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Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude

Trivia

In the German gaming magazine GameStar (issue 03/2005) Leusire Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude received a special award as "Worst German Dub in 2004".

"Magna Cum Laude" is a Latin phrase meaning "with Great Praise". Translation can be a joker's paradise...

Of the Uncut European versions, the 2 girls on the front cover are clearly aroused by Larry Lovage and have (for lack of better words) "nipple stands", but only the Xbox and PC covers. The PS2 cover has had them air-brushed off...

Contributed by Macintrash (2535) on Nov 05, 2004.

The Delta Iota Omicron fraternity, DIO, is a more than obvious reference and salute to classic heavy metal bands... the first reference being Ronnie James Dio, one of the lead singers who were in Black Sabbath. The Sabbath references don't stop there -- the main three frat guys on that house are nicknamed after Black Sabbath songs (Supernaut, Sweet Leaf and War Pigs).

Magna Cum Laude is the first Larry game that did not involve Al Lowe, Larry's original creator. He left when Leisure Suit Larry 8 was canned by Sierra in 1998. Some working titles were Lust in Space and Welcome to Uranus. This makes Magna Cum Laude unofficially the ninth in the Larry series, with two games missing: four and eight. It also the first game in the series released on the consoles.

Contributed by Sciere (118149) on Oct 27, 2004.

When Larry is in the laboratory, he accidentally starts a futuristic looking machine. It's called an "Interocitor" and was featured in the B-Movie bomb "This Island Earth" - which was spoofed in the Mystery Science Theather 3000 Movie.

Contributed by Chris Martin (1116) on Oct 24, 2004.

Surprisingly, the US Windows version has only received a Mature ESRB rating. Vivendi toned down the nudity to avoid having it banned. However, they released an Uncut and Uncensored version in the US at the end of October, 2004, with more explicit nudity. There are no gameplay changes as it is actually identical to the European version, which had no censoring at all.

Contributed by Sciere (118149) on Oct 23, 2004.

The character Luba Licious was one of three virtual women to appear nude in the October 2004 issue of Playboy magazine. A specially designed two page full frontal fold-out of Luba was part of a short article titled "Gaming Grows Up".

Vivendi Universal Australia handed the Australian censors the US version of the game to review, which happened to be the version that contains less nudity. Unfortunately, the censors were not satisfied with this version, giving it an RC (refused classification) rating. This means that as of September 9, 2004, it is illegal for the game to be sold, hired, or exhibited in Australia. At the end of the day, Vivendi refused to submit a revised version because doing so would have ruined the gameplay.