History Creator / AlLowe

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, founded Sunnyside Soft; his first game, ''Dragon's Keep'', was released for the UsefulNotes/AppleII computer. The game, along with later games ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the games at a convention. Seeing how similar they were to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot. With Sierra, he started out with Creator/{{Disney}} games like ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

In between ''Larry'' games, Lowe worked on other games, including the first ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest'' game, ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', and ''VideoGame/TorinsPassage''.

* ''Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel'' (1987)

In 1999, Lowe, along with many other Sierra employees, was laid off from Sierra after the Vivendi buyout. He has since gone on to make [[http://www.allowe.com/index.htm his own personal site]], which provides walkthroughs for his games and manuals to bypass copy protection, and a daily joke mailing list, called [=CyberJoke=] 3000.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, he released his first game for UsefulNotes/AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep''. The game, along with ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the games at a convention. Seeing how similar they were to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot. With Sierra, he started out with Creator/{{Disney}} games like ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, he released his first game for UsefulNotes/AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep''. The game caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the game at a convention. Seeing how similar it was to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot. With Sierra, he start out with games like ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', then moving on to a few Creator/{{Disney}} games like ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

In the early 2010s, he joined Replay Games, a studio headed by former Sierra employees, to work on remaking ''Leisure Suit Larry'' games in HD. However, this was short-lived; after remaking the first ''Larry'' game, he chose not to renew his contract with Replay and went back into retirement, leaving the fate of any future ''Larry'' remake, or even a new ''Larry'' game entirely, uncertain.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, he released his first game for UsefulNotes/AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep''. The game caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the game at a convention. Seeing how similar it was to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot, starting out with games like ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', then moving on to a few Creator/{{Disney}} games like ''VideoGame/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

* ''Leisure Suit Larry 1: In The Land of the Lounge Lizards'' (1987)

* ''Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking For Love (In Several Wrong Places)'' (1988)
* ''Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of Pulsating Pectorals'' (1989)
* ''Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does A Little Undercover Work'' (1991)

* ''Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!'' (1993)

* ''Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail!'' (1996)
* ''Leisure Suit Larry's Casino'' (1998)

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, he released his first game for UsefulNotes/AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep''. The game caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the game at a convention. Seeing how similar it was to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot, starting out with games like ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', then moving on to a few Creator/{{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, he released his first game for AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep''. The game caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the game at a convention. Seeing how similar it was to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot, starting out with games like ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', then moving on to a few Creator/{{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and, with the help of his wife and a few friends, he released his first game for AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep''. The game caught the attention of Sierra co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams, who saw the game at a convention. Seeing how similar it was to their own ''Hi-Res Adventures'' series, they hired him on the spot, starting out with games like ''Troll's Tale'' and ''Bop-A-Bet'', then moving on to a few {{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground''. In keeping with his musical background, he also composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

Al Lowe is an American video game designer, programmer, and musician who worked on several adventure games, mostly for [[Creator/{{Sierra}} Sierra On-Line]]. He is best known for creating the ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' series.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and made three games for the AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep'', ''Bop-A-Bet'', and ''Troll's Tale.'' Sierra would later buy the rights to the games and hire Al on full time, starting with a few {{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground'' and composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

After helping program ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman'', Lowe was tasked with developing a graphical remake of Sierra's only text adventure, ''Softporn Adventure'', made by fellow employee Chuck Benton. Lowe famously remarked that the game was so outdated, it "should've been wearing a leisure suit". It was that remark that gave Lowe the idea to rework the FeaturelessProtagonist of ''Softporn'' into the DiscoDan computer programmer himself, Larry Laffer.

Originally a high school music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and made three games for the AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep'', ''Bop-A-Bet'', and ''Troll's Tale.'' Sierra would later buy the rights to the games and hired Al on full time, starting with a few {{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground'' and composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

Al Lowe is an American video game designer, programmer, and musician who developed several adventure games, mostly for [[Creator/{{Sierra}} Sierra On-Line]]. He is best known for creating the ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' series.

Originally a music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and made three games for the AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep'', ''Bop-A-Bet'', and ''Troll's Tale.'' Sierra would later buy the rights to the games and hired Al on full time, starting with a few {{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and ''Donald Duck's Playground'' and composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

After helping program ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman'', Lowe was tasked with developing a remake of Sierra's only text adventure, ''Softporn Adventure''. Lowe would rework the game from the ground up and eventually created the first ''Leisure Suit Larry'' game.

In 1999, Lowe, along with many other Sierra employees, was laid off from Sierra. He has since gone on to make [[http://www.allowe.com/index.htm his own personal site]], which provides walkthroughs for his games and manuals to bypass copy protection, and a daily joke mailing list, called [=CyberJoke=] 3000.

In the early 2010s, he joined Replay Games, a studio headed by former Sierra employees, to work on remaking ''Leisure Suit Larry'' games in HD. However, this was short-lived; after remaking the first ''Larry'' game, he went back into retirement.

Originally a music teacher, Lowe decided to teach himself computer programming and made three games for the AppleII computer: ''Dragon's Keep'', ''Bop-A-Bet'', and ''Troll's Tale.'' Sierra would later buy the rights to the games and hired Al on full time, starting with a few {{Disney}} games like ''VideoGames/TheBlackCauldron'' and composed music for games like ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' and ''Mickey's Space Adventure''.

In 1999, Lowe, and many other Sierra employees, were laid off from Sierra. He has since gone on to make [[http://www.allowe.com/index.htm his own personal site]], which provides walkthroughs for his games and manuals to bypass copy protection, and a daily joke mailing list, called [=CyberJoke=] 3000.

** VGA version (1991)

->''Better babes through technology!''
-> Al Lowe's personal slogan.

After helping program ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman'', Lowe was tasked with developing a remake of Sierra's only text adventure, ''Softcore Adventure''. Lowe would rework the game from the ground up and eventually created the first ''Leisure Suit Larry'' game.

* ''Leisure Suit Larry 1: In The Land of the Lounge Lizards'' (1987) VGA version (1991) ''Reloaded'' (2013)

In the early 2010s, he joined Replay Games, a studio headed by former Sierra employees, to work on remaking ''Leisure Suit Larry'' games in HD. However this was short-lived; after remaking the first ''Larry'' game, he went back into retirement.

* ''The Laffer Utilities'' (1992)

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Al Lowe is the man behind some of the funniest and most successful games that ever came out of {{Sierra}}. Specifically, he created ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' and the first six ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' games.

''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'' and ''TorinsPassage'' are also his and also hits.

Al was later booted off of Sierra. He has gone on to make [[http://www.allowe.com/index.htm his own site]], which is dedicated to internet hummor and providing walkthroughs for some of the harder bits of his games.

He has recently joined Replay Games, a studio headed by former Sierra Online employees, to work on remaking the classic ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' games in HD.

''FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'' and ''TorinsPassage'' are also his and also hits.