Loom
Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepherds. Clerics. Each dedicated to the…
Loom is an adventure developed by Lucasfilm Games, released 1 January 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and FM Towns.
What Loom is
Loom is an adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and released in 1990. It was published by LucasArts. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS, FM Towns, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD. It runs on SCUMM.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Prologue The events of the game are preceded by a 30-minute audio drama. It is established that the Age of the Great Guilds arose when humans once again tried to establish dominion over nature. The world of "Loom" is not defined in relation to ours, but many hold that it happens on Earth in a greatly distant future, since the game takes place in the year 8021. People banded together to form city-states of a common trade "devoted to the absolute control of knowledge, held together by stern traditions of pride, and of fear." The humble guild of Weavers established themselves as masters of woven fabric, though they eventually transcended the limits of cloth and began to weave "subtle patterns…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 7 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Any 2002 era PC or better, 32 MB RAM and 2 MB - PCI Graphics Card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Loom launched on 1 January 1990, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 21
Quick answers
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