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Ok, but I guess I expected more.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

For fans of the original 5 (1, 2, 3, 5 & 6) Leisure Suit Larry games, this is great since you can now play them on XP. I do however have a few complaints about this game. 1 is that you don't get a printed manual with this game, just an electronic version that you either have the print out or bring up to be able to play the game. You also don't get a CD case, just a white sleeve. Also, I know that these are old games and don't have the best graphics, but to me the graphics are worse than they were originally, maybe I need to change the settings on my PC, but some things are so bad you can't even identify them.
Overall it is good for the long time LSL fans, but if you are new to LSL, you may want to stick to the newer games in the series.

A+ for games, C for effort

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 45 / 47
Date: September 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Leisure Suit Larry games are some of the best games that came out in the late 80s and early 90s, so a collection that contains all of them is certainly welcome. However, this is not that collection.

As the box says, there are only 5 games in the collection: 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. Take note: they inexplicably only included the Larry 1 remake here, not the original Leisure Suit Larry 1. That's fine if you just care about being able to play a version of Larry 1 but for a box that seems to want to emphasize its nostalgic value, to not include the original in all its blocky-graphics glory is inexcusable. The omission is even more glaring because they manual contains a section devoted to the original AGI version of the game.

The box also lacks Leisure Suit Larry 7, which unlike the more recent (and poor) Magna Cum Laude was one of Al Lowe's originals and should have been included, especially since an earlier Larry collection released by Sierra (before the soul was sucked out of the company) DID contain that game. I was especially annoyed that Larry 7 was not included, since it's the only Larry game I've never played. There was apparently also a version of Larry 6 with voice acting that didn't make it into this box. Again, inexcusable.

As another reviewer mentioned, they spared every expense on packaging - the disc comes in a white sleeve with no manual. Actually, it comes with a sheet of paper asking you to print the manual yourself, because you'll need it for the copy protection, which was annoyingly left enabled. They also left the age verification questions in there, which would have been fine if they weren't so period specific. There are ways around them (e.g., Ctrl+Alt+X in Larry 1) but as far as I can tell they weren't documented.

I do have a few positive things to say about the collection. It's nice to see an affordably-priced collection of these games available again, since the older collections are going for $100+ on Amazon. The games also come with a nice, easy installer and are set up to work without any extra effort on the part of the player. There's very little reason for a computer-savvy player who already owns the games to buy this collection, since it just uses DOSBox to make the games work, which is available online for free. But for anyone who is not so computer-savvy, the collection requires very little effort to get set up, which is nice considering that it tends to take some effort to make these games work on modern PCs.

All in all, the games in this collection are great, but the collection itself is a little disappointing, since it actually contains less than previous Larry collections did.

(If you are one of the [relatively few] who are not running Windows XP with an administrator account, see my technical footnote in the comments for this review).

Missing Game 7 and no "Talkies" on 6

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am somewhat disappointed - I knew LSL 7 was not included (although it should be, if you're releasing a "collection") but LSL 6 is the Text-only version. WTF? Sorry, the game is so much better with the voice overs.

You're also stuck with the basic the default Sound Blaster

Wish the "Ultimate Pleasure Pack" was still around!

Not fully compiled

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I knew before buying that this was not the complete set of Laffer products, but I had thought that it was the full set of adventure games. Sorry to say, it does not. It only has Larry 1,2,3,5,6 but no Larry 7. (Larry 4 also could not be included, because the Department of Homeland Security burned all copies and launched the source code into outer space- so that is hardly Vivendi's problem)

Also the copy protection should have been removed. This arcane annoying relic of ages past of looking up answers in the documentation is made more annoying by having poor quality PDF of all the documentation online, and it is difficult to get through.

Good but could be better.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I liked the compilation games. However, it didnt contain the last game in the series 'Liesure suit Larry 7: Love for Sail". In my opinion the best in the series. Why make a compilation redo it in windows xp and not include the whole series?

Lesuire Suit Larry

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love the game and played it when I had Windows 98. I had only got to play the first one tho. I am having problems playing this game as far as it shows me I have 89.00 in my wallet, but when I go to pay the cab driver it doesn't show any cash in the wallet. I have Windows ME with 256 memory and I don't know if Windows ME is my problem or not. I know I enjoy these games but they don't work properly on my system for some reason. It gets quite frustrating. Once I figure out how to fix the problem I'm sure I will really spend alot of time playing. I love the things you have to figure out and pick up like in the first game, buying wine to give to the wine-o, and make sure you have plenty of condoms because Larry believes in safe sex. Plus the interesting people you talk to. If you have any info on how to fix this problem so I can enjoy playing the games again please contact me. These are wonderful games to play and keep me amused, not like casino games. This is alot of fun!!!!!! Keep them coming.

Larry the classic adult game from the 80's

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well what can you say about LS Larry? IT is an adults only game, because of content. It is a blast to play for us 40 somethings and at this price it should be on every adult with a sick mind and dirty sense of humor's computer! The game after installation needs you to print out the rather lengthy "Books" that go with it, because you will need to access them each time in order to get into the game-remember this is not a kids game and the questions are designed to keep kids out, but any kid who is good in history could get the questions correct so as a final step, the manufactor put in this fail safe-which means adults need to keep it away from kids so that they can't also download it.

Now as to the game-poor loveable LS Larry is exactly as you remember him-a born loser with women, who with your help will over come his problem. The game is hysterical with its cheesy animations and gags. Nothing high tech here, just your basic 80's game reconfigured so it works with the newer versions of windows. It is a great game full of dumb laughs and sight gags. If you are looking for a no brainer game to play that causes laughter this is it.

It's the Original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

These are the original games complete with the lowest possible resolution and frequent insults. I had forgotten how annoying it was to sign it by answering age sensitive questions and digging something out of the manual (which is now 57 pages you must print out). That annoyance remains. It's a great glimpse into the past and the jokes (insults) are as funny as ever.

Excellent Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you have never played a Leisure Suit Larry game (Magna Cum Laude does NOT count), then you owe it to yourself to pick up this collection. It includes LSL 1,2,3,5,6 all for a good price. However, it does not include the CD version of LSL 6, so you'll have to enjoy the game without any voices. It's about time these were re-released. Check them out!

Leisure Suit Larry Compilation was Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely loved the Leisure Suit Larry compilation cd for XP. Once installed, you don't need the cd in your cd-rom drive, and you can launch every game from your desktop launcher.

The compilation cd has VMD sound and Dos Box built right in so all the games played well on my XP. Having played, and loved, this series in the late 80's and early 90's, I was thrilled to re-live them again. Even the first few which are really outdated and pixelated, were fun. Amazingly, so many memories came flooding back as I played these games.

The major drawback, however, is that many of these games are password protected, and you have to have the manual for each game to find specific passwords, etc. The compilation does come with a .pdf of the manuals, but it is difficult to scroll through, hard to read, and a bit frustrating.

I ended up going to various walkthroughs to help with some of the password issues. That annoyance put aside, I found that the retro Leisure Suit Larry's still held up in the 21st Century. They are still fun and funny with much tongue-in-cheek humor; and, actually for mature players only.

If you played any of the old Sierra games as I did, I would recommend any and all of the compilations cds for XP. I bought Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Space Quest and Police Quest and had a ball playing them all.

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