Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals

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Similar to the first game, the player has to answer a series of trivia questions when starting the game. However, this time failing to do so does not prevent the user from playing the game, but removes various instances of nudity and sex.

Cameo

The game's creator Al Lowe has been known to work himself into all his games. This is no exception, check the corner of the comedy club.

Polyester Patty

The game was intended to be named Polyester Patty in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals. When Larry encountered the female protagonist for the first time in his second adventure, her name was Polyester Patty. It was then changed to Passionate Patty.

Processor speed

Larry has to build his muscles in the Fat City health club by doing some heavy exercise on four stations. Each exercise needs to be repeated several times to be effective. However, the number of repetitions necessary is directly proportional to the clock frequency of your processor. The game was developed on an 16 MHz 386, which resulted in 21 repetitions each. That was quite manageable. Unfortunately, new processors tend to be faster each year. On a decent Pentium 233, Larry has to heave the weights 510 times; take that times four (the different machines) and times two (weight up, weight down), and you come to 4080 keystrokes. This is indeed heavy exercise.

The game also has timing issues, and if you have a processor higher than a Pentium, you'll encounter them if you decide to use the casino's elevator to go up to Patti's apartment, and it doesn't arrive immediately. You'll also encounter these issues if you watch Cherri Tart dance because she doesn't get tired. These issues are overcome by setting the game's speed to maximum and waiting 10-15 minutes.

References

There are many references to other Sierra games embedded into the third installment of Larry's adventure:

• The game sets an adult level as Mother Goose level if the player answers correctly only one question. This is a reference to Mixed-Up Mother Goose.
• In the piano room in the hotel where the player meets Patti, Roger Wilco from the Space Quest series appears on one of the chairs from time to time. Larry can ask him some questions about Space Quest or Two Guys from Andromeda but Roger replies that he doesn't know about them.
• If you eat plants that grow on the cliff's edge, the narrator says that Patty has visions of Daventry - a kingdom from King's Quest Series.
• By the end of the game, Larry and Patti end up in Sierra Studios where there is a set for Police Quest I. Further in the Sierra Studios there is a prop room with a tombstone with the remains of King's Quest IV programming staff, a staged set of a taxi cab from Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of the Lounge Lizards. There is also a cauldron from Black Cauldron, red marking flags from King's Quest, suits from Manhunter and shooting range sheets from Police Quest 2. In the next screen there is also a set from Space Quest II.
• At the end of the game Rosella from King's Quest IV can be seen when on a set she is climbing on whale's tongue.

Awards

• Amiga Power
  • May 1991 (Issue #00) - #54 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"

Information also contributed by B14ck W01f and MaiZure.