My old pirate copy of LSL

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Leisure Suit Larry was one of my earliest PC memories. I had to teach myself DOS to get it to run. That curiosity kickstarted a career.

In a time where the questions they used for age verification could not be quickly looked up on the internet.

My brothers and I would ask our parents in the other room who thought we were playing a trivia game. Eventually we memorized most/all of the answers.

Good memories!

My mother played this game with us..it was hilarious, a bonding experience and a way to learn English.

TIL there was a VGA version.

It was pretty good too. It used the LSL5 user interface, which is a lot less “read my mind” about the puzzles.

Of course, I still remember the solution from the old version, that also helps.

Another notable game that got a vga remake was quest for glory/hero’s quest. That too was pretty good.

Closest thing we have to that era is Summertime Saga (free game in development, just Google). I wish there was more creators like that because that guy making SS is raking it in on Patreon. Shows how much interest there is on an unknown game.