Let’s Play Leisure Suit Larry 1! Everybody loves Leisure Suit Larry. I remember sneaking peaks of this game when my older brother and his friends would play it in high school. Looking back now, even on the “raunchiest” settings for each of these games, the nudity was pretty tame, but still pretty exciting for a middle schooler who had yet to discover Skinemax.
Leisure Suit Larry 1 is pretty simple compared to some of the later games, and being that I was playing the VGA remake, I spared myself all of the typing which I can’t stand. I’ve never played much of the EGA version, though I think I’d be too scared to give it a go, even considering my knowledge of how to beat the remake.
Anyway, finally an original premise for a game. No girlfriends to be rescued, no princesses in peril. No, just a forty year old man looking to lose his virginity by the end of the night, or you lose. Of course you conquer that hurdle halfway through the game with a hooker, making the rest of the game seem like a sexy afterthought, but good times.
I don’t know what it says that I laughed my head off at this when I was in high school, but now I barely muster a chuckle. Either I played it too much and the novelty wore off or I just matured a bit. Probably the former. The game had a big impact on me as a teen, though, as I’m embarrassed to say I wanted to emulate Larry in a lot of ways (minus his struggle) and even carried around Binaca in my pocket because of him, though good hygiene is a good habit. Side note, what the hell happened to Binaca? You can’t find it anywhere anymore! Watch them have found out that it causes some horrible disease. Oh well, at least my breath was fresh for all those girls who wouldn’t go out with me.
I also used to quote this game quite a bit though with friends in high school when I met some more people in the know. I thought the condom scene was one of the funniest things I had ever experienced in my life up to that point. Yeah we got lubbers!