Larry - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards VGA
 

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review

Haha.... ALOT of old memories here... *L

Remember... be SAFE.. use rubber!

Larry looks better then ever.
 

Wow, I beat this game in like a solid 2 hour block. What a great game! I wish they remade 2 and 3... Maybe someday. Although this was a short game, it was a blast, I love the part with the condoms and/or the scene that takes place if you enter the taxi with the cheap win, :P .
-Sean

Yeah. The taxi scene...

Hmmm.... Maybe I should add the Easter Eggs for all the Larry games.

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YEAH! 8)

That'd be great, Larry 1 is one of those games I can play multiple times, so if you post the easter eggs, that'd at least give me a reason to replay it, :D
-Sean

questions from the manual
 

hello,

since "stumbling" across this site 3 months ago, i have been addicted to it and checking in at least once a day!

but...how do you find the answers for the ones where they ask from the manual (i.e. palomino ranch, larry's occupation, etc)? i looked in the CGA LSL1 and the manual there doesn't seem to be much help.

many thanks

Re: questions from the manual
 

Which game and version are you talking about? Cause I played the VGA version and it ran fine, with no need for any handbook stuff...Let me know and I'll see if I can help you out!
-Sean

Re: questions from the manual
 

I am playing the version that is downloaded from the site. After I answer the usual age-verification questioning, it then asks a question from the documentation. Right now, I'm looking at this question:

How does the Vice President of "Whose Whom's" Direct Male Department sign his name?

a. Sincerely
b. Enthusiactically
c. Hungrily
d. Admiringly

I started the game under DosBox and ran "sierra.exe"

Thanks

It seems I forgot to include the bypass in the review :oops:

Press CTRL + ALT + X to skip the questions.

In response, I wish I could help you out, but I guess tom got it, :wink: If you need any further help, just let me know, :D .
-Sean

I was at the local video game store today and I saw a poster for a Larry game: Larry: Magna Cum Lade. There was no mistaking it, this is the same larry. So i decided i needed to play the originals before i could go on to a new one. Here's my problem: the only files that i get on download is a "leisure suit larry 1.rar" this is different from other games i have gotten from this site and i was wondering what i needed to do to make this game work?

That is very strange.

leisure suit larry 1.rar ???



It should be:
Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards VGA.zip

or

Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards.zip


Try to change the ending of the file to .zip

odd try winrar to extract it

i think it's at http://www.rarlab.com

Nice avatar, Data :D

The CTRL+ALT+X combo only helps for those age verification questions. In addition there is a copy protection sequence that asks for texts in the manual. These aren't skipped by the key combination.

You have any examples?

First there comes a text box that says "And now, a question that won't tax your memory. This question refers to the documentation that came with your game."

Then a 4-option question comes up. Some examples:

In the small photo next to word "spread" in the "Palamino Ranch" brochure, a cowboy seems to be hugging a. a rodeo clown, b. another cowboy, c. a cowgirl, d. a cow

The address on the back of the "Who's Whom" letter is a. smeared, b. invisible, c. scrawled on by a child, d. also Al Lowe's home address

According to "Who's Whom", Larry prefers ladies' derrieres as a. firm, b. rounded, c. petite, d. yes

CTLR+ALT+X just changes the question.

Thanks for the heads up!

I'll get moving in cracking those :ph34r:

There the copy-protection is up.

There was only 1 question I didn't fully solve, so I listed the two options that remains. If anyone find out the answer please inform me so I can update the file :sneaky:

The question in question :P

Q: According to "Whose Whom," how well-endowed does Larry prefer his women?

A: Petite blossoms or Medium handfuls

Well, most adventure gamers arn't expecting much from that game. It won't be a point and click like the older larry games. Heh it's not even latty, but his cousin, Larray Loveboat or something like that.

But anyways, in regard to a previous post. There are some guys over at AGS remaking LSL 2 and 3. I'm not sure if the graphics have changed, but they have a point and click interface. I think no3 has been finished, but no2 isnt.

edit:
So Larry is finished in AGS. Check out this thread: http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=12020.0

Larry 3 is not finished yet, but the thread is here: http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=8861.0

I need money for the girl in the bar and all those expensive cab rides, so I go to the casino to try and win some money but instead I lose all my money and then I'm stuck and have to restart the game. Does anyone know a trick to beat the casino cause I'm on the verge of insanity!

Save before playing and restore when losing.

Now why didn't I think of that...

It's so simple when you're not blinded by frustration!

Thanks!

how do you save the game?
it does't do it!
When i save the game. the game go back to windows.
please help me

How do I play this game? :S

I downloaded dosbox If I need it but I don't understand it good.

When I start the exe for the game I only get the dos lines, no picture.

DosBox has no pictures!
It's an emulation of the MS-Dos. That's the thing we used before clicking on everything in windows!

So you must TYPE things in it!
You must also read things in it!
SO:
type mount c *drive*:\
For *drive* type the letter of the disk you have your old games on!

Now there are some basic Dos commands you need to know!

X: - takes you to the drive you mounted (put the right letter in instead of X)!
CD - type this and the name of the folder to go to that certain folder!
CD.. - go back one folder!
DIR - look what's in the folder!
DIR.BAT (or .EXE or .COM) - lets you see all the programes you can run!
NAME - type the name of the program you wish to run!

Im not sure who looks better - the hooker in the VGA version or the hooker in the original version? {places my empty shot glass down next to the burbon}. :crazy:

One of the best parts was when you go outside Leftys and forget to take off the condom :D :Brain: LOL

I have Windows XP and I got an error with both versions wich I downloaded at this site, what can be the problem! I have also tried to download a AGI interpreter, but solved not my problem......

any ideas....
thanks
Sjakie

If it doesn't work with Nagi, you'll have to do some tweakings in the .ini file. That tweaking should already be done in Enclosure. You can simply download Enclosure, put Leisure Suit Larry 1 (original version) in a folder in Enclosure, then start Enclosure. You'll be prompted which game to play. I bet you'll be able to figure it out from there on :D

I need help :help: I have downloaded LSL VGA and Dosbox and nothing works . I don't know how to run the game through dosbox. I need some step by step instructions. Somebody please help me.

First, install dosbox into a folder called c:\dosbox.

Next, create a directory in c:\ and call it something that is 8 letters or less. I call it c:\oldgames. Then, make sure that every game you install gets installed to c:\oldgames. For instance, Space Quest 4 would go in c:\oldgames\sq4. Remember to name all directories within c:\oldgames at 8 letters or less!

Now, from within Windows, go to the Command Prompt. When the black window pops up, type C:\DOSBOX\DOSBOX -FULLSCREEN. This command basically just tells the computer to load up an executable file called dosbox from within the directory c:\dosbox, and the "-fullscreen" means load it in fullscreen mode.

The screen will flash a bit, and you will eventually see a "z prompt" (Z:\). Type MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES. This mounts your c:\oldgames directory as your "root directory" within dosbox.

Type C:\. This changes your z prompt to a c prompt.

Now change to whatever directory your chosen game is in. Remember, we loaded c:\oldgames as just plain ol' c:\. This means that you don't have to mention the word oldgames anymore. You would just type CD SQ4 (Change Directory to SQ4), or CD Larry1, or whatever the directory name is for the corresponding game.

Your prompt should now say the name of the directory you are in, like C:\SQ4, for instance. If you haven't installed the game yet, you would type in INSTALL at this point, and follow the instructions. But if you don't know the name of the installation file (always INSTALL for Sierra games) you could type DIR/W to see a list of files and search for one.

If you've already installed the game, and you're back to your C:\SQ4 (or whatever) prompt, you would then type the name of the executable file that starts the game. It's different for every game, though many Sierra games start with a file called SIERRA or SCIDHUV. Just DIR/W again if you have to search around. Try to consult a readme file or documentation of some kind first, if you're unsure of what file to use, because many old games required the use of a pre-scripted batch file (.bat) to work properly.

I was bored so I made this reply very lengthy, but hopefully it's simple enough to make sense of.

Also, keep in mind that many of the older games were designed for the original Soundblaster and Adlib cards from yesteryear, so your computer might lock up if you aren't prepared for this. I use an emulator called VDMS, but if you don't have anything like it you might want to make sure your games are setup without Soundblaster options turned on.

Enjoy!

-Some random guy.

I downloaded the game, but I can't install it... :not_ok: :(

Can anyone please help me?

It sais the system is not right for MS-Dos and Microsoft Windows

(maybe it's too old?)

:Titan: just replace the files dos is missing from the map
windows/repair to windows/system32

can anybody help me putting of the sound from the box behind my computer :angry:

Can anyone re-upload the game so that I can run it, because I can't get "WinRAR" to install correctly, and because of this, I can't extract the files from my LSL1 VGA download. Thanks, Tiny.

Or you could just get a program called D-Fend and it will mount the game automatically.

be safer, remember to remove it before going outside again

Anyone know how to get the 'good' sound working in the VGA version of LSL1?

My game runs fine, but no matter what I choose in the install for sound - I get an error at the end of installation and the game switches back to default PC speaker sounds and music. Any suggestions?

Or you could just get a program called D-Fend and it will mount the game automatically. [/b][/quote]
OR

You could just drag the game .EXE over DosBos .EXE and away you go!!! :whistle:

Texas, you can try using Nagi or the Soundblaster patch. Both can be found here.

So, can anyone help me? Or does anyone know of another program to open ".rar" files. Thanks, Tiny.

I have the same problem as TexasAnMGrad, the install has an error when you go to "save these settings and exit" and only the darn computer speakers generate the sound, not the sound card! I tried several thing and nothing is working! Any help? Does this game just have this problem? Because the Police Quest reamke sounds fine, as does avery other game.

when i drop the exe in the dosbox i get an error that cant find interp.txt. can someone help me?

I had this same problem, but found the solution. The unzipped/unRARed files are read-only. Disable read-only on RESOURCE.CFG and then run Install to change the sound settings.

Now, does anyone else have a problem where when you give the whiskey to the drunk by the bathroom, the game just doesn't do anything? It plays the glug-glug-glug sound and animation, and then just stops. The game is still responsive (I can restore a game and quit), but I get the watch cursor and the "Glug glug glug" dialog box doesn't go away and nothing happens.

hmm... did you run a search on it from google or somthing look at stratagy guides or you can seach for (larry lounge lizzards glitches) :guns:


----------dragonlancer

Can somebody please help me... the game downloaded and works fine, but when I try to save it the game closes and goes to windows and I get an error box saying the program has performed an 'illegal instruction'.. this is VERY IRRITATING! :ranting:

Can somebody please help me?

hey thats what mine does, I cannot save it, I also cannot change the sound( I cannot find resouse.cfg), but I could deal with that if I could just save the game.

Great game! Loved it! :D

how do you download the games?

You don't, the Sierra games are ESA-protected.
Sorry.

ESA

[b]hey i have a old laptop SKD-400 i think and i want to patch an IDE cable throguh the hard drive can anybody help me here? because the man who sold me it for 20 bucks said it was possible :help: :tomato:

I think you want the technical forum for that, since it doesn't have much to do with Larry, really.

Al Lowe, the creator of Larry included the copy protection for all the Larry games on his site; allowe.com. If you have problems running any of the Larry games in XP, use Dfend with DosBox. Besides being easier to work with than DosBox alone, Dfend adds full soundcard and joystick support.
Anyhoo, all of Al Lowes games are worth the effort. :D

Wow, the VGA version is way cooler than the original. :ok:

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I Want more of Larry

The AGI version of the game is also suppoerted in ScummVM now, or at least I thin it does :huh:

I love this series of games!! :brain:

I actually own all of them but cant install the earlier ones cuz I dont have a floppy drive :blink:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sean @ Feb 14 2005, 09:55 PM) [snapback]66499[/snapback]</div> OR

You could just drag the game .EXE over DosBos .EXE and away you go!!! :whistle:
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Haha, 'bout time someone said that.

thank got that a VGA version was released:amused: looks better and easier to navigate/pickup/etc as the EGA version

questions from the manual
 

You can crack the copy protection questions by clicking on the "copy protection" link from the game's page on this very website!

you're such a cracker, maan where have you been? hacking community needs peple like you

:p

Wrong usage of the term "crack". Try "solve" instead.
And, that's exactly what we put the copy protection docs up for.

could somebody send me this game because i can't download it from here, if anybody interested mail me here and i will give you my email address.

According to our information this game is still sold, and as such we cannot offer it for download - or provide anyone with a copy.
I'd appreciate if you people could actually read the rules when joining the forum.

It will never happen Fifth. Just get used to it :P

I noticed this, and I couldn't find any information on it being sold or the company being part of the ESA.
I could not find this game sold anywhere and there's no mention of it on Activision's site, and since Activision Blizzard was what Sierra was merged into... With them DROPPING the Leisure Suit Larry series... There is no protection I can find.
The latest LSL game was made by Codemasters, but their site contains no info on any of the old games.
This leads me to believe that the old games are in limbo and either completely unlicensed or possibly licensed by Activision Blizzard but no longer available.
Activision used to be part of the ESA, but left in 2008.
Am I mistaken?

It is sold within the Leisure Suit Larry Collection from 2006.

I was waiting for that...
Read further on the page, and you'll discover that the product is discontinued. They're selling left over stock.

That doesn't change anything.

To be honest, a great deal of games only get manufactured a few times but in great quantities. A game that would have a limited market would probably only be printed once. So the moment they're printed, they become "discontinued" even if stores are just starting to sell them.

But since several big stores still have the LSL collection up for sale ...