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by romwell 2440 days ago
There's plenty of X-rated content out there, but there's nothing like Leisure Suit Larry.

You've got to give it to Al Lowe[1]: the game was a masterpiece in the best of Sierra's traditions - with a lot of humor, interesting puzzles, and a great soundtrack - and yes, great graphics.

I still remember the theme that you heard when you were in the hotel hallways (AdLib-compatible MIDI rendition on my ES1868 FM soundcard).

Some of the humor in LSL has not aged well, but a lot did.

And there's not anything like LSL today - or even back then. The sort of light-hearted, but high quality art that has some sort of nakedness/"adult" themes (let's be honest, the people who enjoyed LSL the most were teens) seems to comprise solely of LSL series.

[1]http://allowe.com/