Al Lowe interview

The Greek adventure site Adventure Advocate has interviewed Al Lowe, the creator of the Leisure Suit Larry series. The interview deals with the future of adventure games and the history of Leisure Suit Larry.

Back in 1987, when LSL1 first came out, did you imagine that Larry Laffer was going to be a classic hero today?

Absolutely, positively not! It was the worst selling game in Sierra's history. The first month it sold 4,000 copies; I was certain that I had just wasted six months of my life, since rather than taking money in advance, I asked for bigger royalties. So, I resigned myself to failure and dove right into coding Police Quest I. When I wasn't looking, the game doubled its sales every month for a year and eventually became Sierra's bestseller, after King's Quest.