How can i find the Larry games?

DeathWish · Wed 22/12/2004 23:29:09

I have seen from several members posts that there is a good game(s) called Larry. I am interested in playing this game so if anyone can help me with:
1.Some information on the story,
2.If its AGS or non-AGS or,
3.Where I can find it, would be most grateful.

Cheers

Khris · Wed 22/12/2004 23:59:43

1. A middle aged man called Larry Laffer wants to lay as many women as he can. That's the story. Of all 7(?) games.

2. Non-AGS, made by Sierra.
3. The Leisure Suit Larry Games are all commercial. So you might want to search ebay for them.

An overview can be found here.

kjetting · Thu 23/12/2004 00:16:04

Also there are some famous AGS games in a series called "Larry Vales". These can probably be found on the games download page. As for the Larry games by sierra, I'm sorry that you're not familiar with them, as they are timeless classics. This is not a Warez forum though, so I don't think you'll get any advice on where to download them. The latest game in the Larry series is out now on PC, Ps2 and Xbox (i think), but I hear that in the new game they abandoned the adventure genre and made it more of an action/click on time game. If I remember correctly there was a fanmade point and click version of Larry 2 (the original game used a text parser) made with AGS that you can probably find in the download pages.

Gilbert · Thu 23/12/2004 01:05:10

Quote from: khrismuc on Wed 22/12/2004 23:59:43
3. The Leisure Suit Larry Games are all commercial. So you might want to search ebay for them.

But hey, Redrum did make a point&click version of LSL2 with AGS, right?

Evil · Thu 23/12/2004 03:51:48

Larrieh Vaulehs!

http://www.phil-reed.com/games.html

BOYD1981 · Thu 23/12/2004 10:17:43

you know, contrary to popular belief, search engines, and indeed ebay, work better than asking on these forums, funny that...

DeathWish · Thu 23/12/2004 10:36:34

OK thanks guys, ill have a smooch around the web and on the AGS Games Showcase Section and try to find it. If and when I do Ill tell you how to find it (for your own personal means or if someone else sks you then you at least know where it is)

Cheers

Khris · Mon 27/12/2004 20:42:22

Skip the AGS Showcase, you can download Larry 2 point'n'click here. And you won't find any of Sierra's Larry games there (of course).

Just to make it clear: All Sierra games were/are commercial, so the only legal way of obtaining them is to buy them. That's why I mentioned ebay.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Tue 28/12/2004 00:53:47

What about abandonia?

auhsor · Tue 28/12/2004 23:42:16

I was going to mention them, but figured that I don't think that these forums endorse abandonware...

Secret Fawful · Tue 28/12/2004 23:59:02

And contrary to belief, Abandonia is NOT a warez site.

DGMacphee · Wed 29/12/2004 01:19:16

Does Abandonia have commercial software that's copyright to respective owners?

Yes?

Then... IT'S A WAREZ SITE!

Just to make things clearer: Just because it's abandonware, doesn't mean it's not warez.

Secret Fawful · Wed 29/12/2004 01:24:07

Actually it doesn't. And don't count DOTT or the MI games. The links for those aren't to a download but to the buying site.

Gilbert · Wed 29/12/2004 01:34:34

But the downloads work for some of the Sierra games (and lots of other games), right? It IS a warez site.

Abandoned wares, most of the time, is just an alternative name for warez, it just makes the people who download them feel better. That a company didn't charge someone for downloading its commercial products doesn't mean it's legal (it's just probably they don't want to care anymore).

Only products that are officially announced abandoned (or had past its life period due to some laws in your place, or the owner of the rights no longer exists) can be considered really free and legal to download.

DGMacphee · Wed 29/12/2004 03:28:27

Adding to what Gilbert said...

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=1668

My favourite part in the article is the part that proves you wrong, Fawfulhasfury. Especially lines like, "Despite the newness of the concept, abandonware is as illegal as warez" and "In late 1997 the IDSA and the Software SPA sent cease-and-desist letters to a number of the nascent abandonware sites".

Are you still 100% sure Abandonia isn't a warez site? If so, what is your rationale? And did you divise this rationale while riding a magical unicorn headed for the lost city of Atlantis?

Gilbert · Wed 29/12/2004 03:46:49

Well on a second look the site did contain some Lucasfilm adventure games to downlod too, like Indy3 and loom for example.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Wed 29/12/2004 08:44:28

I was under the impression that abandonia had some sort of deal with Sierra, of something. Besides, it IS the ONLY site to feature virtually ALL of sierra's earlier games.

DGMacphee · Wed 29/12/2004 12:14:08

QuoteI was under the impression that abandonia had some sort of deal with Sierra, of something.

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me: allow Abandonia (and no other website) to distribute old Sierra games for free in exchange for nothing.

There are other sites that host old Sierra games, you know. I just can't mention them here cause, y'know, the whole warez thing.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Wed 29/12/2004 12:32:40

I musta read something somewhere and mis-interpreted it. It only stuck because, as you say, no other site is distributing them.

DGMacphee · Wed 29/12/2004 14:42:25

Quote from: Rui "Puss in Boots" Pires on Wed 29/12/2004 12:32:40
It only stuck because, as you say, no other site is distributing them.

Quote from: DGMacphee on Wed 29/12/2004 12:14:08
There are other sites that host old Sierra games, you know. I just can't mention them here cause, y'know, the whole warez thing.