Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!

This page details one or more prototype versions of Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!.

And you were just a scroll away from being fired too...

Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors.
This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment.
Such as: Exposed cartoon mermaid breasts.

This article is marked as NSFW! A demo version of Love for Sail! was released that includes some non-interactive previews as well as the strip liar's dice minigame.

General#

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The mouse cursor is different, with a nautical instead of sexual theme:

Cursor State	Demo	Final
Normal	Shaded anchor	Flaccid condom
Over object	White anchor	Stretched condom
Waiting	Ship's steering wheel	Condom in wrapper

Intro#

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Much of the dialogue here from the characters other than the narrator appears in the final game, but the recorded takes are different.

This picture of the craps table from a distance is presented as though it appears in the final game, but it doesn't.

Demo	Final

The craps table has a crowd of people around it in the demo, but Larry always plays craps alone in the final game. Dewmi does wander up when she notices he's winning, but she never rests her arm on the table. The background behind the characters is also different.

An early (and rather crude) version of the box art appears here. The title hadn't acquired its exclamation point yet. The subtitles (both here and elsewhere) show that the game was originally intended to be released as "Leisure Suit Larry: Yank Hers Away", which explains why "Love for Sail!" is awkwardly dubbed in by a female voice; presumably, narrator Neil Ross was unavailable to re-record his lines with the new title.

Strip Liar's Dice#

The dialogue menu isn't present, so you can't talk to Dewmi.

You can't interact with Dewmi or any of the background objects, with one exception: clicking Dewmi's breasts will cause Larry to shoot a look at the player, similarly to using "Look" on them in the final game (but without the narrator's dialogue). There is no popup menu to choose a verb; the interaction is automatic.

The Ctrl-C cheat to reveal Dewmi's cup is not implemented.

In both versions of the game, Larry can sell up to five articles of clothing and Dewmi can sell up to six. In the demo, the first article of clothing each character sells is worth $100, then each article is worth $50 more than the last, up to $350 for Dewmi's panties. In the final game, the first article of clothing each character sells is worth $100 and all the other articles are worth $150. As a result, the demo version takes much longer to finish the game and is harder to win through dumb luck.

Demo	Final

In the final, the fountain's cascades were touched up and the disco ball had its sparkles removed. This article is marked as NSFW!

Unused	Used

The demo contains an unused line art version of the background used for the closeup of Dewmi. Curiously, it features two mermaids instead of a mermaid and a merman. Also curious is that the finished mermaid statue is censored in close-up but not when seen at a distance, which remains true in the final game.

Subtitle Differences#

Most if not all of the audio matches the final game, but quite a few of the subtitles use an earlier version of the script.

Demo	Final
Larry: Whoa, I didn't know you were that competitive. Maybe I should come back later when you calm down. Dewmi: Larry! It's one DIE, two DICE. Dice is the plural of die. Larry: Oh. I knew that. Never mind.	Larry: Pardon me. I didn't know you were that competitive. Maybe I should come back later when you calm down. Dewmi: Larry! Darling. It's one DIE, two DICE. Dice is the plural of die. Larry: Oh, well, I knew that. Never mind.
Dewmi: In your dreams, Larry! Show `em, Bud.	Dewmi: In your dreams, Larry! Show `em.
Larry: Oooh, I love this game!	Larry: Oooh, my cup runneth over!
Dewmi: Here you are, Larry. You earned 'em.	Dewmi: Here you are, Larry. You earned them.
Larry: (frustrated noise)	Larry: Oooooh.
Dewmi: I suppose I'll sell off my blouse.	Dewmi: I suppose I'll... sell off my blouse.
Larry: Pinch me, I'm dreaming.	Larry: Oh! Pinch me, I'm dreaming.
Larry: Funny, right now I feel like something else.	Larry: That's not what I would call it!
Larry: Wheeeee.	Larry: Ecstatic.
Dewmi: Aw right!	Dewmi: Oh, yes!
Dewmi: I'll make sure it gets a good home. (thinks) Preferably some landfill.	Dewmi: I'll make sure it gets a good home. Preferably some landfill.
Dewmi: (thinks) So incineration is out, I guess. (aloud) Gee, I'm...impressed.	Dewmi: So incineration is out, I guess. Gee, I'm...impressed.
Dewmi: The dice are calling. They say, "higher! higher!"	Dewmi: The dice are calling. They say, "Higher! Higher!"
Larry: OK, there's my bet. Challenge it-I dare ya.	Larry: Okay, there's my bet. Challenge it; I dare ya.
Dewmi: You can't play with no dice. You have to buy at least one from me.	Dewmi: You can't play with no dice. You have to buy at least one.
Dewmi: All right, let's roll!	Dewmi: All right. Let's roll!
Larry: And look at that-you had the dice. I must be psychic.	Larry: And look at that: you had the dice. I must be psychic.
Larry: C'mon baby!	Larry: C'mon, baby!
Larry: Baby needs a new pair of shoes!	Larry: Come on! Baby needs a new pair of shoes!
Larry: That's my bet, and I'll show these dice and reroll.	Larry: That's my bet. I'll show these dice and reroll.
Larry: OK, in addition to raising, I'll give you this to think about.	Larry: Okee dokee. In addition to raising, I'll give you this to think about.
Dewmi: The dice, Larry. I meant the dice. Feast your eyes on the dice.	Dewmi: The dice, Larry. I mean, feast your eyes on the dice.
Dewmi: Larry, you couldn't bluff your way out of a cardboard box.	Dewmi: Larry! You couldn't bluff your way out of a cardboard box.
Larry: Guess I've got the touch.	Larry: I guess I got the touch.

Outro#

The shot of Larry's cabin shows a number of differences:

Demo	Final

In the final game, it's not normally possible for mold in the shower to form unless either Drew is in the shower or Larry has flushed her out of it (which requires hooking up the toilet and clearing its drain).

The mold is positioned and shaded differently.

The shower curtain is opaque and positioned differently in the demo.

The green canisters at the left side of the room are shaded differently.

The demo version has water leaking out of the end of the pipe. The final version only has it leaking out of the top of the pipe.

The final version removed two metal rings from the metal pipe running across the top of the screen.

Demo	Final

In the demo screenshot, Larry appears to have an unlit cigarette in his mouth and Shamara has a lit one in her hand, and Larry's wallet is nowhere to be seen. In the final game, there is only one cigarette, which Shamara puts in Larry's mouth just after taking his wallet from his pants.

The vice grips on the nightstand to Larry's right and the Lil' Hair Weave Kit on the nightstand to Larry's left are missing in the demo.

The bottoms of Shamara's pants are shaded differently in the final, looking rather more opaque.

v · t · e The Leisure Suit Larry series
DOS	The Land of the Lounge Lizards • Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) • Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals • Shape Up or Slip Out! • Love for Sail!‎‎ (Demo)
Windows	The Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded • Wet Dreams Don't Dry‎‎