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Loom – Lucasfilm Threw Away the Inventory and Made Music Your Commands on the Amiga
️ Loom (1990) – Commodore Amiga Fantasy Point-and-Click Adventure Masterpiece Released in 1990 by Lucasfilm Games for the Commodore Amiga, Loom is a beautifully crafted graphic adventure led by Brian Moriarty, set in a mysterious fantasy world ruled by the ancient Guild of Weavers. You follow young Bobbin Threadbare on a personal and emotional journey to uncover the secrets of the Great Loom and rescue his disappearing guild. Instead of traditional inventory puzzles, the game introduces a unique spell-casting system based on musical drafts played on a magical distaff, allowing you to reshape the world through sound. These musical spells can open paths, transform objects, reverse effects, and solve environmental puzzles through experimentation and logic. True to Lucasfilm’s design philosophy, Loom removes deaths and dead ends, encouraging relaxed exploration and story-driven discovery. Visually, the game features striking high-resolution artwork with distinctive EGA and VGA dithering that gives Fantasia a painterly, dreamlike quality.
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️ Loom (1990) – Commodore Amiga Fantasy Point-and-Click Adventure Masterpiece Released in 1990 by Lucasfilm Games for the Commodore Amiga, Loom is a beautifully crafted graphic adventure led by Brian Moriarty, set in a mysterious fantasy world ruled by the ancient Guild of Weavers. You follow young Bobbin Threadbare on a personal and emotional journey to uncover the secrets of the Great Loom and rescue his disappearing guild. Instead of traditional inventory puzzles, the game introduces a unique spell-casting system based on musical drafts played on a magical distaff, allowing you to reshape the world through sound. These musical spells can open paths, transform objects, reverse effects, and solve environmental puzzles through experimentation and logic. True to Lucasfilm’s design philosophy, Loom removes deaths and dead ends, encouraging relaxed exploration and story-driven discovery. Visually, the game features striking high-resolution artwork with distinctive EGA and VGA dithering that gives Fantasia a painterly, dreamlike quality.
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Magazine Reviews · 16
Contemporary average 82% · range 76–90%
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Joystick
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The One
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Zzap
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