Loom may not exactly be obscure by any standard, but I don’t see it being mentioned nearly as much as, say, Day of the Tentacle or Monkey Island. But it was a truly revolutionary way of reimagining the adventure game genre, and in a very early age of point-and-click. No inventory, single mouse click interaction, using spells to interact with the environment…

Of course, you’ll want to play the original floppy version to get the full story; the CD-ROM version had its dialogue heavily truncated to fit onto the CD.

What’s your pick?

  • tmyakal@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The Dagger of Amon Ra was groundbreaking when it came out, but it seems to be remembered as the inferior sequel to the Colonel’s Bequest. Personally, I loved the artwork, and I thought the almost-Metroidvania approach to the pre-museum bits was incredibly clever. The back half of the game was still Sierra’s usual frustration-machine, but the top-tier presentation meant there was still a lot of charm to it.

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      1 year ago

      I never played this sequel but I saw it’s on sale for the GOG summer sale. I now know what I’ll be playing this weekend.