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Loom

DOS - 1990
Also available on: Amiga - Atari ST - FM Towns - Mac - TurboGrafx CD

Published in the early nineties by Lucasfilm, Loom is a graphical adventure game base on the SCUMM engine. This game is the first of the Lucas-esque adventure gameplay : originality, no game restart and no death. Moreover, Loom have an incredible rich fantasy world, created by the brilliant Brian Moriarty, creator of Trinity, Wishbringer and Beyond Zork.

The adventure is very original, you assume the role of Bobbin Threadbare, a special member of the Weaver race born from the great loom. You are left alone after tragic events with your only item in the game : the distaff, a magical stick, it has the power to change the physical properties of objects. To change theses attributes, Bobbin has to touch an object and play four notes defined by the player.

That's were the game is so innovative, it uses the same system as in the Link Ocarina of Time game, but this was a decade before. The player learn different notes through the game and the expert mode is ear only ! For this difficulty, the reward is a unique end scene.

The game has different version, originally release on floppy disks, a later version on CD came, with awesome graphics, sound and bg music.

How to Play

Archives contains the EGA version, playable with DOSBox, and the S.C.U.M.M. CD version, playable with ScummVM.

Comments and reviews

Ahmed o Cagão el-Fodedor!!! 07 Jun. 2024

Vou dizer o que? Tá sabendo Joel Oliveira, seu preto do caralho? A professorinha Danile Visnieski é a maior putinha de Palmeira. Foram vários que pegaram, eu peguei e antes de mim e depois vários outros pegaram! Você foi a sobra, seu preto corno! Ela te pegou porque não sobrou mais ninguém. Você acha que "tuas" filhas são tuas mesmo? Que naquelas massagens reiki não rolava "algo a mais"? Uma das "tuas" filhas pode muito bem ser minha! Vejo teus chifre facindo daqui!

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Kent 01 Oct. 2018

Played this again after 27 years. Originally played the Amiga version back then. The Dos version, better 256 gaphics and beautiful Roland MT32 sound, the way it should be played. Far better than the Amiga version.

2
Qubitverse 22 Sep. 2018

This is an epic game!!

1
Tron 13 Aug. 2018

It takes less than an hour to complete this game. A little more than an hour and half in expert level. But, trust me, it's worth it. It's almost an art game.

1
jackalope 16 Mar. 2018

im downloading this directly onto my windows 98 laptop and it says it's gunna take 8 hours
r.i.p

1
AgeOfChange 12 Feb. 2018

why is this game so big on dos

0
Lewis 09 Feb. 2017

I was obsessed with this when it came out. Loved this so much

1
drcamambert 20 Jan. 2017

Noob here,
I can't find exe or bat files. How do i play it?

0
Kurt 14 Jan. 2016

As I recall the original version came with a cassette tape with narration of events prior to your birth or something like that?

1
Hulsie 02 May. 2015

This has got to be one of the best, most beautiful computer games ever made. I can't say enough positive things about it. Everyone owes it to themselves to play through this one.

3
JAY DEE 20 Nov. 2014

it's also in the lucasarts classic adventure pack

1
Marty 20 Dec. 2009

Loom is a classic

1
admin 08 Oct. 2009
Admin

Well one of the few I made myself, takes a lot of time.

1
Justyn 05 Oct. 2009

Great game.

Also one of the best game descriptions I've seen so far.

:)

0

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Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 2 MB English English
RefCard RefCard 1
Extra file
DOS 156 KB English English
Misc Misc 5
Introductory Audio Drama MP3
DOS 27 MB English English
Book of Patterns
DOS 8 MB English English
Hint Book
DOS 21 MB English English
Quick Introduction
DOS 14 KB English English
Security Codes
DOS 419 KB German German

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