A lot of people
are fans of his work and know not who he is, maybe this is how he likes it(?) His career in humor is said to have begun in school, as he was always making jokes and doing funny pranks. He soon moved upworth in the world and became a
programmer at Sierra in 1982, here he got his name on the titles as Designer, Lead programmer, writter and even made a lot of the music. But things started to change, Al Lowe and his Boss Ken Williams sat down and talked about making a
new game, the game "Soft Porn" came up, the most selling game for the infamous Apple II. Making this game in 3D was now the challenge, Al said: This game is so old he might as well wear a leisure suit. and TADA! We have the first ideas for
What a hit! The same year Al Lowe worked with other games like Police Quest I and Space Quest II In 1988 he worked as lead programmer for King's Quest IV but my personal favourite of Al
Lowe that year was
And so it had begun,
the Larry ball was rolling like a cannon ball down the hills of San Fransisco, The Larry machine was on the go! In 1989
But you can't just feed the public a litle bit of a short sexdepraved 40 year old and not think they won't want more! LOTS MORE! and so, Larry and Al skip a game (Explenation of why is found at Al Lowe's Personal page www.allowe.com ) and jump into Larry 5: : Passionate Patti Does A Little Undercover Work. A game filled with James Bond'ish spy work, Bra's with fire power and vibrators we really don't want our girlfriends to use. (Not that many men actually want to be replaced by a battery driven version of oneself, but thats another story and another page)
Now Al but's down Larry and starts working on Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist. A game about a Gun man who åuts down his
guns and starts to work as a...................Pharmacist!? But Larry returns, this time he gets to spend a vacation and a great hotell with a floating beaver and bathing suits made out of the parts you would least expect someone
to wear in Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape up or Slip out! and ofcourse it's another hit from Sierra and Al Lowe! :) At this point, Al Lowe has spent soon to become 13 years at Sierra, and Larry is a big hit, his fans are many
and the love him! (who wouldn't? it's atleast one person who gets less sex then most people, Larry was sympathy for anyone who couldn't get a date, and laughter for those who could)
But then comes the big moment, Larry gets a voice, Al Lowe creates the game Larry 7: Love for Sail! a game that becomes most people's favourite Larry game. But Sierra is soon no longer the same, the new owners starts to
fire staff and conclude that the Larry series will come to a stop. Larry is put away, and Al's long career with Sierra is put at an hault, There will be no more Larry games until people start buying adventure games. And Al gets more time with his family, and soon after his book "You've got Laughs!" hit the shelfes and Who says Al Lowe needs Larry to be funny? Well, I don't! I wish Al the best of luck with his new page, and hope people that have pirated Larry 7 will go out and buy the game so that we can all get one more big laugh with Al and let
Larry get a good ending (although he is now in a space ship with the Captain of the PMS Bouncy")
Many people compare Al Lowe to his most famous character Larry Laffer. Al himself says he is nothing like Larry, A family man and a talentet Game programmer are probably what he is most known for. Al Lowe isnīt a
very huge celebrity, heīs just a man behind a computer, or is he? His games have been sold in millions and people are still reading his books, jokes and playing his games as if they were only 2 years old
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