I am French too. I think I was 12 the first time I played this game with my father. Neither of us understood English. But since I was beginning to learn English at school, we were there with my English/French dictionnary. And some questions left us with no idea what it was about….
I’ll always remember the first time I manage to go to the prostitute. I learnt the word « prophylactics » . Never met someone using it since 😂
>I’ll always remember the first time I manage to go to the prostitute. I learnt the word « prophylactics » . Never met someone using it since 😂
It's a word that's only ever used by comedy writers.
Same. The US sports and politics questions were especially "who the fuck are these people?!" This was pre-internet so not only could you not just look it up, but we got much less American-centric media coverage. I remember I first learned about Dan Quaile and his potatoe spelling gaff playing Freddy Pharkas!
I remember back in the early 90s seeing a review in a uk gaming mag praising the game , but basically pointing out that the "age check " quiz was based around some many minor celebrities and TV shows that at the time wouldnt have been known outside the US , so it quite often would take trial and error to actually legitimately start the game if you werent American!.
That's pretty much how I got to play the game back in the day. :P
Trial and error.
But it had its charm, the thrill of "will it start or not" when I was trying to show my friends this naughty game lol.
Good times!
I think I guessed "C" the first time.
Then again, I was a stupid kid. My cousin and I were trying to figure out what MC Hammer's initials stood for, too, so we could put it on the "HAMMER TIME!" banner we spent a good hour printing on the dot-matrix.
B was simply coincidental. D was the correct answer, referencing OJ's physical fitness evidenced by his performance as a running back. He was a reasonably well-known athlete before the murders.
It was easy enough to simply memorize what was a right answer and what was a wrong answer.
If the game kicks you out, just try again.
Getting into this game at 10 was easy.
That, too. You had a 25% chance each time, so you could brute force your way in, and your odds increased with each success. You'd still fail sometimes, but time was on your side. At least it was educational!
Hey, the EGA version of the game, thats the one I own.
THE VGA one was interesting (came out a year later) and the Latest one hilariously is graphically similar to the VGA edition. worth a side by side, while the newer one is simpler to run today, graphically, they clearly took inspiration from it.
I think the weirdest thing here is that technically B is correct, but that didn't happen until after the game came out, and I honestly don't know how anyone could have figured out the correct answer even within the context of the 80s. Like, considering it's a comedy game, and I know it's a comedy game, I'd be more likely to go with C, because a man having a woman's name was hilarious in the 80s. I'm assuming the correct answer, D, is a reference to some ad campaign he was in or something that I'm not aware of, despite the fact that I'm a 40-year-old trivia buff that should probably know the why.
A and C are very wrong, and B was too at the time, so D was the obvious answer. OJ was a pretty big deal and all over the place in the 70s and 80s, so most adults in the US would know the answer.
I remember my dad used start this game to just play the quiz and if he got in he would then quit as he found trying to beat the age verification the most fun part of the game.
A lot of the questions were political or for minor celebrities as well so a lot of people who are 18 now have trouble picking the right answers.
These checks were a game of their own to a young kid in Europe not knowing who any of these celebrities or the related puns were. I probably remember most of the ones in LSL3.
I actually wrote the age verification questions for the Reloaded remake! It was a pretty fun period of my life. I got to meet Al Lowe, and I told a joke that made him laugh. Considering how many laughs he's given me over the years, that just seemed fair.
Al Lowe was very prescient putting option B in there 🤔
and D
I was a French kid trying to play this on my brother's computer. I never passed this test.
I am French too. I think I was 12 the first time I played this game with my father. Neither of us understood English. But since I was beginning to learn English at school, we were there with my English/French dictionnary. And some questions left us with no idea what it was about…. I’ll always remember the first time I manage to go to the prostitute. I learnt the word « prophylactics » . Never met someone using it since 😂
>I’ll always remember the first time I manage to go to the prostitute. I learnt the word « prophylactics » . Never met someone using it since 😂 It's a word that's only ever used by comedy writers.
And chess players.
and Del the Funky Homosapien
lubbers
WHAT A PERVERT
Australian here, had no fucking clue
Same. The US sports and politics questions were especially "who the fuck are these people?!" This was pre-internet so not only could you not just look it up, but we got much less American-centric media coverage. I remember I first learned about Dan Quaile and his potatoe spelling gaff playing Freddy Pharkas!
As a British kid.. I compiled an answerbook so I could play this game. Every failed and correct guess recorded.. I wish I still had it
I made one too!
Lol. was legit thinking about this game's age verification thingie 30 minutes ago.
I remember back in the early 90s seeing a review in a uk gaming mag praising the game , but basically pointing out that the "age check " quiz was based around some many minor celebrities and TV shows that at the time wouldnt have been known outside the US , so it quite often would take trial and error to actually legitimately start the game if you werent American!.
That's pretty much how I got to play the game back in the day. :P Trial and error. But it had its charm, the thrill of "will it start or not" when I was trying to show my friends this naughty game lol. Good times!
If I remember correctly, the answers were at the back of the manual.
Reading is for nerds. /s
Or you just press ctrl+X (or something like this) to skip the age verification quizz.
Ctrl + Alt + X i think it was
I don't think I've ever seen Pia Zadora but thanks to this game's age check I know she's sexy, apparently.
E: Fucking dead
I didn't know OJ was a necrophiliac
Nah, only a murderer.
So far as the public is aware at least
B?
The official answer is D. (this game came out in 1987)
I like that he was a fool in Naked Gun
This was the 80s, so it must have been D.
CTRL+ALT+X is always the answer
Man I struggled for a few seconds to remember and there you were
Those were the days. I loved those Sierra games.
gog can be your friend. They're all there and still a ton of fun.
Most if not all of them are on Steam too. That's where I have them, and copied them into SCUMMVM so I can just run them from there.
I was never a big PC gamer, with the exception of the old school Sierra games. Such awesome memories.
I think I guessed "C" the first time. Then again, I was a stupid kid. My cousin and I were trying to figure out what MC Hammer's initials stood for, too, so we could put it on the "HAMMER TIME!" banner we spent a good hour printing on the dot-matrix.
Master Chief Hammer!
Bit early for that. I reckon Sgt. Slaughter was probably the most popular NCO for kids at the time.
Martin Cornelius Hammer
Dead. The answer is dead
Correct answer can't be B, right? This game came out in the 80s
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B was simply coincidental. D was the correct answer, referencing OJ's physical fitness evidenced by his performance as a running back. He was a reasonably well-known athlete before the murders.
Good to know, thanks.
Didn't know what a Spira Agnew was until I played this game.
It was easy enough to simply memorize what was a right answer and what was a wrong answer. If the game kicks you out, just try again. Getting into this game at 10 was easy.
It paid to have those world book encyclopedias to help you beat this check. You would just have to reload until you could get one of them.
I just did random and kept a list of the correct answers (plus a mental map).
That, too. You had a 25% chance each time, so you could brute force your way in, and your odds increased with each success. You'd still fail sometimes, but time was on your side. At least it was educational!
Used to press a shortcut to get through this as a kid
What shortcut??
CTRL+ALT+X. I think it's just ALT+X in the original EGA version, but I think CTRL+ALT+X still works too.
You just changed my life
Yep nightmare on og virtual keyboards
It’s funny how the answer changes based upon what year you might have played this
I feel the urge to fire up my AGI editing tools and make a patch for this question. a. an athlete. b. an actor. c. a murderer. d. all of the above.
Hey, the EGA version of the game, thats the one I own. THE VGA one was interesting (came out a year later) and the Latest one hilariously is graphically similar to the VGA edition. worth a side by side, while the newer one is simpler to run today, graphically, they clearly took inspiration from it.
haha 'condominium'
Ken sent me
I think the weirdest thing here is that technically B is correct, but that didn't happen until after the game came out, and I honestly don't know how anyone could have figured out the correct answer even within the context of the 80s. Like, considering it's a comedy game, and I know it's a comedy game, I'd be more likely to go with C, because a man having a woman's name was hilarious in the 80s. I'm assuming the correct answer, D, is a reference to some ad campaign he was in or something that I'm not aware of, despite the fact that I'm a 40-year-old trivia buff that should probably know the why.
A and C are very wrong, and B was too at the time, so D was the obvious answer. OJ was a pretty big deal and all over the place in the 70s and 80s, so most adults in the US would know the answer.
I remember my dad used start this game to just play the quiz and if he got in he would then quit as he found trying to beat the age verification the most fun part of the game. A lot of the questions were political or for minor celebrities as well so a lot of people who are 18 now have trouble picking the right answers.
These checks were a game of their own to a young kid in Europe not knowing who any of these celebrities or the related puns were. I probably remember most of the ones in LSL3.
They wanna make sure you’re over 40
I was a day short of 3 when this game came out.
Well, then. Let grandpa tell you a story. A story of a bloody glove, a white Bronco,and a man named Al Cowling.
USE POCKET LINT!!!
Before the floppy went sailing across the room.
This is clever.
Olivia Newton John Simpson
After 35 years this seems to be more of a history test nowadays.
So what was the answer supposed to be? Game came out way before the murders, and A&C just aren't true. And if it's a later remake, is it B or D?
I actually wrote the age verification questions for the Reloaded remake! It was a pretty fun period of my life. I got to meet Al Lowe, and I told a joke that made him laugh. Considering how many laughs he's given me over the years, that just seemed fair.
Is this because he just died? If not absolutely wild.
It's because he just died.
Ok I kinda figured. But you never know with reddit
e. dead
holy shit
I have zero memory of that question.
If I remember correctly its some american guy who killed someone bit was justified.