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

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

Developers
	Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital, GOG	Codemasters
Digital, Steam	Assemble Entertainment
Engines
	SCI0
Release dates
DOS	1989
Windows (ScummVM)	January 17, 2013
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM)	January 17, 2013
Linux (ScummVM)	December 17, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Flip screen
Controls	Text input
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Adult, Comedy, Oceania, Romance
Series	Leisure Suit Larry

Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals is a singleplayer flip screen adventure game in the Leisure Suit Larry series.

General information

Can be run under ScummVM.

Leisure Suit Larry Omnipedia - Leisure Suit Larry Wiki

Al Lowe's Humor Site - The series on Al Lowe's personal website

Sierra Gamers - Game page on Ken Williams' personal website

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series

Larry Laffer Dot Net - Active fan site featuring music from Larry games

The Sierra Help Pages - Extensive troubleshooting guide

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Manual-based copy protection.
GOG.com		Part of Leisure Suit Larry 1-6 bundle. Pre-packaged with ScummVM.
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Pre-packaged with ScummVM.
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)		Part of Leisure Suit Larry 1-6 Collection. Also includes Softporn Adventure. Delisted on March 31, 2023.

In all releases, manual lookup is used for copy protection.

Uses an anachronistic age verification quiz at every launch. The quiz has to be solved in order to experience explicit adult content of the game. This feature is also present in all digital re-releases. See: Issues fixed.

Version differences

The GOG.com and ZOOM Platform re-releases are a bundle based on the 1997 Leisure Suit Larry: Collection Series. They include:

• Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (EGA & VGA version)
• Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
• Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
• Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work (VGA version only)
• Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! (VGA & SVGA CD-ROM "talkie" version)

Essential improvements

Higher quality visuals

This fix is for the ScummVM re-release. It will disable dithering to increase the number of displayed colors.

Change display options in ScummVM configuration file
Edit the file <path-to-game>\lsl3.ini. In the [lsl3] section, add the line disable_dithering=true. Save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/765850/pfx/

The GOG.com re-release uses ScummVM configuration file lsl3.ini.

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\LSL3SG.*
Windows	<path-to-game>\LSL3SG.*
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/765850/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Video options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only Master volume can be adjusted.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail only.
Polish				Available in the retail collection Leisure Suit Larry's Greatest Hits & Misses!.

Issues fixed

Stuck at the intro quiz

Due to its nature, the game uses a period-correct trivia quiz to verify the user's age. These questions have to be answered every time the game is launched in order to experience explicit adult content of the game.

Use a cheat code
Select your age group as 18-25 or over 25. On the screen with the first question use Alt+Ctrl+X to skip the quiz. The game will then let you pick the level of "filth".

Unlike in the previous installments, the game can be played without answering the questions correctly. Yet, the number of correct answers determines how explicit its adult content is.

The game can also be played without answering any questions by selecting the 13-17 age group. In such case explicit adult content will not be revealed.

Stuck in the theater lobby or the locker room / Can't progress in the game

The game uses manual-based copy protection, which is also present in all digital re-releases. A code has to be entered at specific points in the game in order to progress.

Use a cheat sheet
Look up the correct numbers on the list provided by Al Lowe.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	Hercules, Tandy/PCjr, CGA, EGA	MCGA and VGA are also supported in 16-color compatibility mode.

System requirements

DOS

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2.0
Processor (CPU)	8088 / 8086 5 MHz	Intel 286 8 MHz
System memory (RAM)	512 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)		3 MB
Video card (GPU)	CGA	EGA

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM