03 p. m.
I’m shocked. I love adventuring especially Sierra’s way. I have all of the Leisure Suit Larry, Quest for Glory and King’s Quest games. I try other games and even buy other games but I always come back to Sierra. I can’t find any other games that compare. You have many dedicated fans out there. Please don’t quit on us.
Larry Resurection.
Mayhog -- Wednesday, 12 January 2000, at 1:45 p. m.
Just looking at the amount of petitions written at this site makes me feel warm inside. Larry, we love you. I’m not sure if this is going to make a difference or not, but its gotta be worth a shot. What we need is a LSL game that will blow the roof off of the gameing comunity, more jokes, more sex, and more of a 90’s/2000 focus. The future is now, and Larry should be part of it. Hell, he survived the 80’s and 90’s right. (although, I think he may still be stuck in the 70’s. )
Get your act together sierra, we all loved Half-life, but Gordon Freeman in no Larry Laffer.
More of the Quest Series
Smirnoff -- Tuesday, 11 January 2000, at 4:33 p. m.
Put out another LSL, SQ7, and other adventure games. . . . What has happened is ridiculous.
Jeremy Smirnoff
Leisure Suit Larry
Connie -- Sunday, 9 January 2000, at 6:24 p. m.
These have been the most entertaining games I have ever played. Please don’t take Larry from us. You can surely keep him going. We are tired of all the shoot ‘em up games. Give us adventurers something to look forward to or I quit buying from Sierra. Believe me, I have spent a lot of money on Sierra games in the past. NO more without Larry.
Sierra=Adventure
Code_Red -- Saturday, 8 January 2000, at 9:13 p. m.
Sierra.
When I hear that word I instantly think 1 thing. Adventure. Sierra have always made the best adventure games, from the Larry series to Space Quest to Police Quest. Sierra should go on making these brilliant adventures games, for the millions of adventure gamers around the word. Long Live SIERRA!
PS, brilliant QFG, PQ & SQ series'
we want larry 8
mOOse -- Saturday, 8 January 2000, at 12:10 a. m.
larry rulz. .
PLEASE BRING LARRY BACK!
JR Arostegui -- Thursday, 6 January 2000, at 12:57 p. m.
I LOVE Larry. . . please release Larry 8!!!!
Sierra!!!!!
Koos -- Wednesday, 5 January 2000, at 8:06 a. m.
Please!!! Continue the series! I’ve played every single Sierra adventure game and I loved them all! I started with Leisure Suit Larry 1 and since then, I’ve buyed every other Sierra adventure game. Larry, Quest for Glory, King’s Quest, Space Quest, Laura Bow, Freddy Pharkas, Police Quest (1 to 3 that is, 4’s okay but it’s not Sonny Bonds), I still even love Eco Quest! I, and a lot of Dutch friends of mine will buy all sequences to any Sierra adventure games. Don’t stop!
Sierra? What the heck happened to you?
SFU -- Wednesday, 5 January 2000, at 3:10 a. m.
I found out about all this Sierra/LSL stuff just today looking for a hint for a part on one of my old favorites, LSL 3 which I am enjoying again thanks to the Ultimate Pleasure Pack I just bought. Not only is it confined to LSL, but to all adventure games!!!??!
I grew up on Sierra adventure games, King’s Quest, Space Quest, Freddy Pharkas, you name it, I’ve played it, probably quite a few times.
Almost NO other company makes those good ‘ol point & click adventures than Sierra On-Line, Lucasarts has a few gems, but Sierra has really been the only place to ALWAYS find a good, creative & entertaining, as well as just pretty damn funny most of the time adventure game.
I play those 3D shoot ‘em up games too, but they don’t have the heart of a good adventure game, they all seem the same, and I get bored very quickly playing one of those games. That type of game should exist, however NOT at the expense of a wonderful genre, and especially not when nearly EVERY other software company is churning them out as fast as they can slap new graphics on the same old game.
I’ve always thought of Sierra as one of the most creative companies with very high quality games, and have even bought games in the past almost solely on that sierra logo slapped on the box. I’m very disapointed to see my favorite pc software company rehashing other people’s ideas while taking a leak on what started them and got them to where they are now. . .
Get your act together Sierra.
LSL 4 EVA!
ApM -- Sunday, 2 January 2000, at 10:51 a. m.
LSL is not only one of the best and popular and longest running gaming series ever, he’s also a her to many loving fans. Sierra really needs to get thier act together re-hire Al Lowe and get started on LSL 8! Make it happen AL! Do it by yourself! And buy the way, I don’t think boycotting Sieraa is a good idea because then they will lose a lot of money and never make ANY games again, therefore no LSL 8, which is the whole purpose of this petition.
LSL 8 Must Happen!
Chuck Tinsley -- Sunday, 2 January 2000, at 12:23 a. m.
I have played the Leisure Suit Lasrry Games for years, as well as Space Quest, Laura Bow, and Gabriel knight. These are without a doubt the best adventure games I have ever played. It was a shock to learn that there might never be any more of any of these games. As this message board shows, there are hundreds of people who care as much about these games as I do. We need LSL8!!!
Save the magic!
Diego Illanes -- Friday, 31 December 1999, at 3:36 p. m.
I’m sure that every fan that posted a message here did it with his heart, because when I think of a Sierra On-Line game (Not the Sierrastudios crap!) I remember some great days of my childhood, when I had a hero named roger wilco instead of superman, when I had a larry character that made me laugh, when I played to be a cop inside sonny bonds uniform, when I had to play the role of laura bow about ten times to finally get all the clues of the colonel bequest. Then times passed I grew up with the same inmortal characters but with some better graphics, still the magic was there, the beast within: what an incredible game or freddy parcas. Now time had passed once again, the difference is that this time some asshole killed the magic just for some dollars more. Please save the magic of the adventure games, there is no greater reward for a computer gamer than to finish a game in which he has spent hours of envolving magic. That was what the Sierra On-line games had.
Pienselo bien
no solo arruinan una compañia sin igual
tambien le destrozan el corazon a millones de fanaticos en el mundo entero.
From Chile to Sierra
Save Larry
David Kaplan -- Sunday, 26 December 1999, at 9:37 p. m.
Hey Sierra: I am distraught over the fact that Larry has been cancelled. It seems as if the good old fashioned adventure game has been thrown away forever, and it really sucks. I’m sick of going in to the local computer store here only to find the same old boring shoot-em-up arcade games or the strategy games with the hyped up graphics but boring plot. They’re all the same it seems, but that’s where you guys always took the lead. It was refreshing to see a game on the shelf that had a point to it. I wish I could pick up a tube of toothpaste and use it to save the world instead of always trying to blow it up with the biggest gun my graphics card can handle. I wish I could laugh at my computer games once in a while rather than get frustrated over the fact that I can’t beat the boss at the end of the first level. That’s what gets boring. Save Larry, and if not, save adventure games.
James Bond of the James Bond Foundation here with a question. We know that you spoofed James Bond in the casino and was wondering if you could tell use what James Bond actors you used when you put them in like that. I think you used Connery, Dalton, Moore, Brosnan. Is that right?
Also this may seem like a really stupid request but can we ask you these questions? You don't need to answer them if you don't want.
1. What brought upon your decision to use the James Bond characters in LSL 7?
2. Are you a fan of James Bond?
3. Who is your favorite Bond and favorite Bond movie?
4. Does James Bond related material appear in any other LSL game?
We have a spoof section on our site where movies/games spoof the Bond image. We want to take a screen shoot from LSL7 of the Casino showing the Bonds and have an audio clip of them saying "Martini. . . Shaken Not Stirred" If that is okay. Also if you like we can post your responses to the questions above on the site so the visitors get a background on why you chose to use Bond. It would be like a commentary/interview. That is optional if you prefer.
Thanks
James Bond
First off let me say that I love the Larry series. It is fun and fully of adventure. I look forward to future Larry games and especially that new 3D Larry game I read about on one of those fan pages.
I was emailing you with a request. Do you give out autographs? I have a small LSL collection of goodies. Mostly the series of games and wasn't sure if you handed out autographs. If not then that is okay.
Thanks, Your Fan,
JOE
I’d just like to take the time to thank you for providing so many people with happiness from your wild and vivid imagination. Of your many games, I have most enjoyed Leisure Suit Larry 7 and Torin’s Passage, but I’m sure more will be added later tonight after I pick up my copy of the Larry Pleasure Pack. Is Larry dead? Never say never!
Thank you Al!
Jordan Owens
I am a devoted fan of your games and I think that they are the most hillarious games that sierra has ever created!
I now own Liesure Suit Larry 1 - 7 and casino games and pinball, utilitys, etc. . . I think that u should come out with a LSL8, that would be great if there isnt already one that I dont know about. . . . and start working on 4!!! did u ever compose a cd with ur jazz music from LSL on it???/ if so tell me about it and maybe I can get a copy of it somewhere. . out of all the games u made 7 is gotta be the best, the wheres dildo thing is awesome!!!!! well if there is any information that u can tell me it would be greatly appreciated! maybe send me some sketches of larry or something!
Andrew Lucas
I would like to say I’m a very big fan of Leisure Suit Larry.
I first heard about him from a teacher in Jr. High when I was 13, she told me about “the one when you flush the toilet in the bathroom, u drown” correctly interrperated as LSL1. Heck, I thought, if its as dirty and bad as she says it is, I really should give it a try! So a few years later im about 15 on browsing the net dor some demos when I find a file titled Larry, no description or anything, it said it was for DOS. I dloaded this small zip-file extracted it, and noticed the main program said LSL1. com, and I thought, Noway can it be this easy! I double clicked the program and sure enough there’s the little nerd chasing after a rubber doll.
Yes! I gotcha! and it was the best time I had in my life! the parser didnt give me much trouble cause I played Quest for Glory 1 original, and 2 and knew how it worked. so after winning the game, I decided to get the rest of the games, therefore I bought LSL5. Dirtier than the first, and funnier! my favorite part of the whole game was when Patti ended up nekkid in the glass showerlator and every one who saw her was cat calling, I laughed hard for at least 15 min.
I then bought LSL7, after seeing the little orgasmic powder movie on the internet. Peggy Is Really dirty! and I especially enjoyed the little sequence with the Juggs (Silicone Lubricant, and Heat Lamp make for a great combination) and Larry. After that I gave LSL5 to a friend and have no clue what happened to it. I’m, sure he’s thrown it away becuase of its contents. In 1998/1999 Larry’s Casino came out, not really all that fun cause I wanted a real Larry. Disaster.
Last Saturday I finally decided to buy Leisure Suit Larry Ultimate Pleasure Pack, out of all of the games im the pack Ive played LSL1(Original and Remake), LSL2, LSL5, LSL6, LSL7, and Larry’s Casino. My favorite Larry game so far is Larry 6, I still need to find the water bottle, to give to Gammie in the Cellulite room. after that, I fill the lamp and take it to Shamara, and win the game. If you get permission to do another Larry game, I havent seen the LSL8 movie cause Im at school and the PC’s suck, cause they need to have programs updated, but u should talk to Lori Cole who did Quest for Glory, if u want to do it in 3D, QFG5, is probably the best interface ive seen, and make sure u put the Bodily functions keys in LSL8, and the Other command from LSL7 is a must have,
One thing I didnt like about LSL7 was u hace to bring up the inventory by right clicking. u should implement the inventory from QFG5 so u can open it with a click of the cursor and put it on display on the main screen. Voxels I think is what Cori COle called the GFX engine. And use real time, so that certain things Larry encounter have to be done at night, or a certain time. I gottta go, free time is over, have a great time. I plan to buy your book when it comes out.
Sincerely,
Ben Benson
Taylorsville, Utah
First off, Al, I really would like to thank you very much for creating the little Leisure Suit guy in the first place. You must have had lots of laughs, but also lots of frustration on the way to your fantastic LSL 7 adventure.
In the second place, maybe it should have been in the first place, I really and sincerely wish to pay my condoleances to you for the loss of your good friend and companion Mary Kay ‘Gay’ Bergman. You surely must miss this open-eyed, inventive, bright woman. And it’s a big loss for the cause of Larry too. Maybe it had to be that that. But maybe for her sake there must be found a way to continue the adventures of the little guy, who is, of course, also her life’s work in lots of ways.
It really is a damned shame it had come to an end. I have often made the comparison between you and Walt Disney in my plea for continuing Larry. Try to imagine what the world would have missed if Disney would have stopped after the commercial failure of Fantasia? I can’t even imagine what it would be like not to have seen (over and over again) Jungle Book and the Aristocats, with those great songs, voices and images. Never to have known The sword in the stone (I can still relive the shock when Arthur became a bird and a fish), Robin Hood (with this great horrible snake), The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Poquahontas and all those other great creatures.
In the same way I don’t want to think about and can hardly imagine, what I, and the whole world, will never be able to enjoy from the white-dressed Larry. And I’m convinced the best had yet to come.
Is there really no way of continuing it? Are there no creative people and sponsors to be found to revive the little guy? Do we have to accept the loss of so many hours of playfull enjoyment ahead?
Of course you did earn your retirement for what you have created in the past and I really grant you your rest, you’re really welcome to it. But . . . . there are so many remaining buts.
Any way, I do wish you a very happy continuing of your life. I’m not a joke-lover, so I will not visit your joke-site very often. I like jokes in the surroundings where they belong. As part of life. As an intermezzo in the dullness of daily existance. As a sudden eructation at the spur of the moment. But I don’t like jokes just for the joke as a totally separate thing. But there’s lots of joke-lovers that will hop in on an almost daily basis, so you won’t miss me.
But, if you ever come to Amsterdam, I would gladly show you around. I’m a guy of almost 50 (this year) who has spend half his life in this enjoyable big village we like to call a big city.
Again, all the best with your life and hopefully you’ll come to guide several more Leisure Suit Larrys.
kind regards,
Vincent J. F. Klaus
Rozenstraat 79-D
1016 NN Amsterdam
0031-20 62 66 587
(Right in the centre of town)
That sucks, I love all teh larry games. And This one bites the teh dust. . . . obviously sierra dont know what tehy are loosing. . I hope you get to make another game if not larry maybe another similiar game to it with another company. . . Yours and 2 other sierra games were biggest hits, you spacequest, and Kings quest, and its a shame to see Larry go. . . . I hope you make another game sim to it with sierra or another company. . .
Big Larry fan,
Tim Critchfield
Michi
Hey !! Al Lowe is the coolest guy I know !! I Germany we have the "Gemeinschaft der Freunde Al Lowes". That means something like "Community Of Al Lowe's Friends" But we are only 2 persons *g*
Kim
Make a script for Larry 8, and change the characteres name and get another company to produce it. Everyone will know that it is an unofficial sequel, just like Alpha Centauri is the unofficial sequel to Civilization!
Runar
Stjørdal, Norway
You promised me that I would be happy when I rode this site !. . . I was (I'm a HUGE Larry fan) but I was also wery sad !. . Goodgye Mary Kay Bergman .
Stefan
Mönchengladbach, NRW, Germany
Hiya! Very nice site! I Like your humor Bye!
Mags Kapitula
Salt Lake City, UT USA
Al, I never stop laughing at you!!! Thank you for Larry; that series is the greatest :)
Ron Coleman
Pittsburgh, PA,
Al I love LSL I always will and I can only hope for a LSL8 I will keep wishing Thanks for creating something so wonderful
Josh
great site al !! its good to see larry from YOUR point of view! btw. . the link to the mary kay bergman site is missing/wrong/whatever . . I think its supposed to be www. wackyvoices. com or such. Thanks for a great site!
Scare Trolfey
Irvine, CA
Glad to see you have a site! I loved all of your games and jokes. It's a shame Sierra cancelled all of its quest series. . . I miss them all.
Paolo Wolff
Buenos Aires, Argentina
You`re the greatest. Go on like this
Ahmet
Istanbul, Turkey
Well recently I am playing the all quest series and Lsl games. I admit that I have downloaded them (blush) but I have no other choice because orginal games are not sold here. The thing I have to tell is that they’re GREAT! Those new multi cd , games with fx and so is just Nothing compared to them. (By the way I think I had a few grammer mistakes if so sorry) I would like to see LSL8 and buy it if the orginal game comes here also. Thanks for creating a real new type of pc game Al
Patrick
San Jose, CA
I must disagree with the feeling that adventure games are dead. Many RPG's are in essence adventure games, for example: Baldur's Gate. RPG's, like traditional adv. games, have pre-written stories, and players simply play the role of the "adventurer"!
KiKi
Mississauga, Ont, Canada
LSL kicks ass
Tobias Piechura
Bochum, NRW, Deutschland
I do not really know what to write in to a Guestbook. But I just want to say that I am a very big fan of Leisure suit Larry and of Al Lowe. If anybody out there has the same oppinion I would like to ask him for a mail
Kyle McDermott
New Windsor, NY
Al is such a wonderful guy, I didn't know he had a website until yesterday. . Keep it up Al!!
Fraggman
Berlin, Germany
Sorry but my english isn´t so good because I´m german you see. Here in Germany you are a designer legen and many people were killing himselves when they heared that you can´t design Larry 8 at this time. You have got fans around the world!
Jeremy Smirnov
Chicago, IL
Al, you're the best. Thanks for the memories and inspirations. Good luck in the future, and long live Larry. =) Jeremy
mikep
Herfordshire, England
and on the 7th day al created larry: long live the lounge king !
Anthony Nguyen
Al, I think this is a great site to visit. It's quite informative about Leisure Suit Larry as well as full of your jokes from that great sense of humor you have. Your games make me laugh all the way to the bank.
mOOse
melbourne australia
All u r a legend. . . and larry rulz. and we wanna see LSL8!!
Marcus Tsui
Australia
Great site!! Brings back a lot of memories. . .
DCL4100
Leisure Suit Larry is the best series ever created. I still have hope that someday a new one will be completed!
stanley stankus
I AM LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO BUY LEISURE SUIT LARRY 1-7 HINT BOOKS
Chris
Al Lowe has created God in his own hands. Although Larry is dead, I still know that His influence and humor has enlightened me to make me become a better person. Larry lives in death and his influence will live on our hearts. . . . forever.
Jhan Jensen
Roy, UT
Love your work
Larry XXX
Welp, nice. That crippled lame impotent dickless Larry is dead. Rest in peace. . I meant in pieces. Well, I never liked Larry anyway. any sexy, or any funny. Al, you suck. Your game is not funny at all. Welp, good luck.
Oscar Sanz
Madrid, Spain
Thanks for all, Al. You are #1 for all Spanish computer gamers and for all that people who think that play with girls in computers is better that kill them in computers. Continue with Larry, please. WE NEED YOU AND LARRY, THANKS. GRACIAS AL, NOS HICISTES FELICES
Big Laff
Bakersfield, CA
Before playing Larry, I was dull and had no girlie. But now, I'm a cool swinger with my white leisure suit and all chicks go ape over me! Thanks Al! You da man!
Guenter
Germany
You are great. Please find a way for LSL8.
Dan Kehler
Fresno, CA
Great page Al! It's nice to know I can still sit at my desk and check up on you. You need it! One of my favorite quotes is still "Who do you think you are, Al Lowe or somthing?"
Emilio Martinez
Spain
Sorry about my English. Al you're the best, here in Spain, Larry's adventure are probably the most played with the Monkey Island adventure. I love all your games but my favourites are Larry 2, and Freddy Pharkas :) P. D: PLEASEEEEEEE I WANT LARRY 8
Bene
Villach, Kärnten, Austria
I like your games very much. Because the are real good. My favourite game is Larry 7.
Javier Perez
Miami, fl
Quite an inspiration. Thanks Al.
Johan
The Netherlands
What happened to Sierra? King's Quest 8 I think isn't a real King's Quest and Larry 8 is cancelled. Now Sierra is another same-as-the-rest game factory: Et Tu Sierra!
Mr. White
Fontana, CA.
Mr. Lowe I am a big fan of yours and everything that you have created. I am very thankful for what you and your colleagues have done for computer gaming and computers in general. Being in the military I dont get much of a chance to have fun or laugh, but when I do its usually because of Larry when he comes to life on my laptop. Thanks for everything Mr. Lowe.
Carl Landberg
Stockholm, Sweden
Larry 1 was the first game I ever saw and played. It was great and I still return to the series to play an episode. You have made an everlasting footprint as a pioneer and artist in this today overflooded market, and would have been a lot less fun without you! For me there´s just "too much Disney". Please read my other letter to you. We have to make sure the world gets Larry 8! . . . . . and 9 and 10 and 11 . . and. . . . . I take off my hat for my computer idol! Best Regards Carl
Benny Donat "THE GREAT ONE"
Berlin, Germany
Hi, Al I really like your Homepage. Me and my friends in Germany ARE WAITing for the newest part of LSL. Your Larry parts are great and creative. Please try your best to produce Larry8 and many more Larry adventures. Thanx BENNY "THE GREAT ONE" DONAT.
Steven
Charleston, SC
WHY are they canceling Leisure Suit Larry 8?? What is wrong with them? Larry is the only video game I've ever played. I don't understand, how could you guys do this to me? It was my life, and you guys have just ruined it. I just figured out they were making an 8th after playing Casino today, and I just figured out they were NOT making one the same day. Please give me comments, and maybe even send me the unfinished game.
Sergey Romanov
Novgorod, Russia
Nice site ! I love LSL series and want to thank you one more time for these great games ! Too bad there will be no LSL8 :( But I hope that such a talented person as you will make something great in future ;)
janne natunen
Rovaniemi, Lapland, finland
larry series are best series in the history of mankind.
Maureen Duffy
Troy, NY
Hey Al, I grew up with Sierra games. . . I learned how to read by watching my older brother play the old space quests, king's quests, police quests, and yes even Leisure Suit Larrys. Every now and then I meet people at college who also grew up with these games. It is really sad what has happened to sierra. I've kept all the old game boxes and disks (even though I can't play the 5 1/4 " disks anymore! :-) ) and every now and then I'll play an old game and the responses that some of the commands give you still make me laugh. Those games had an awful lot of personality. Even my mom played them; I remember when I was maybe 5 or 6 trying to figure out rumpelstiltskin's name in KQ1 with my mom. Oh well, thanks for all the memories man! :-)
Koutrakos John
Athens, Greece
Nice site! Have an idea. Once you are not anymore in Sierra On Line why don' t you make Larry 8 with another title like Hurry 1. Please contact me at my e-mail. thanking you in advance, John Koutrakos.
Garrett Chaney
Pittsburgh, PA
I think it's odd that Disco is back and Larry isn't. We now hear "Boogie oogie oogie" and countless Bee Gees' songs we thought we threw out with our eight track player, on the radio as "JAMMIN OLDIES!" Larry would have loved it. God help us if we live in a time when Larry is actually Cool. Al, we have a very active Jazz scene, would like to hear you play. Get a gig in Pittsburgh, Hey, Billy Strayhorn, Amad Jamal, Earl Hines, Not too shabby a company for the burgh. Larry Uber Allus. . .
Jeremy Barnes
Richardson, Texas
I've been a Sierra Fan for a long time, but lately, Sierra just sucks. It was much better with all of the good programmers that did stuff, like Jim Walls, Al Lowe, Ken Williams, Etc. What The F#@* Happened? LSL games are good (although I'm not suppose to play them, I still do) I must say, I did subscribe to INN, I liked it, especially when my parent's credit card was lost *I didn't do it!*:) anyway I still played them. Please, make a new type of LSL game, call it Disco Time Jerry or something!?!?!?
Jason Enelow
I have recently re-discovered the Larry series, and personally hold LSL 7 to be the best of the series. Although I am greatly saddened to discover that the prospect of LSL 8 seems increasingly unlikely, I would like to congratulate you for creating one of the most memorable characters in the computer gaming world.
Chad Israel
Cedar Hill, TX
Great web site! Down with Sierra! Up with Larry (literally)!
Robert Jan Broer
Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Ken Sent Me
Franz Szinovatz
Gfsag, Austria
1)Al Lowe, is your wife as bad as you describe her in interviews or in your games? 2)Does your book which appears in America in the autumn, in Germany or austria? 3)Why don`t you write a book about yourself, your way to the Sierra Studios to Larry laffer and so on?
Daniel Szinovatz
HORNSTEIN, austria
hI! I am your biggest fan. Why don´t you run a company? Please forgive my bad english.
seth hunter perkins
Alfred, NY
Mr. Lowe, it's so cool to find your personal website. I'm working on a computer science paper on the evolution of computer gaming and just by chance, I thought I'd look you up and BINGO! You've been one of my idols since I picked up Larry's Greatest Hits and Misses. It's insane that Sierra is holding you back like this. Well, best of luck to you Al.
Michael Morrison
Cedar City, Utah
I have 6 web-pages, including a Larry one!
dusty aka da pimp
Mooresboro, NC
larry rocks
Eros Vigano
Milan, Italy
. . . simply cool. I love all your works. Take Care. Eros P. S. I hope LSL continues his life. :)
Johan Norlund
Piteå, SWEDEN
Nice website you have here Al! I simply love your games. Nothing is like that jazzy feeling of the early Larry games:) Keep up the good work!
Wendy Black
Bay City, Michigan
We have a friend named Larry, he is 30, going bald, has no luck with women. . . hey AL you should meet this guy!
Vincent J. F. "Querinus" Klaus
Amsterdam, Netherlands
I think it's a damn(ed) shame that Leisure Suit Larry has been put non-active by Sierra. I agree never to buy any Sierra game anymore. I have been trying to get others interested in investing in Larry. So far without any luck, but I'll keep on trying. Larry has to continue bringing joy to the world of fun-game-players. Al, thanks for all you have done for Larry so far!
Kelly Curl
Knoxville, Tennesee
Never again will I buy a Sierra Game. Larry Laffer is my hero and it's a damn shame what the corporate stooges at sierra have done.
Rudi Kok
Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
Finally I know the story and I won't buy any Sierra game no more. Larry is the best adventure I've ever seen. Please buy the rights of Larry and make the promised Larry 8!!!! Al, not you but Sierra is the LOWest!!
Eay
Köln, NRW, Germany
Hi Al, please make a Laary Web-Site, too. Bye Eay -A FAN- Everybody can write me a mail!
Benny Nious
Columbus Ohio
Leisure Suit Larry STILL rules! It's the funniest game I've ever played.
Tony Pacheco
San Diego, CA
Thanks Al for all the classics, Leisure Suit Larry 1 was the best game I ever played on my old Apple IIe growing up.
besenji
UK
Thanks for all the games great fun. even my lady says so!
Terry Brown
Manton, MI
Larry has given us all a glimpse of the lounge lizard inside all of us (and believe me man when I say it ain't pretty)But then the truth shall set you free
jeff testa
Sierra has made a costly error in not making Larry 8!!! I've been a Larry fan since I got it on the Apple computer years ago. Larry will never die to us die hard fans. Al Lowe. . . you're the best!!!!
Jonas Jonsson
Umeå, AC, Sweden
Hi. Don't Sierra get that they just gotta create more LSL games? Can't they just LOOK at all your FANS and understand this. Here in Sörmjöle we play Larry every day and if Larry 8 doesn't appear soon we will die. I love Larry. F**K SIERRA. GO AL LOWE. Our hero.
Brian K. Patrick
Harrisburg, PA
I've Been a big fan of Larry for many years now, back when the first one was out for the Apple II computer. I haven't met a person yet that I let play one of the Larry games that didn't go out & get it themselves. Thanks so much for creating something so fun & entertaining to help pass time when there's nothing else to do.
Benjamin
Elkhart, IN
Al this is a criminal injustice. After I get out of college I plan to start a software company and I would love to work on a new game. All I need to know is how I can get the rights. Please e-mail me if interested. I would love to partner up with you for a new company.
Phildo
Manchester, UK
I love LSL! Any chance of LSL8? Take a look at my AGI site please at http://www. philfreeman. org. uk/agi/ I'm 13 years old and I'm a little pervert!
Arvid
Clausthal, Niedersachsen, Germany
Hi! This is a very nice page! I hope you will keep up that work! I love your work at games, too, and hope that I'll be able to play a new one very soon. Ok? The very best wishes, Arvid
Daniel
Berlin, Germany
I hate that Larry 8 woldn't excist in the next time ! I hope you will program a "unpluged" scene's in it !!!
Jay Sistar
Waycross, GA
My . Al, you are the kewlest dude on the planet!!!
Arif Haque
Evansville, IN
Hey, great site, Al! I love the 'behind-the-scenes' information. It's not as exciting as VH1's 'Behind The Music', but what can I expect? You're a game developer, not a rock star!
Joe Berns
Lauguna Hills, CA
Just signing in and have not read all the stuff, but will get back to you. Rick Miner asked me to check it out. Good luck, Joe
Leonard Delgman
Evansville, Indiana
I like LSL series and your humor. Looking forward to your book.
Kyle "The Ever Righteous" Kennedy
Thomson, Georgia
I think you've done great work over the years Al. Larry has been my idol (scary huh?) and I've complained to Sierra ever since 96 about various things from Freddy Pharkas 2 to Space Quest 8 to Larry 8. I've talked with Ken personally some, you personally some and Roberta personally some. All that work and dedication for what? So I can watch my favorite series all flush down the toilet of corporate BS. VIVA LARRY!!!
Gustavo de la Colina
Mexico City, D. F. , Mexico
Congratulations for this page Dont let Larry die Give us Larry 8
Jan Dürre
Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany
Hallo all ihr Leute. Hello to all people in the world.
Stalker
Australia
Man ya should get another company to buy tha rights man we miss LARRY
Denny Gaus
Rostock, Meckpom, Germany
Hi Al, sorry for Sierra Studios, but Larry do not die !!! Love, Peace and unity ;))) Cu Denny p. s. sorry, my english is not good, but I have you seen in a game German magazin called "gamestar" and I see you have a Domain ;))
Frans van Hofwegen
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Great site. You are really a legend!! Hey everybody, visit my Space Quest and Gabriel Knight fansite!!!
Demetri Christofides
Johannesburg, South Africa
I think that sierra is full of fucking crap and there must get there buts together and start cracking on larry 8 and you al-lowe you must fight for larry and take him over and you start it yourself fuck sierra take him to a other company that apriciate's him ok listen to me I know these things ok please do this dont let larry fade Your faithfully Demetri Christofides
Larry Laffer
Beverly Hills, California
Thanks Al for making a great page about me! Because of you people love me! I sure wish I could appear in another one of your games, I am willing to do it. I pay my respects to Mary Kay, may she rest in peace. . . Anyway I have to go get my leisure suit at the dry cleaners. Keep up the good work! I hope to appear in your next game! -Larry P. S. Know any hot babes you can give my phone number to?
Jarrod Stoddard
YOU MUST FIND A WAY TO MAKE LEISURE SUIT LARRY 8 !
Ralph Caraveo
Whittier, CA,
In memory of Mary Kay Bergman: May her soul finally rest in peace. We will all miss you and your fine work in the Leisure Suit Larry series as well as the other great works you produced. Hey Mary. . . "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' BADGES!!!
Resumina Bates
La Mesa, CA
Hi Al! I was sad to hear about Larry's untimley demise. I just started playing the games recently (when I moved away from home & my parents watchful eye ;-) and I love them. I also have a question for you: were you ever planning to do a sequel to Freddy Pharkas? I really loved that game, and had a great time playing it.
Mikael Nylander
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hi Al! Just been to the Sierra Homepage and complained over that they havent begun the production of Larry "Lust in Space" I Think Larry and Monkey island is the two best Adventure game series in the world!!! If some other Larry fans see this I I think you should do the same go to Sierra. com and COMPLAIN!!! -LARRY is SIERRA!- I hope you will keep on going with the Larry series, and that LSL8 and 9 , and 10 and 11 and. . . . soon will be out! Best regards Micke
Dan
HAFB, NM
Hi Al! Hehe, I was first broke into PC Games from playing Larry Games way back when, man those were the days. . My friend and I would always seem to aquire a copy of your larry games (err. . *cough* buy a copy. . ya thats it. . ) at 11-12 years old, then spend all night trying to get the trivia questions right so we could play the 'adult' version. . hehe, wish I could say I look forward to more Larry installments, but hey, it was fun while it lasted. .
Pasquali
Paris, France
All love al lowe
Zack Lasher
Short Hills, NJ
Hey Al, u da' man. No, seriously, ur god.
Albert (the other Al) Lowe
Mount Prospect, IL
Great site! Nice to see you got it going. My site has gone through a little change as well. And I subscribed to your Cyberjoke list. I think it should be verrrrry interesting. ;-)
Alex Garden
www. relic. com
Vancouver, BC, Canada
You are the best Al! Next to me that is.
Larry Fulkerson
Sacramento, CA
Great site Al. I feel sorry for most of these folks that are only now being introduced to your humor. This next fall it will be 25 years that I have been afflicted with your warped sense of humor. Best of luck to you and your family.
Thomas
Salzburg, Austria
Hi Mr. Lowe, Cool site. It definitely has the touch of Larry's lifestyle.
Josh Quinones
Terre Haute, IN
The Leisure Suit Larry games were the foundation games of all of the games out now. Adventure, taking on an alter-personality and exploring. I hope that Larry 8 comes out, it was and still is such a great series. Great job Al!!
Sebastian Enrique
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Congratulations! You have made the DREAM of lot of people. Felicitaciones! Usted ha cumplido el sueño de muchas personas.
Paolo G. Wolff
Buenos Aires, Argentina
PLease check your mail. I´ve written you a few things that I´d like to be answered about your book and Larry8
Julian B.
Vte. Lopez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hi! I am a Leisure Suit Larry (and Al Lowe) fan, I never signed a guestbook in my life and I don't know what is about but Al asked for it so here I am, I sign!. Oh! I also make AGI games but not so great as Larry.
Gavin Goodknight
Very informative site, man. Loved your work on LSL. I hope to see more of your work soon!
Dennis
Wuppertal, NRW, Germany
Hi Al ! Please don't stop Programming ! I hope I can buy many other Games of you ! Forget Sierra you are so good , so you can work in other Firms ! By Dennis
Nicolas Hoffmann
Graz, Styria, Austria
Hi Al! I have to tell you that I really appreciate your work, and that I am as angry at Sierra as you are. I hated them for the Sierra-Utilities, placing them everywhere on my computer, but that now has gone too far! I have thought of sponsoring you to buy the rights for Larry from Sierra, but would my 10000 Dollars be enough? I am not sure. A car, or Larry 8! :-) No, I really hope that you will one day be able to release Larry 8. At the moment I am downloading the movie. . . And there are two things I want to ask you. First of all, has your daughter the same humour you have, and. . . how old is she? ;-) And the second thing is: Is "Good Bye" really that what you want to tell your "fans"? That's one of the last things I thought your answer would be! (GameStar-interview) Well, don't be discouraged and keep trying! Nicolas
Maximilian
Berlin, Germany
Hi Al! I was shocked as I heard about, that Larry 8 will never exist anymore. Or what do u think?But I hope the game "come out" someday. Good bye Maximilian
Kevin de Harde
Zaandam, Netherlands
What the hell? What do those idiots from Sierra think they are doing? Larry ROCKS! Larry kicks POLYESTER ASS!!! Anywayz, Al, I wish you the best of luck with you're new projects. Bald is beautiful (said the guy that actually has hair) and I hope we'll be able to enjoy Larry 8 somewhere in the future. . . This site has now been bookmarked. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to proceed. . . *** EGA RULEZ *** Kevin de Harde
Chris
Elkin, North Carolina
I hope Sierra wises up soon to what a great game and profit-maker Leisure Suit Larry 8 could be. If they don't, hopefully someone else may pick it up. Thanks for putting up this website Al!
Andreas Hörhammer
Helsingfors, Finland
Hi, Gammie is now . . . eh . . . Gammie! http://www. eunux. com/gammie/images/gammie. gif
Peter
Los Angeles, California
This site is really cool. . . I hope Leisure Suit Larry 8. . . comes soon!
Tim Tatsiopoulos
Olten, Switzerland
Hi Al! Your site is great! Are you going to publish your book in Switzerland or Germany too? It would be a big success! Everybody likes you and your work! Actually, you're already a legend for us! Best wishes Tim T. PS: My English isn't as well as I hoped. Sorry!
Don Munsil
Seattle, WA
These games and this site are an unrelenting assault on decency and traditional American values. Keep up the good work!
Matthew Pollard
Coulsdon, Surrey, England
Hi Al. The site is looking good and there is some funny stuff here. The LSL section is good too! I'll definately get the book when it comes out! Good luck and hope we'll see Larry back on out screens soon! Matthew Pollard.
Andreas Hörhammer
Helsingfors, Finland
Hi, Gammie is now . . . eh . . . Gammie! http://www. eunux. com/gammie/images/gammie. gif
Benedikt
Hasede, Niedersachsen, Germany
Greetings Mister Lowe. Well. I can congratulte you to your Site. Its not very amazing but well done. I especially liked the links. I found your site from the interviewe you had with the german computer magazine Game Star and I can add that the adeventure genre would have died earlier(again)if there hadnt been Leisure Suit Larry. This actually was one of the first games I thought of when speaking about adventures. Well. . . good luck for the fututure and hopefully for a new Larry Game.
zzBoba
El Hamburgo, Germany
maybe I'm one of the last adventure players out there (even bought Grim Fandango), but I do really hope that you'll get back to LARRY 8 some day!!!! And what about Freddy Pharkas 2?
Remco Breeker
Zaandam, Holland
Hi Al! I'd just like to say your the best, this site kicks ass and Leisure Suit Larry rules! I started playing Larry when I was at the age of 6, 7, and thanks to this game I've learned my first English words! What do you mean, education??? Greetings from Holland!
Spider
Al, can't some other company buy the rights from Sierra so that you still can devolpe the Larry games?? I think it really sux what Sierra did, I have lost my respect in them
Paul Cartwright
Perth, WA, Australia
Yes, The Leisure Suit Larry series. Started playing those when I was 9. Sure, I was underaged but it was either that or Space commando's. Not knowing what LSL was about I discovered stranged new words such as 'prophylactic', 'virgin' and 'ribbed'. And that kind of education is important to a kid. uh, thanks AL, I guess. Let's see LSL8 in the near future (I'm now overage) and hopefully not in the form of a 3D multiplayer adventure game.
AARON BAILEY
VIRDEN, MANITOBA, CANADA
COOL SITE, LARRY RULES
Tom Lewandowski
Oconto, WI
Gee, Al. . . thank's for the musical link. You've created a classic with "The Larry Theme" that'll go down in history right along with the Coca-Cola jingle. With such brilliant work as FREDDY and LARRY to your credit, I'm sure your creativeness will continue to carry you through what lies ahead. Good luck!
Pieter Verdoorn
The Hague, Holland
I REALLY like to play Larry 8! I played Larry 1 when I was 5-6 years old, and even now (15) I'm still a fan! I REALLY hope Lust in Space Comming Soon. . . . . . But Sierra doesn't maybe know how many fans Larry haves! Well I always loved all the Sierra adventures, especialyLarry! (my first game)
Neil J. Rubenking
Davis, CA
Hey Al! The book's not done, the site's not done, what are you doing sitting around laughing? GET BUSY! :)
Scott Stringer
Sacramento, CA
I'll Be Baaaacccckkkkkk! Is that original?
jeff fairman
Seattle, WA
Very funny site
Michael & Karen Sahakian
Fresno, CA
Hey Al, your web site looks great! I received an E-mail from Margaret. It's great to hear from you guy's. It looks like you guys are working to hard. Pack your bags and join us in Fiji, June 8-17, 2000. $2225/pp, it's all inclusive round trip air to LAX, meals and diving. Sincerely, Michael p. s. see you both there!
Cindy Brown
California
Hi Al! Just wanted to say I look back fondly on working on Freddy Pharkas as the most fun I ever had making a game. Left the game biz for banking, and don't regret it, but would sure like to see the sheep dance one more time. Cindy
Vegemite Girl
An Aussie living in Holland
I think you are the best. I loved what you did with Larry and I am so pleased you have your own site. I only wish (you are probably sick of this by now)that Larry could come back, or are so going to write something similar?
Hawkon Dalen
Trondheim, Norway
I'm sorry about that sierra thing. . . if it's anything we can do to help. . . You know where to find us. . . I guess. . . You may make a game about leisure suite BARRY or what so ever. . . Props to you!
Michael Suriani
Cheektowaga, New York
Great site Al! I was really looking foward to Leisure Suit Larry 8 or a Freddy Pharkas 2. Larry 7 was my last Sierra game that I ever bought and I still haven't gotten all the points! I'd also love to comment on "For your thieghs only" song you made. It's one of my favorites! Just out of curiosity though what happened to Patti after Larry 5? Did she just leave or what. Keep up the good work.
Darcy
Schenectady, NY
Great site. . . Hope you get joke of the day going soon. The video of Larry 8 is so cool. Maybe with codemasters in the picture we'll have more than 20 seconds of Larry!
Slay
Hey Al. While I'm a bit skeptical about the validitity of this site here, I still wanted to say that I think Larry games are great, and hope that LSL8 and beyond become a reality.
MANUEL
Trier, RP, Germany
BRING LARRY BACK! IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST COMEBACXK IN THE HISTORY OF PC GAMES!!
Thomas
Salzburg, Austria
Dear Mr. Lowe, There is nothing much to say. For me, Larry is the best adventure ever (100% lifestyle), and it was the first game I've played when I was in school. Our teacher told us to write pascal programs but we prefered playing Leisure Suit Larry in the land of the Lounge Lizards (do you like Lurie's band too?). Thanks Al for your funny games - they will resist time. Best, thomas
Heywood Jablowmee
It angers me that those bloody bastards at Sierra fired you!!! Leisure Suit Larry is the greatest computer adventure game series EVER! The sad thing is that the series was getting better and better as it progressed. Lsl 7 must be my favorite game of all time! And I have been faithfully awaiting the day that "Larry Explores Uranus" came out. Until, I read about black monday. Anyway, you're the greatest, Al. I hope that those simpletons at Sierra changes their mind and comes back crawling on their knees toward you. p. s. your humor section is absolutely hilarious. I was guffawing with laughter every second.
Alfredo Blázquez
Santo Tomé, Santa Fé, Argentina
I wanna more Larry.
maarten van zoeren
Simla, Colorado
if it wasnt for you and LSL I would never have gotten married LOL can't wait for your next game maarten
Dan
Canada
Al I loved all the the LSL games and it's pisses me off that those bastards at sierra fired you. You are my favourite game designer (in fact you are the only game designer that I know of by name)and you designed the first ever computer game that I ever played for that I thank you. I wish that one day Leisure Suit Larry 8 does come out because I have been waiting for this game for so long now. Al best of luck
Pedro Fernandes
Caneças, Portugal
Hi Al! First, I'm going to tell about your site to every LSL fan I know. I's a site not to be missed.
Michael Shavelson
Fort Lee, NJ
U Da Man
Albert 't Hooft
Den Haag, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
Its a shame Sierra got so ignorant and money grabbing. All I can say is we want more Larry!!!!
John Sadorf
Maybe you and Scott Murphy can bring Larry and Roger into the next Larry game when (not if) it gets made.
Sarah
California
Can't wait for your book! =) Funny funny hehe. I just got done reading your LSL book for the second time, you are a really good writer. . serious! Very descriptive and symbolic? heh. I will become a tally when I say this, but sorry about the Sierra thing. . . . and I think this will dent forever. LSL had such a big impact on the world, but I am glad the person behind it is still letting out his creativity in his original ways. =) Oh yeah, I have one quick question =) Me being a big Astrology nut, I was wondering what LSL's astrology chart might be? =) Probably a Cancer *lol* Well I will stop writing so much Im sorry, but again can't wait for your book. Have fun and take care! -Sarah
John
Hayward, CA
what could they be thinking LSL is siera but al is LSL so with out al I won't be buying sierra this all comes as a shock to me bummer
Sigma
The Netherlands
Like many others, I also "grew" up with the Larry games. One of the few games I actually bought in store, were all the Larry games. I hate Sierra for what they did. Adventure-games are still fun! Oh well, I guess I'll cybersniff 2000 some more then. =/
Leonardo Lago
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oh, well, nothing! I just want to sign the book!
Lill-grisen
Lund, Skane, Sweden
Im your bigest fan Al and I fink you shold fuck Sierra and do Lsl8 by your self
Timo Knuutinen
Finland
Hey man! Great to see your guestbook working! I tried this back in the summer , but then it wasn't ok. Well , that's all. See ya! P. S hope they sell your book in Finland too :)
Sheri Ellis
Bellevue, WA
To Neil, and anyone else wanting to buy LSL7 - it's still available in Sierra's online store; check out http://www. sierra. com/store/quicksheet?SKU=8332010200. If you have comments about Sierra's website or online stores, I'd love to hear them! Great site, Al! Laughed myself silly (which considering the current events at Sierra, is a major accomplishment)! We miss you! Looking forward to your book! Congratulations!
Tom Lee
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Hey Al remember me!!! We went to college together!!! Remeber the girl in the gymnasium!!!!!! The PANTIES!!!. . . . . . Only joking but now I've got your attention all I'd like to say is you've given me jokes for the last 11 years man!! Keep it up and and email me!!!! go on that exclusive free badge will be in the post to you straight away!!
Neil Robinson
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Yes, your games have got as far as us. You have no idea how disappointed I was when I heard the bad news. However I have an idea. How much do you think it will take to buy the rights for LSL from Havas? If we all chip in, we could possibly raise the amount and AL is free to make more LSL games! Alright, perhaps a bit pie in the sky, but hey, why not give it a try? In addition, I have got LSL 1-6, but 7 never made it to the shelves over here. Can ANYONE tell me where to get one at all? Or has anyone (including you, Al) got a copy I can borrow/have/buy - whatever?
Morgan Carlson
West Hartford, Connecticut
Hey Al! Glad to see you've got something going here at the website. I've truly appreciated the great games you've made, and the time you took to write me letters and post mine here on this page. You're a good guy, and a talented one, and will always land on your feet. Your friend, Morgan
Denise Yong
Singapore, Singapore
I hope this means something to you. Larry has been my favourite game all my life since young. I can't imagine what my life will be like without Larry. He made me laugh. . now all my girlfriends & I will miss all our fun & we felt really sad abt it. Nevertheless, we thank you for giving us so much fun. Loyal fans from S'pore, Denise
Mike Mace
Bellevue, WA
Thanks for all the great Larry laughs, Al. Can't believe Sierra had the nerve to give ya the boot after 16 years, the ungrateful bastards (on on Feb 22, my birthday no less). Looking forward to whatever you do in the future.
Kevin R.
Canada
AL. . . . . You are my god. . what you did to the game softporn . . was pure genius, thats why it pissed me off when you fired by that . . asshole "Greneqetzki" he doesn't deserve his position. . AL. . I am gonna buy your boook as soon as it comes out. . GOOD LUCK. . . Yours Truly BIGLARRYFAN
Kevin
California
This is a great site and it is good that you cleared up all the controversy about LSL 4. It is sad what happened, especially when you had so many plans for LSL 8. Great site and good luck. Hopefully we will se Larry Laugher again, after all, there are many people who would like to take him on another adventure. Thanks again for those 16 great years of gaming. KKNAI
Filip Vedder
Finsterwolde, The Netherlands
This is the best humourpage I ever seen! Great jokes and much more! keep on going!!!
Georgi Lazarov
Sofia, Bulgaria
I love the Leisure Suit Larry page. I want to thank you for creating such a excellent series that became a big part of my life. I never laugh. Not at anything other people think is funny. You made me laugh. That is something a normal person cannot do. You are an extrodinary author. Most other authors never could make me laugh. Except Scott Murphy, Josh Mandel, and last but not least, Mark Crowe. You did nothing to deserve your series going down the drain. It should be going eternal.
Alan Johnson
Lincoln, Lincs, England
Visit my Larry site now!! www.leisuresuitlarry.freeserve.co.uk
Sorry about my advertising Al. !
Karmo
Kolga, Estonia
Been here, done that. No, not that.
Magnus Roth
UMEÅ, Sweden
I just want to say thank you! for your Larry games(and to all the other people who helped you in the making). I remember when I was staying in my cousins house one summer and played Larry1 on an Atari, I was just a kid then and we had trouble answering all the "big folks answers" and non of us could read english very good(nowadays I can at least read it :-) ). Then when we at last answered enough questions to play the game, I was amazed by the graphic and atmosphere of the game. We kept playing many long hours until there father told us to stop playing and go outside and play football in the nice weather - we did go outside for a short while but went inside again and started answering "all big folk" questions… Keep up the good work Al whatever you do! "Ken sent me"
J Clarke
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MAAAN I miss larry and I am soo pissed off with Sierra the lazey sons of bitches how can they fire you THE MAAAN who changed adventure gaming Well anyway Love your site and the larry columes cya
Herk
McAlisterville, PA
Very nifty site, mate! I had a fun time looking around. Good job; you get the official "Herk's Thumbs Up"=) Sorry about the whole Sierra deal; while Freddy Pharkas and Larry Laffer might be dead to "Sierra", they'll never be dead in the hearts of their fans. Good luck with whatever you do.
Dario and Claudio
Boston, Mass
Hey Al great site! Larry lives on forever in all of us. Too bad Sierra's trying to dig his grave. But we will never let Larry die. I'm thinking of giving a call to them and telling them I will never buy another piece of software from them. But we will never let Larry die. Hey, read our e-mail we sent ya. Thanx and good luck :)
LarLaffer
Mansfield, Ohio
You have a great site here! I look foward to your book and to future updates of the site.
Alex Moss
Manchester, Lancs, UK
Cool Site - heard u were joining up with my mate - maybe I could help aswell.
Jokir
Langley, BC, Canada
Looking forward to the book!! Man I started playing Larry with the original LSL1 back when I was way too young (about 11 I think) and I've follwed him and sierra ever since. Now I jsut look forward to all your future endevours. Know you have a loyal follower in me.
I read about larry and I must say NOOOOO! why??? is there any way that you could buy the larry name to let him live again? you would surly make the money back in no time I know that I would buy every single larry game (all I need is larrys casino) I actualy though of a idea from you post about where larry is if you make another larry ( and it is not lust in space) he starts the game in the sierra basment ties up (a little corny but your fans would get the joke)
also why don't you get all your fans to email sierra and tell them how upset they are well that is all I can think of saying at the moment hope to hear from you soon
alan peck
a 19 year old australian fan
Hi, I'm one of many people that love Leisure Suite Larry. I have LSL 1 - 7 excluding 4 which doesn't exist. I have lost my manual for LSL3 and have got the code for the Show off the page, but the manual is still needed to get the locker code. I've E-Mailed Sierra about it asking for information on getting another manual, but I have a feeling that to get it from them will cost money. If you have or know of a way I can get the page numbers for ads to get the locker combination please let me know. Thank You
Steven Hebard
Hey AL!
I just wanted to start off by saying YOU WARPED MY FRAGILE MIND!! HAHA No, seriously I was probably 13 years old when I found the first LL and me and my friends used to go nuts guessing those answers! I bought the first 3 Larry’s and then did not own a computer for a long time, so I didnt know what happened to Larry!! Fortunately, now I am married with two kids and in the USAF, so even though cash is tight I got a computer and the first games I bought were the Ultimate Pleasure Pack! I was so excited to see Larry again! . . . But, unfortunately I can only get 1 (old version), 2, 3, to work. . . I also got the no voice 5 working but I get an error at Rose with the talking version! I know this is not your problem but I have looked for help. . I changed my display settings, I ended tasks and all to no ovail! I just am wondering if there is and type of patch that will be available to make these games work. . . I havent ran MS-Dos in years and am still re-familiarizing myself with computers so alot of the “solutions” fly over my head. . . Well thank you for reading and regardless if I get a response I want you to know I really enjoy your hard work TWO WORDS. . . . . . . . Feature Film!!!!!! I would love it! Thank you Mr. Lowe
Brett Von Halle
In the book for Larry’s Greatest Hits And Misses it say the Larry Theme is still awaiting lyrics. Well, I’ve got them for you. Hope you like them.
Leisure Suit Larry, he is our man,
If he can't do it, anyone can
He's a loser, yes, it is true
He's a loser, but we still love you.
Leisure Suit Larry, what can I say?
I think I will be a long time before you get layed.
You’re losing you hair and gaining a belly
and your breath is still very smelly.
Leisure Suit Larry, you waited so long,
Maybe someday you’ll sing a happy song
Give your best and buy a new vest
Hopefully your charms will do the rest.
I hope you like these lyrics. I enjoyed writing them. I love your LSL games and am waiting for 8 to come out. I you really like these lyrics, feel free to use them in your next game. If you do just say Ashley wrote them, ok?
Hello. . . I am Daniel and I am one of your biggest fans. . . and one of Larry’s biggest fans. . .
Firts I want to thank you for creating Larry, I had so much fun playing the all Larry games. Each game was getting better and better. I was playing Larry 7 ( a wonderful game, I might add) and at the finish (of course being both sad and happy for finishing the game—sad because there were no more adventures and happy because I had such a wonderful time. . . and I thank you for that again. . . ) I saw something that made ma scream (in a “good” kind of way) I saw: comming soon in 1998 : Larry explores Uranus. I was so glad that another game was to be “created” and (this was in ‘97) I wanted time to pass faster just to be able to play another game. . . Twice a month after that I searched the net for news but found nothing After a while. . . a long while. . . I heard that Larry 8 was not going to make it to the shelves (I can’t tell you how saddened me that news) after all that wait. . . Still there were rumors, and a “save Larry action”’ that gave me hope and after some time and letters I saw the Larry 8 movie. . . It is (I am speechless) If Larry 8 is to look like that then it is going to be. . . (put the best word you know), the greatest.
Then I heard that Codemasters want to continue the series so another hope. . . then I sow that they had doubts about it also. . . now I don’t know what to think any more. Please excuse for bothering you with this letter (awfull long letter) but I want to hear the facts from you (I mean you know some things beter :)) Is Larry going to make it? please. (If Sierra would just look at how many games from the Larry series were sold, and the fact alone that it got to no. 7, they would realize that Larry is a winner)
welll this might look like a desperate letter :) and maybe it is. . . but I really want this last game. . . Thank you for your patience. . .
A big big big fan. . .
Daniel
I am a concerned fan of LSL , and was wondering if there has been any progress on a further adventure of the leisure suited one? With Larry 7 selling well, (at least if I remember the top 10 games lists) it is clear the franchise still has room for lots more sexual innuendoes, toilet humor and general growth. I certainly hope that if not with sierra (or whatever it's called these days) then perhaps another company can be persuaded to buy the rights to LSL. It would be good to see another game- especially from one who has been with the series since the mid eighties.
Dr. Michael R. Nash
I think you are a comic genious and I have really enjoyed all the LSL games. I think that the best LSL game that you have created has to be Leisure Suit Larry 1 VGA. Im sorry if you think otherwise but that game is just hilarious!!
Anyways, Al I just wanted to say one thing about Seirra GOD DAMN THEM!!!!!! for cancelling probably the most anticipated game of the LSL series!! They are morons because the millions they put into the game would come right back to them, because me and all my friends would go out and buy the game. They would make so much profit off of it.
I can’t believe they would do that to you!! They can convince you to do another LSL going way back to the days of LSL 4 when they convinced you, can’t you please convince them into doing LSL 8, or just try and do it yourself, I know it will be hard but Al, we need LSL, he is our icon (thats sad isn’t it). Please Al, do everything in your power to free Larry from that basement he is tied up in, we don’t want him to die!!!!
Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read this!!
Respectfully Yours,
Greg
AKA Poison
Now that I know you actually read these, I just want to tell you that the LSL series is one of the best adventure game series I’ve ever played. In this slow time for adventures I still report that adventures are my favorite. Despite the raunchy topics of Larry games, the puzzles and adventure game elements were always top notch. Larry 7 was a masterpeice, and playing that is up there with watching the new star wars movie for me in terms of enjoyment of media. I am deeply saddened that there won’t be anymore Larry adventures. (I want to assasinate Dave Grenewetzki) I just wanted to say thanks for the coutless hours of entertainment Larry has provided me.
-Adam Guri
I’m a big fan of you and the funny man with the polyester suit. Boy, he sure makes me laugh! It’s a pity that he had to disappear from our monitors, but I’m pretty sure (and I hope so) that Larry will come up with new jokes in Uranus or wherever he was brought to by that UFO. Think about all the people around the globe who’d want to know what happened to him and capn’ Thigh.
To clear things up, I just wanted to tell you that I’m from Argentina and we love your sense of humour here. Rumors say that you don’t have the rights to make Larry 8, but people just can’t accept this excuse that’s annoying you to create it. For that reason I wanted to know if there’s something we the fans could do to help you. Please I beg you to answer my mail and don’t esitate to ask for whatever you need. Thank you very much for listening to me,
Paolo
PS: I’ve bought the LSL Collection from Sierra and I really loved It, as I also loved Love for sail. Please keep doing so!!!
I must commend you on your overall game artistry thus far. Leisure Suit Larry has proven one of the best game series in the history of the PC. While I must admit I was only 14 when I played my first Larry game, I was instantly hooked and have been buying and playing them ever since. I own all of them and have found them an excellent past-time. I read what happened as far as Sierra not wanting to make another Larry game, and while I do sincerely hope they change their minds, you’ve said very little about my personal favorite game of all time - Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist!! Had you ever planned a sequel to it?
Thanks,
Charles Richardson
OUR Co-Op / Hendrix College
501-336-5105
Well, first of all let me introduce myself. My name's Alez and I'm one of those kids who once played Leisure Suit Larry in his dad's computer. Now I'm older, but I've became a great Larry fan douring the years and have my computer full of Larry pictures, music and all that stuff.
I recently heard that there wouldn't be a Larry 8. Why?!!!!! I'm really sad about that and have sent Sierra an e-mail trying to convince them to not cancel the Larry series. I was also thinking, why don't you make the Leisure Suit Larry 8 for another company (Lucas Arts or Westwood)?
Well, I just wanted to let you know that you have done a great work douring these years and your game has turned into a classic (here in my country it has always been very popular and one of the most sold. . . . and I live in Uruguay, South America !)
So thanks for those really funny and great games.
Good Luck
Alejandro Zanzi
I just don't understand how Sierra toss you out after do many years churning out quality products for them. It just makes no sense. They don't really expect to sell the crap they're generating now do they? Who wants to buy a game like Caesar when there are several incarnations of the same scenario floating around everywhere. In my opinion Sierra has given up on what made them a great game company to begin with. Give me back my Larry! Give me some Pharkas! Give me something with "Quest" in the title! :) Thanks,
Charles Richardson
Dear Mr. Lowe,
I am a Chinese female Larry Fan from Hong Kong. Sorry about my poor English.
I just want to tell you that I really love Larry and I can also sure that what a funny person you are as the author of those games. A web page said that the LSL8 is not likely to come. Is that true? As a real fan, I should tell you how sad I am. However, just wanna send you my little support and I must say that YOU ARE GREAT! Best wishes,
Ada Chan
It cant be true there will be no more larry, I have been a fan of your games since the first leisure suite larry, it was the first adventure game I ever played and I bought everyone that followed.
It seems that good adventure games are dead, now would be the perfect time to bring larry back, we need a good adventure game, and with the graphics today, it would be great to see leisure suite larry in 3D, a leisure suite larry that played like the new gabriel knight.
I'm sorry to hear larry is dead, mabey your fans will bring him back I know I'd buy larry 8. We need a good adventure game. Best of luck,
Jason Zak
First of all I just want to say thank you for all the great work you have done! The Leisure suit Larry series is the best adventure games that has ever been made and that’s for sure! Every single one of them!! Great work!! I can’t stop laughing when I play them and the puzzles are really good and logical! And that character, Larry Laffer, must be the coolest guy in the world!! I would like to be like him! (In some ways anyway, hehe. . you probably know what I mean)
So this is the thing that I can’t understand. Did they fire you?!? I mean did they really fire Al Lowe?? The Larry series must have made more fans then any other game that has ever been made! I meen look at peoples reaktions when they said that it was over, No more Larry! Hundred-thousands of people went through the roof (including me) so what the hell was Sierra thinking?? How could they do this to us and to themselfes!? Have you got any idea??
And second. . If I understand this correct things seems to look a little brighter for the pollyester guy, am I right? So let’s say that Sierra changes their minds and desides to make another Larry. Leisure suit Larry 8! What would happend?? Would they “re-hire” you and the rest of the crew (they were fired to right?) or would they make it without you? If they do that last part I will hate them even more then I would if they don’t make another Larry, cause he only have one dad, creator and OWNER and that is you! (I know Sierra thinks that they own the rights and everything but I think that’s wrong!) So to make another Larry without you would just be like not making the game at all. I know many people agree with me! I could go on for hours about this but I won’t. I guess 7 Larry games (it is 7 if you count Lsl1-VGA, hehe) so far will have to do it although it sucks. Hope everything has worked out for you after Sierra was beeing those Pigs they obviously are and that you don’t take it to hard. Well, it seems like you’re not, I heard that “Sierra re-union show” and you seemed to be in good shape, all of you. Great show by the way! Laughed my way all the way through it!
Well, good luck to you and the rest of the old “Sierra crew” and I really hope that you will return one day. The old days when you got to play Leisure suit Larry 1, 2 and 3 on the amiga bets everthing! Bye for now!
/Fredrik
Hi Al, my name is Michael, Michael Lybecait and I’d like to say that you are the man of the century (in your dreams, Al). Anyway the Larry series is the best adventure series that ever was created. I read in my PC-Mag (PcJoker in Germany) that Sierra is going to do Leisure Suit Larry 8 in 3D. But WHY ???? I just want to know if that was your idea when you worked for Sierra or if that’s a new idea
CU soon,
Michi
I was so sorry to hear about the potential death of the Larry series. While I don't often admit it (and will refuse to confirm it to any who may ask) I loved Larry. I am 24 now, and grew up with the series, often upgrading my computer just to play his next adventure. No, I am not in fact as pathetic as that sounds. It's just that I found the writing to be so damn clever and funny. You were (are) a comic genius and I'm going to miss playing your games. I wish you the best of luck in completing Larry 8 someday, and in any other project you may choose to pursue.
Thanks for all the laughs! I am listening to the Larry 7 theme as I write this. Very inspirational.
Brian (A Canadian friend)
P. S. Maybe you should remind Ken Williams of all the free publicity you gave him over the years in your games. On second thought, maybe he is pissed about how you made him look like such a dweeb all the time. Oh well.
hello. . .
I’m from bogota, colombia and my english is so bad. . . jeje I m gonna tell you a short tail when I was kid. . . my father buy a pc and its have Larry. . . it was a long long time ago. . . now I m 21 years--- so my father said me : dont play Larry because is a adult game and you ‘re a child. . . I remenber that I cry when he said me it. . . I remenber that larry was a very funny game, was so simple. . . but now I wanna play it!!! no the new larry because I must play the first larry and later the next larrys. . . understand me sir? . . . so. . . please. . please. . send me the First Larry, I cant find it in the internet. . . and I so sad. . . gratefully
daniel ospina
bogota colombia. . .
larry rules!!!!!
I just wanted to write you and thank you for making LSL 7. I’ve never been much of a computer game player, and I didn’t have a computer powerful enough to support LSL. I finally bought a H-P Pavillion that could play LSL 7. I spent hours trying to figure it out (and spent a lot of money calling Sierra to get hints on how to get through, not knowing that they had the nerve to discontinue LSL 8 but still didn’t mind charging LSL fans money to help them with the walkthroughs). Anyway, I finally found a couple good web sites with walk-through and got through LSL 7. (If only I’d known that they were then instead of paying Sierra good money. ) I have become a real fan of LSL 7, and have sent a lot of e-mails to Sierra, along with a lot of other fans, without much luck. But I wanted to write you to tell you that if LSL 7 proved anything, it’s that we’ve got a winner here, and with the new technology available, we can finally get to see Larry like a real person, not all block-like in the earlier versions. I would love to see more LSL games, but heard your no longer able to participate in the process. But I wanted to at least thank you for making LSL 7. Even though it takes a couple hors to get through, it’s a lot of fun to play, and if there is someway you can start a new company or something, or find another company to make more Larry games, it’ll be a sellout. The women are gorgeous and the scenarios are hilarious. I’ve downloaded almost every picture from LSL 7 I could find and printed them so I can at least have something to remind myself of LSL 7. If nothing else, could you possible publish a book or put together a video of some of the great scenes from LSL, especially the easter egg scenes, or something like that. I’d buy them all. If there is anything you can do, or we as fans can do, to keep LSL going, let me know. Thanks for making a game that isn’t about raiding tombs, building cities, or fighting dragons, or other yawns. LSL is a game for us guys who have played the singles scene and know what it’s like to be turned down again and again. I wish they could make a Leisure Suit Movie on VHS; after all, Heavy Metal was an animated adventure for adults only; why not a Leisure suit Larry movie, even if it only included the best clips from his adventures, so we fans could pop it into our VCRs and watch some of the classic scenes without having to play the game for a couple hours? I love the scene where Victorian Principles becomes Vickie, but sometimes after work I don’t have enough time to play the game to completion. I know this is a crazy idea, but I thought I’d ask. I just wanted to know LSL won you another fan.
Doug