On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Tomer Gabel wrote:
LSL wasn't a "SoftPorn ripoff" as such
-- it was definitely inspired by the
game, and in fact, the Leisure Suit Larry Collection Series (boxed set of
the first 6 games in all versions) INCLUDES the PC version of SoftPorn.
Al Lowe (the person behind the LSL series, originally a school teacher -
would you believe that!) has fully acknowledged that LSL was inspired by
SoftPorn.
Well, the LSL story so closely followed that of SoftPorn that I would say
it was more than merely "inspired".
Also, that he was a school teacher is not that surprising. Ron Jeremy,
who is a big, ugly, hairy porn star that has been in the business for
probably over two decades now and has started to spill over into
mainstream TV (usually in comedic roles) used to be a high school teacher.
I guess from this small sample we can conclude that all male high school
teachers are perverts ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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