| LEISURE SUIT LARRY 3 |
  In 1988, Al Lowe came out with the third release in his famous Leisure Suit Larry Series - this game. Picking up where LSL2 left off, Larry now has an island of his own, with the love of his life, somehow found a fountain of youth somewhere, and is happy - of course that could not last. The island now is a tourist trap, Larry's wife is fed up with him and divorces him....for another woman, and it's sort of a game of "picking up the pieces".
Blind in a Bamboo Maze on a Moncorhome EGA Compaq Deskpro 386 - My Experiences So it was the fall of 2004 and I had been through a bad breakup, had gotten one of my dream collectors PC's (Compaq Deskpro 386 2571), and wanted to play these games a bit. Well, I played all three in series, and this third one was one of the most memorably crazy experiences in my entire life....let's talk late 80's computers a bit.... Compaq released the Deskpro 386 2571 in 1986. It was a 16MHz 80386, fully 32-bit machine, costing around $8000 base price (more than a base Toyota Corolla or heck, Ford Ranger brand new at the time). The computer came with a Quadram EGA card, but I put a original Deskpro DSM Amber Monochrome display on it for that full historical vibe. Now, imagine you are playing DOS games on this system - in EGA, in Amber Monochrome.... There's a particular part of the game that I feel was one of my greatest achievements in the past as a gamer. Even a Night 7 in Five Nights at Freddy's does not hold a candle to a literal Bamboo Maze in EGA being further obfuscated by a Amber Monochrome CRT! Just making it through there - on my own - was a challenge. I even tried a hint guide and it was USELESS in this mode. I had to do it, on my own, at 3 in the morning, wiping the sleep from my eyes as the Adlib soundtrack drones on (yep, were running EGA, with a Moncochrome display - but at least we've got tunes!). |
