Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter tops goal with six days to spare

By Brenna Hillier

An HD remake of classic adventure Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards has secured $500,000 in crowd funding.

The remake comes courtesy of Replay Games and a handful of the original 1981 development team: Al Lowe, Josh Mandel, Sabine Duvall and Leslie Balfour.

The overhaul is more than a visual polish up of the 1990’s re-release; it’s being built entirely from scratch to support mobile devices as well as PC, with full voice acting and “ultra-high res graphics” – as well as more jokes.

Replay expects to deliver the remake on PC and tablets by October, and may extend to other platforms if extra funding is secured – or presumably, if the later sales are sufficient. The developer has shown interest in further remakes, too.

Leisure Suit Larry debuted in 1981 and produced eight core entries as well as several spin-offs. Later games, developed without the original creators, proved less popular.

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