Happy Birthday, Larry! One of Al Lowe's dedicated fans lets us know that on June 4, 1987, Sierra shipped Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of the Lounge Lizards to retail. Where it bombed. At first. Then the little adventure game about a sleazy, hapless, dateless schmo became one of Sierra's most popular series.
And then Vivendi ran it into the ground. Between an awful PlayStation spinoff, a botched PC collection, and a... a... cell phone game, age has not been kind to Larry Laffer. But that's okay, because we'll always have our memories. Ah, the pretend sexual exploits I had when I was 12. Thank you, Al.
http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/06/...e_suit_la.html
DH