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I'm currently upgrading the Police Quest 1 (AGI) in the Chest, adding screenshots, music and also Easter Eggs. When I stopped the drunk driver, I noticed something:



The picture looks a bit like Al Lowe. It also mentions "programmer" and Al was a programmer for PQ1. The birthday doesn't match though. Anyway, could this be an Easter egg referring to Al, or am i completely wrong about it?

Also, it says in the Easter eggs here at Sierrahelp that sometimes Sonny pulls over the speeding car in front of Lefty's Bar. I think that may not be correct. I pulled her over several times, hoping to end up in front of Lefty's and it did not occur. I did end up several times in front of Larry's Disco though (and that works for all drivers Sonny pulls over).

Don't worry, Rudy - I've noticed that too. Art's license plate is PRGRMR1. Here's what the Police Quest Omnipedia (http://policequest.wikia.com/wiki/Art_Serabian) has to say:

" * Art Serabian does not appear in Police Quest 1 VGA; William J. Barnum appears instead.
* Art Serabian also appears in Leisure Suit Larry 6, and he is mistaken for Al Lowe; in reality, Art is Lowe's mentor, and according to Lowe Art looks more like "Ralph Roberts" than Lowe."

Hope this clears things up!

As for the background for Larry's disco and stopping the speeding car in front of that same background - you're right, I never noticed that! Nice catch.

I dunno... it seems like a stretch, especially with the name. Unless there was a programmer by that name working at Sierra at the time the game was made.

Al's mentor? When he was learning music or something? Let's ask Al

I think you guys are reading to much into this. Guy looks like Al, hes a programmer, you pull him over in front of the LSL disco...

Its a joke on Al Lowe.....

I've always thought that was Al Lowe myself. I never checked the birthdate though to check, just figured it. Let's just say it's Al

QuestCollector wrote:Let's just say it's Al

Assumptions are the way to the Dark Side, young Padawan

Rudy wrote:Al's mentor? When he was learning music or something? Let's ask Al

Art was Al Lowe's programming mentor. (I thought it was somewhere on my site where Al Lowe mentioned it...)

Emailed Al Lowe for verification.

Tawmis wrote:Emailed Al Lowe for verification.

Beat you to it .

Al's reply: "When I first started programming, my mentor was a friend and co-worker who coincidentally looked a lot like me, Art. So whenever I was stuck for a game character's name, I enjoyed giving a little tribute to a man who meant so much to me and gave of his time so freely. "

Rudy wrote:

Tawmis wrote:Emailed Al Lowe for verification.

Beat you to it .
Al's reply: "When I first started programming, my mentor was a friend and co-worker who coincidentally looked a lot like me, Art. So whenever I was stuck for a game character's name, I enjoyed giving a little tribute to a man who meant so much to me and gave of his time so freely. "

Awesome. He mentioned it somewhere. For the life of me I can't find it. Thought it was on his site somewhere. I thought I had put it somewhere on my site too, because I thought that was a fun tidbit - but couldn't find it on either one.

But I remembered it was his programming mentor. I just couldn't remember where I had seen it.