everything I could to these floppies."Īmongst the items Lowe currently has listed are a number of classic/retro Sierra games - "I backed everything up because I knew Sierra didn't" - including a copy of Softporn on floppy disk - pre-owned with no box - which "inspired Lowe to create Leisure Suit Larry". "When I finished creating Larry 1, I thought I should keep a clean archive of everything needed to recreate the game, so I copied all the source code, text, animation, background art, music, sound effect. "You're looking at a one-of-a-kind opportunity to own a piece of computer game history: my archives of LSL1: Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards," states the auction description of the original game files. If I didn't keep everything, it would have been lost." "Back then, programmers like me had to keep track of their own resources. "I'm 72 years old, and none of my kids want this junk! Does anybody?" Lowe told YouTuber MetalJesusRocks (thanks, ArsTechnica), explaining why he's put his collection up for auction. ![]() The original creator of the Leisure Suit Larry games, Al Lowe, has listed his entire source code collection on eBay.
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