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Why haven't more people heard of this?

posted 20 years ago by no_springs
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I played this when I was a kid, and I thought it was beautifully made, fun, and original. I didn't find out until recently that there was a casette that came with it (and voices!). Unless that was a different version. I remember there was a book that came with it that you could write your spells in. And that there was an extra scene that you could get if you played it on difficult, but I was only about 10 or 11, so I didn't see it.

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[–] Taplow 19 years ago

I've heard of this game, and played it, and finished it. Though I used the hint manual/diary/travelogue that came with the four game package. I found the games fairly difficult at the time, so I just had to. The Lucasarts Classics Collection it was called, I think. Came with Loom, Zak McCracken & the Alien Mindbenders, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and of course, my favourite, The Secret of Monkey Island. :)

I only learned today that a CD ROM version was released, containing better VGA colours, and those voices. IMDB trivia says this version has been lost though. But this being the 'net, I'm sure it's downloadable.

Yup, it is. ;)

There is actually a really big gaming community that is into these old games. Like them, I wish games like this were still produced today. Maybe a few still are, but you really have to dig for them.

Nostalgia setting in, I'm off to play Loom.

[–] Kill_all_the_bunnies 19 years ago

If you have the original version, apparently there's an upgrade to make it full voice and everything... I have the disk version, and have played the voice version.. some of the dialogue is different and a bit more is explained... its damned good. I love the game.. though completing it on expert mode only nets you about 2 seconds extra animation... seeing Cob die... oh well

[–] vextro 16 years ago

I've heard of this game, and played it, and finished it. Though I used the hint manual/diary/travelogue that came with the four game package. I found the games fairly difficult at the time, so I just had to. The Lucasarts Classics Collection it was called, I think. Came with Loom, Zak McCracken & the Alien Mindbenders, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and of course, my favourite, The Secret of Monkey Island. :)

That's what I had

I hope my disks still work because I want to play the games again in DOSBox

[–] wakizashipink 18 years ago

truly one of the best games ever made

[–] Lothar_gr 18 years ago

This in not a simple game. It is art

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[–] Kill_all_the_bunnies 17 years ago

A truely gorgeous game! I remember playing this as a kid, and many many more times since. I had the lucasarts collection with zak mckraken and monkey island and all that so never got to hear the cassette till a few years ago. I've also played the full VGA version and while it's very pretty it loses something in the translation, the dialogue is altered slightly changing a few things for me, whole segments of back story are cut out (apparently due to constraints of the medium or something) and it's a shame.
A great example of altered character would be the dragon's reaction when you turn her horde into straw. In the original she says "oh very clever just turn it back when you're done" but in the voice version she says "hey! put that back!" or something along those lines... quite a different reaction if you ask me.
But it's a small nitpicking on my part.. mostly because the shere amount of times i've played that game I know it well.

Oh, hidden scene.. I remember thinking "er.. wth?" when I first saw that.. it's literally 2 seconds long! it's wierd.

why haven't more people heard of this game? I don't think it was marketed very well.. and it's an old game nowdays.. still.. it's a beautiful masterpiece

[–] alex_not_morbid 16 years ago

Yes, truly great, as most of LucasArt's old adventure games are. The atmosphere in Loom is just amazing!

[–] rtcnz 15 years ago

Excellent game - great atmosphere, original story

[–] Rusty-d-shackleford 15 years ago

this is a great game i still play it like once or maybe twice a year im happy i kept hold of the cd vershion it would be cool to play the floopy disc cershion but it sounds even harder to get hold of shame they never made a 2nd part

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