Replay Games Secures Leisure Suit Larry Worldwide Rights; HD Remake Coming Next Year (and More)

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

Written Tuesday, October 11, 2011 By Dan Webb

The character that spawned a generation of love rats and lounge lizards, Larry Laffer, is set to corrupt the youth once again in 2012 as Replay Games today announced that they had snapped up the worldwide rights to the franchise.

Larry’s original creator, Al Lowe, is on board with developer, Adventure-Mob and publisher, Replay Games, to not only bring the classic Leisure Suit Larry games to the Xbox Live and PSN – amongst others – in HD in 2012, but they’re teasing new adventures too! Hopefully these new comical adventures are point-and-click titles like the originals and nothing like that god-awful Codemasters game from a few years back!

Starting in Q4 2012 or as Replay like to put it, "as soon as it’s suitably awesome!", the team will be bringing Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards in HD to a series of platforms. Promising no "knock offs, no pseudo-relatives," according to Replay, "These are the real deal."

“I'm totally jazzed to work with long-term friend and Sierra buddy, Paul Trowe,” said original creator, Al Lowe, “He's worked tirelessly for years to get the Larry rights and return them to the hands of the Sierra ‘family.’ Working with Paul's team ensures that the world’s favorite leisure suit-wearer remains the same guy we all learned to love a quarter-century ago. I'll oversee the entire production of these games to ensure the highest standards and some amazing new adventures for my pal, Larry. It's great to see my creation released from his digital dungeon!"

There you have it, looks like the Xbox Live Arcade and PSN will be slightly more sleazy in 2012 then... and that’s nothing but a good thing, right? If anyone wants me, I’ll be making balloon animals out of condoms in a dark corner somewhere. Not that you’re interested.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #1 by Words of the few Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:42:55 AM	(-17)
	Pervert!

Forum Posts: 89	Comment #2 by strawberry Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:45:07 AM	(0)
	@2 yet you click on the news and read the story... so what does that make you?

Forum Posts: 151	Comment #3 by DJSeth227 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:45:21 AM	(-2)
	THAT IS ONE SEXY DOG IN THE SCREENSHOT

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #4 by Words of the few Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:47:22 AM	(-9)
	lol jesus you people. larry is a pervet! oh sorry your all to y oung to have played them.

Forum Posts: 369	Comment #5 by Verdinial Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:48:11 AM	(-2)
	The latest one on the 360 was hilarious, absolutely brilliant game, I never played the first games so this'll be a must.

Forum Posts: 144	Comment #6 by CoffeeAddict5 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:50:00 AM	(3)
	Looking forward to giving Larry the clap again. Good times.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #7 by Words of the few Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:50:10 AM	(-12)
	@5 im reporting you to the police. you said you are 16. you should not be playing 18 rated games.

Forum Posts: 369	Comment #8 by Verdinial Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:51:51 AM	(0)
	@7 - I actually didn't say what age I was, you assumed my age.

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #9 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:52:49 AM	(1)
	@ 5 - The first one that appeared on the 360 was horrible! -The controls were tight and wonky -The "missions" were supremely drawn out -Golf carts knocked you down and took you 2 minutes to get up I never got to play the second one but the previous one on the previous gen platforms - LSL: Magna Cum Laude was absolute gold. Great mini-games and the raunchy humor was pretty AAA.

Forum Posts: 878	Comment #10 by TacticalTodger Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:52:49 AM	(1)
	Is this the one that was on the pc? That one was funny, I hope they put funny achievements into it.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #11 by Words of the few Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:53:35 AM	(-10)
	@8 then youre in collage over 18? drop out. youre braking the law. reported.

Forum Posts: 7	Comment #12 by Drjimbo32 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:54:37 AM	(-2)
	@2 Yeah you pervert. #2 is such a perv.

Forum Posts: 369	Comment #13 by Verdinial Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:55:20 AM	(0)
	@9 - I must admit, it took me a good few hours to get my head around the controls, trying to find those medal things was a nightmare. Say one was on the edge of a ledge, almost every time the damn camera would flick around, causing you to move straight off the edge. My favourite part was the horror place rhough, loved that the most.

Forum Posts: 369	Comment #14 by Verdinial Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:56:37 AM	(0)
	@11 - You realize you can be 16, 17 or 18 in college right?

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #15 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:57:36 AM	(1)
	@ 11 - I sincerely doubt he's in a montage of pictures and descriptive words on a piece of oak-tag. Oh, you were going for College. Because you're so smart. You may want to put the "brakes" on your ability to spell though since you have issues with too many simplistic words. Everyone can easily assume you're a kid with nothing better to do than start internet flame wars. I'd say prove me wrong but we both and all know that's laughable.

Forum Posts: 546	Comment #16 by pauly_27 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:59:32 AM	(0)
	@#14 Ignore Words Of The Few - he's a well known troll. On topic, chalk me up as being pleased at this news. Getting Al Lowe back on board is great in going forward with the Larry character.

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #17 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:01:25 AM	(0)
	@ Verdinial - I don't know if I made it to the horror portion. I gave up after the 97th golf cart hit me and after the Western Level.

Forum Posts: 14708	Comment #18 by Webb [STAFF] Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:03:59 AM	(12)
	@Words of the few - Drop it will ya! On-topic please people.

Forum Posts: 48	Comment #19 by MDDC Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:11:26 AM	(1)
	HD Remake? I haven't been this excited since I first heard about the Monkey Island Special Edition!

Forum Posts: 64	Comment #20 by Eliasmcfly Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:27:46 AM	(0)
	Love for sail was my favorite out of the all of them. I never did finish the Lounge Lizards so maybe i will get to this time around and get achievements all the while :D

Forum Posts: 127	Comment #21 by defiance ohio Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:30:15 AM	(1)
	This is awesome! The older LSLs are a lot of fun. I avoided playing the one of the 360 due to all of the horror stories I heard, similiar to what #9 was describing. I hope this goes well and they continue to remake all of the classic LSL.

Forum Posts: 169	Comment #22 by Arron114 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:32:52 AM	(-1)
	Not the best point and click series in the world is it? I can think of a lot better things to reshelf . (lucas arts/sierra) I can't imagine the pixalated titty humor would appeal to people anymore like it did to erm.... my friend when it first came out :)

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #23 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:36:07 AM	(1)
	@ 21 - The only one I had extensive time with was LSL3 and 5 although I could never find a true #4 so I consider 5 to be 4. The ones with the Patti chick. They were reminiscent of Lounge Lizards. I still highly recommend Magna Cum Laude if you can find it. Everything about it was enjoyable and dirty. If you never thought sex with a carrot was hot, think again!

Forum Posts: 862	Comment #24 by tastefulmrship Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 11:55:59 AM	(0)
	An adventure game on XBLA? A remake of an olde classic? It might not be S&MhtR or CoMi, but it's a damn good start! I still have all the olde LSL games for the Amiga! Achievement Walkthrough time! ^_^

Forum Posts: 3176	Comment #25 by Capn Doug Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:15:41 PM	(0)
	This is amazingly good news. Liesure Suit Larry was hilarious back in the day, so I'm glad to see it find a proper new life. But, it was the second highest grossing series for Sierra Online, so if we are getting LSL, maybe we have a possibility of getting the highest grossing Sierra game, and the highest grossing game of all time for 5 years after its release: King's Quest.

Forum Posts: 392	Comment #26 by Illicit Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:18:04 PM	(1)
	Cool will get this day 1. I even liked Magna Cum Laude...however, Box Office Bust was one of the worst games I've ever played.

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #27 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:18:31 PM	(0)
	Speaking of Sierra games, does anyone remember this little PC gem Hunter Hunted? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Hunted_%28video_game%29 It played like a Spy vs Spy game except one person was this dude Jack and the other was this bipedal beast dude. It was pretty kickass.

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #28 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:19:50 PM	(1)
	@ 26 - Box Office Bust was the horror!!!! I thought it was going to be at least on par with MCL but turns out it was everything opposite. BoB didn't even have the raunchy R rating-esque ideas that MCL did.

Forum Posts: 69	Comment #29 by adbailey18 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:23:27 PM	(0)
	What was the game set in space?!? Damn I can't think of the name, but they should remake those, excellent back in the day!

Forum Posts: 74	Comment #30 by Xenodolf Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:32:49 PM	(0)
	Why does he look old in the screenshot? From what I remember he was relatively young for the first and possibly the second game.

Forum Posts: 140	Comment #31 by MAD MAZTEC Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:35:21 PM	(-1)
	@Words of the few - Try to learn how to spell before commenting on someones age, you look like an 8 year old with that disgraceful spelling. :)

Forum Posts: 24	Comment #32 by Gazzoid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 12:45:44 PM	(0)
	Cool! Never played them before, so this will be an ideal opportunity. More classic adventures need to be re-released in HD on XBLA and PSN! I just hope Gabriel Knight comes soon!

Forum Posts: 330	Comment #33 by Dragon83uk Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:13:07 PM	(0)
	Hopefully some good news. I've never played any of the older ones so I might have to check em out. I got into Larry with MCL and was seriously disappointed with Box Office Bust, hopefully they can redeem that games failures with this new one. Only time shall tell!

Forum Posts: 848	Comment #34 by Flibbity Floid Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:16:14 PM	(0)
	@ 33 - It's going (to start) with a remake of the old school ones on XBLA according to the article. They were essentially 2D "Spy vs Spy" styled games with tons of raunchy and explicitly hilarious antics. I hope they re-release MCL and it's good to know I wasn't the only one who suffered through BoB.

Forum Posts: 366	Comment #35 by Trikke Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:26:59 PM	(3)
	Good I loved these ones back in the good ole days. But what about King's Quest, Quest for Glory, Police Quest, Space Quest, ... All really good SIERRA Online games. Nostalgia

Forum Posts: 561	Comment #36 by Jordbrett Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:30:02 PM	(1)
	Wow I go back and play these every few years. LSL is the best franchise not being utilized. Lsl7 was amazing and maybe we'll finally get lsl8 Larry in space!

Forum Posts: 300	Comment #37 by BUZZARDIO 1080 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:37:25 PM	(0)
	@22 no your right, it wasn't/isn't the best point and click adventure series,but they already remade monkey island :)

Forum Posts: 5	Comment #38 by Cyclone Jack Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:45:13 PM	(0)
	With this back in the hands of Al Lowe I'll have to keep my eye on these. The original Larry games were hilarious, but I stopped following them when Al left! Would love to see Lori and Corey Cole bring back the QFG games.

Forum Posts: 125	Comment #39 by dill icioius Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 01:53:12 PM	(0)
	@35, right there with you man. especially king's quest and space quest. my xbla collection could certainly do with a little more roger wilco

Forum Posts: 127	Comment #40 by defiance ohio Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 02:30:59 PM	(1)
	@23 - One of my favorites has to be LSL6 - Shape up or slip out. As to your reference to LSL4, I was curious about this as well and found (via wikipedia) that: Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies (This non-existent 4th game was skipped and is an often jokingly referenced in-game for the series.) And that there were 3 other cancelled games along with LSL 4 lol

Forum Posts: 7	Comment #41 by PS360Gamer4life Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 02:34:11 PM	(-5)
	Meh, Who really cares. this game will s**k like the first one.

Forum Posts: 53	Comment #42 by Dmas Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 02:42:34 PM	(0)
	omg i can't wait for this, i love old skool advantures. makes me wish for even more remakes

Forum Posts: 30	Comment #43 by Officer Zero Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 02:54:35 PM	(-1)
	Why not let a terrible old game series die instead of dragging the corpse out of the grave?

Forum Posts: 1105	Comment #44 by Pixo Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 03:20:46 PM	(0)
	oh god. I remember this game.

Forum Posts: 133	Comment #45 by Jack Pumpkinhed Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 04:10:43 PM	(0)
	Oh. My. GOD! I remember going to use my parents computer when I was 6 or 7 sneaking onto my parents old IBM to play the original. Maaaaaaan....that was so risque back in the 80's :P I still remember most of the puzzles to this day, like getting the bottle of wine, using the remote to distract the pimp, the need for a condom (I think you died if you didn't use one...) Oh memories.... And to the Mods: Can you please just boot the trolls. They've cluttered every damn article today...

Forum Posts: 199	Comment #46 by ViNyLek Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 04:14:11 PM	(0)
	Let's hope it is actually original trilogy:-) Few last ones were terrible and I did not even feel like finishing them...

Forum Posts: 1	Comment #47 by Mostik Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 05:28:16 PM	(1)
	YAY tho Q4 2012 O_O long ass wait!! any one else want them to do HD versions day of the tentacle,Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, The Dig,Full Throttle and Disc World ??

Forum Posts: 9	Comment #48 by JamMastrHibbert Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 05:59:40 PM	(0)
	I'm 19 now and back when these games were popular I was way too young for them. So I might pick this one up when it comes out

Forum Posts: 674	Comment #49 by TheUglyCasanova Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 06:31:38 PM	(0)
	Man I played a few of these a long time ago. Very strange games...but not as strange or bad as 'Plumbers don't wear ties' on the CD-I. shudders

Forum Posts: 561	Comment #50 by Jordbrett Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 08:54:49 PM	(1)
	@45 I think you died from syphilis lol

Forum Posts: 391	Comment #51 by tunaleg Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 10:29:19 PM	(0)
	#48 was shitting in his diapers by the time Larry went to La Costa Lotta Spa!!!

Forum Posts: 38	Comment #52 by Aussie27Legend Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 01:22:17 AM	(0)
	Hellz yes I am down with this.

Forum Posts: 155	Comment #53 by Leopold Kain Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 01:39:46 AM	(0)
	Please great and powerful Video Game God Make this game better than the last one... Please T_T

Forum Posts: 242	Comment #54 by Ibanez V7 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 02:11:26 AM	(0)
	So irritating that only 221 of 222 points were possible in the orignial PC game. Maybe they'll include an achievement for finally being able to 'complete' the game.

Forum Posts: 492	Comment #55 by ConfederateSuga Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 03:27:36 AM	(0)
	Considering the original LSL game on the 360 was a broken piece of shit, I'll definitely be passing on this one. I appreciate the dick joke humor once in awhile, but not non-stop for hours on end in a game. >

Forum Posts: 143	Comment #56 by Epsilon 616 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 05:37:11 AM	(0)
	Spent soo much time on this game when I was young and had no idea what I was doing.....

Forum Posts: 65	Comment #57 by Drewbles Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 06:07:51 AM	(0)
	What I'd like to know will this be a HD version of the remake they did of Leisure Larry where its all point and click or a HD version of the very 1st where you type commands. I would love both versions myself, loved typing commands esp in Police Quest. Open door, sit, close door, start car, drive, etc.

Forum Posts: 52	Comment #58 by CrippleTron33 Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 09:43:11 AM	(0)
	@11 - you're trying too hard

Forum Posts: 391	Comment #59 by tunaleg Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 10:44:48 AM	(0)
	#57 that is the dumbest question ever