Strangeloop
Strange Loop is an arcade action game with 240 different rooms, each filled with dangers. The protagonist, clad in a space suit and armed with a laser gun, has to regain control of a factory located in Outer…
Strangeloop is an arcade, released 31 December 1984 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
What Strangeloop is
Strangeloop was released in 1984. It was published by Nippon Dexter Co., Ltd.. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Strange Loop is an arcade action game with 240 different rooms, each filled with dangers. The protagonist, clad in a space suit and armed with a laser gun, has to regain control of a factory located in Outer Space. The factory, where robots are produced, has been taken over by aliens and they are reprogramming the robots to take over planet Earth. To take over control of the factory, the protagonist has to reach the central Control Room; but to get there he has to overcome many obstacles and collect several objects. These objects can be used to perform several tasks of which some must be done before the player takes over the computer by stopping it. Fuel and patches for the suit can be…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Strangeloop launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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