Behind the Scenes w/ SIERRA On-Line's Al Lowe (Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, etc)
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- čas přidán 15. 11. 2021
- Back in 2018 Al Lowe (Sierra game developer for Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Freddie Pharkas & dozens more) invited Paul and I over to his home to dig through his collection of original game source code and files. This is over 28 minutes of behind the scenes I originally shared on Patreon but now I am sharing it publicly since it's a great piece of Sierra history from employee #20. Visit www.allowe.com for more info.
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We originally shot this back in 2018 but I wanted to share it publicly since it's a cool piece of PC gaming history. Who should I interview from Sierra On-Line next?
Roberta.
i dunno
How about "The Two Guys from Andromeda" ?
Roberta Williams by far!!! 🙂👍🏻
Everyone man! Even the facilities staff, would make a hell of a documentary.
Young gamers today can't possibly understand how legendary the name Al Lowe was back in the 80's. There was nothing like Larry and playing it felt like being a true rebel. Figuring out the security questions meant you were in grown up level. So great to finally see the man. Big fan Al. So glad you're still kicking it. Epic Interview, thanks!
I've been a gamer since the Magnavox Odyssey. For some reason I just never got around to playing a Larry game. Had always heard of it and of course I know his name. Maybe some day.
I spent so many weeks trying to get the questions right for LSL. I would get it right about one in 8 times. I was soooo happy when my mate told me that you could press alt x to get past the questions
My dad wrote out all the answers for the security questions 😂
"Ken sent me". Great to see Legendary Al Lowe. In 80s I played so many hours Leisure Suit Larry games and those game cover bring back so many memories.
What a fun guy! Unassuming for how great he is, awesome sense of humor, still sharp as a tack. And of course, a legend.
nice content! the programmers of these retro games deserve more attention, Al Lowe is a legend.
It's always enjoyable to see this guy. It's awesome that he still genuinely excited about his games
I love Al. I still get his dirty jokes via email. This is special, thank you for making this and sharing. Amazing.
Loved his games!
How did you post this if CZcams is telling me that this video is only 12 hours old? Are you magic?
@@Donutearthpodcast It was initially posted unlisted for Metal Jesus' patreon supporters.
OMG the memories as a kid playing Leisure suit larry. Sierra games were so magical. LSL, Space Quest, Kings Quest, Heros Quest, Police Quest...
Larry 1 is one of my first gaming memories. My father played it on pc while I was sitting on his knees and I could walk around with the arrow keys and he would type the commands. Kudos from Belgium! Ken sent me 😊
Awesome to see this interview uncut, thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember emailing him and heatedly telling him CD-ROMs were a fad and that Sierra should still put out games on disks. He was very polite. But firm. He was right it turns out. ;)
You should have written him a letter :)
@@ryanyoder7573 haha
Someone out there is saying "yeah, I always said stick with disks. They made the move to CD and now where are they?"
Well, it's true. CD-ROMs were a fad. Nobody uses them now. :-D
Al is an absolute legend!! I'm just glad I got to grow up in the golden age of Sierra games.
Shout out to the two guy's from Andromeda who also took me on many of adventures.
This is the kind of content I'd love more of!
Love this interview. I could geek out on this all day.
This is extremely fascinating. Seeing Al Lowe talk about the history of gaming and his role in it and the memories of it all is very cool. Younger people today likely don't understand just how different gaming and life was 30 or 40 years ago. This was all new. These people were doing things nobody had done before. It really is something and for all the advancements we enjoy today - and they are cool too - it's nothing like the mystery and wonder of decades ago, when everything was the first one. The first time. The unknown.
Al Lowe is national treasure and so is Roberta Williams and Sierra. Thanks so much for posting this. I could listen to him for hours, please continue . Maybe he’ll agree to a game walkthrough commentary of leisure suite or hero’s quest or whatever he chooses. Thank you for sharing!
Oh the nostalgia. Love his story!
Al is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. His on-camera persona in this video is exactly how he is in real life. Just a great guy!
Any true fan of Al Lowe's work probably has that LSL theme song running through their heads right about now. Thanks for all the fun years, Mr. Lowe!
That and the hotel theme from lsl 6
The one thing you have over other video game CZcamsrs, is your history with Sierra. My first exposure to games was on my family's Tandy, my first Sierra game was Black Cauldron. I went on to play every Sierra franchise in existence. Such nostalgia
I like uncut version 👍
MJR More behind the scenes videos in future plz😁
A true legend, I like unedited stuff like this more than scripted and "shiny" edited stuff, it was a great chance to watch and listen to Al Lowe just flowing, good thing you posted this.
Thank you for this video. So many hours spent playing these games, and it’s just so wonderful to see and hear from someone that was behind so much of it.
I played piano in his jazz band for years when I lived in Seattle and I miss him. Really sweet, funny guy.
This was wonderful to see the behind the scenes of this. 11/10 work!
Great interview! Thanks, James and Paul. Will be glad to see more like that.
Thank you for sharing this. Very cool interview.
Thanks for this casual sit down exchange between you two, quite enjoyable!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video! Thank you! What a great guy sharing all that history
Holy crap, this footage needs to be archived!! What a nice guy. Thanks for sharing Jason!
Love this! What a legend. Very interesting and so much nostalgia. Those big box PC game days were so forward-thinking and exciting. Seemed every few days there was a leap in technology, a new graphics accelerator or sound card you just had to have. Excellent stuff MJR
This is awesome. I hope all that awesome stuff is able to be preserved!
Great interview !! thanks
Great! Thanks so much for doing this. More please!
Such a great video. I love videos like this showing the memories and history
Al Lowe is so amazing to his 'fans'. He always seems like he's got extra time for people. If he's ever in Australia beers are on me.
OH wow, miss you and Leisure suit Larry. I grew up on your games and Space Quest.. you are a great programmer and designer
OMG!!! This is an amazing video! Thank you!!!
Glad you liked it!
Best video you've ever put out there!
Thanks for posting! Love your Sierra stories and content
This is so freaking cool! Thanks guys!
Great Show!!!! Keep these coming. Al Lowe's games had phenomenal gameplay. I grew up with these games.
This is great. I'm glad you did this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Strange that you are sharing this only now, so many years later...
But glad you did!
No reason to have such interviews not going out for everyone to check out.
Honestly, I forgot about it til a few months ago and decided I should share it with a larger audience.
Great video MetalJesus
thanks for sharing this ! I played a ton of Leisure Suit larry in the early 90s this is a cool interview Al is so down to earth
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing!!!
This so cool, thank you Jason!
Omg huge respect!!! It is an honor sir
Love your channel. You need to sit down with more legends like this.
Amazing video....I'm stunned about the detailed info Al gave you guys....fantastic :-)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great vid! Thanks for creating, some things I knew and a lot I didn't!
(Shared to Sierra Gaming World private FB group) :)
What a genuinely nice guy. Really good of him to spend the time looking through of all that stuff.
This is truly epic! Metal G is going to take good care of them and maybe share with the rest the community.
Amazing video!
I loved the first vid. Glad you posted more! He seems like a pretty awesome guy
I think so too!
Sierra online was my favorite game makers growing up. I even traveled from Nebraska, to visit Sierra on a tour. I recall getting to see the production area where they put the disks in the boxes by hand.
So many great memories playing these games. It is great to see all the old stuff.
Hope this stuff ends up in a museum someday.
Those plastic boxes are interesting. I have a feeling that Spinnaker software may have inspired them, they had similar plastic boxes that set them apart from the other titles that were being sold in zip lock bags.
2 years ago ? Wtf
This was great to see. Al is fantastic, definitely a legend in classic PC games, great to see him here, hope he's still doing well today.
Love this. Sierra On-Line games bring back fond memories of childhood!
just love this.. thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
You should do more videos like this and try to get ahold of old school developers/coders etc like this. Very cool stuff!
I don't remember if I had already found out about LSL or if seeing a preview for the upcoming LSL7 in a magazine was what first introduced me. Either way I got all the games and loved them. On some of the discs there was some videos with Al. That stuff was the best.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for some of the best moments of my childhood mr Lowe
Really awesome video thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
This is amazing. An OG of the industry with so much original stuff stashed away.
I liked this video even more than the first one you put up. Any more footage?
oh this is gold! thanks I loved the sierra games as a teen.
oh my god, just 30 minutes, it was getting amazing and just finished, I could hear Al Lowe for hours and hours, his stories are amazing
I was replaying some of the old Leisure Suit Larry a few days ago! Hi Al!
I have such a love for the Police Quest series and Swat 2 that's unimaginable. I revisit them as often as I can. The love and nostalgia for Sierra always makes me appreciate Metal Jesus so much.
This is incredible man! Thank you for sharing. Makes me want to break out my TRS-80 CoCo and program some more of that "basic" language again! Lots of love and blessings from Ontario Canada!
Great tree outside. Great interview
Metal Jesus Danke für das tolle Video. Al hat Freude am erzählen und Spass daran Geschichten zu teilen.Liebe Grüße
Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen! Ich weiß es wirklich zu schätzen.
Definitely before my time, but its so interesting to see some almost museum quality preservation of games from that
Larry came out when I was one, but I didn’t get my first old PC in the family until about 5 years later. I have vivid memories of me being WAY to young watching my older brother playing LSL 1 on black and white.
Somehow your videos always feel nostalgic.
This was what we all needed
This is great thanks for this...
Holy cow, This is awesome!!! Playing leisure suit larry at 9 years old on my 8086 turned me into an adult a decade early. Thanks AL!!!!!
LSL 1 was a pirate copy my older cousin gave me, once I beat it, I remember being at the Sears soon after in the computer department seeing there was a LSL Part 2 on the shelf! I begged my dad for it, and the salesmen was trying to talk my dad out of buying it as it was for 'adults only', but I somehow convinced my dad to buy it for me still. Such wild times in my life :)
Please make more like this. I grow up on his stuff
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Wow so good to see this guy. Was a Sierra fan and played them from Kings quests, police quest to leisure suite larry in 1986, vga baby. The man behind the first real click and piont story lines i soooo cool Metal Jesus.👍👍👍👍
Love this...Al is awesome.
This is so awesome
didn't think I'd be into this but gave it a try & it was actually really interesting 🔥 💯 Props to y'all
Wow.. nice video, I like to play this game back then.
Love videos like this.
this was soo cool to see since i just got all the leisure suit larry games on steam
This is cool I remember playing dos games on my old PC it felt like games were so different compared to today's never thought we would be this far love it
love this!
*THE LEGEND* itself, *Al Lowe*
🍀✊💎
This is amazing! Al Lowe what a legend!
that's a good interview
I loved sierra, kings quest, camelot man they had the best games in the 80s!
I always assumed he would be entertaining and he did not disappoint!