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contemplate this turn of events a swan comes down from the sky and crashes through a window in the
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Bobbin then destroys the great Loom using the same draft. He is joined by his mother and the other
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Cygna, despite their warnings, secretly assumes control of the Loom and plants one gray thread. She inadvertently draws an (unforeseen) infant out of the Loom, incurring the wrath of the Elders. She surrenders the child to Dame
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is a post-holocaust adventure set in post-holocaust
America after the holocaust. Neutron bombs have eradicated all life, leaving only YOU to wander through the wreckage. No other characters, no conflict, no puzzles, no chance of dying, and no interface make this the easiest-to-finish game yet! Just
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Bobbin can learn drafts by observing an object that possesses the qualities of the desired draft; for example, by examining a blade while it is being sharpened, Bobbin can learn the "Sharpening" draft. When the game begins, Bobbin is only able to play drafts using the notes C, D and E, limiting his
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718:"Transcendence" upon himself, and with the aid of his mother and the other villagers in their swan forms, he flies away, carrying the ripple across the world. His friends watch the flock of the swans fly away; it remains unclear whether Bobbin has left them in Chaos' realm or has saved them.
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support. A form included in the package could be mailed to
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graphics and a new digital soundtrack. The dialogue and story elements remained largely unchanged from the original version, though at least one scene was partially censored of blood, and some elements of the visual design were lost. A similar version was released for the
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made on Bobbin's seventeenth birthday ("until his coming of age seventeen years hence", as it is described in the game's audio drama). Hetchel, however, defies the Elders and secretly teaches him a few basics of weaving. This is where the game begins.
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available items and running through all of the known drafts". However, he argued that the game is "a rare treat" for players who see it as "a long, interactive video" rather than an adventure game.
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s unique music-oriented interface, strong story-telling, and incredible graphics still stand up to more current adventure games". Although "too short", the magazine recommended
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ability to reproduce more powerful drafts. As the game progresses and additional notes become available, so his ability to play new drafts increases.
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
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that explained the nature and history of the world of
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the 81st-best computer game ever released. In 2011,
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2154:(46). Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing: 88.
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2319:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2118:Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
2011:"Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games"
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1710:Brian Moriarty (March 20, 2015).
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1144:The first was tentatively called
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2222:An interview with Brian Moriarty
1813:Smith, Rob (November 26, 2008).
1010:gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.
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2009:AG Staff (December 30, 2011).
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1553:Classic Game Postmortem: Loom
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1890:Scorpia (July–August 1990).
1585:"Brian Moriarty – Interview"
1373:. February 1990. p. 79.
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2344:The Secret of Monkey Island
2052:The Secret of Monkey Island
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2404:The Curse of Monkey Island
2372:Sam & Max Hit the Road
2103:The Curse of Monkey Island
1898:. pp. 48, 50–51, 63.
1614:Presley, Paul (May 1990).
1251:The Curse of Monkey Island
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252:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2782:ScummVM-supported games
2674:Humongous Entertainment
2473:Return to Monkey Island
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1282:Return to Monkey Island
1222:Return to Monkey Island
780:Dolby-S noise reduction
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552:A departure from other
2690:The LucasArts Archives
2466:Tales of Monkey Island
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1966:Computer Gaming World
1943:; Going For A Song".
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1081:. The editors called
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2732:Classic Mac OS games
2231:FM Towns screenshots
1685:Movie-Censorship.com
1652:Movie-Censorship.com
1595:on December 10, 2011
1389:The LucasArts Museum
960:digital distribution
787:The Book of Patterns
18:For other uses, see
2797:TurboGrafx-CD games
2747:Fantasy video games
2365:Day of the Tentacle
2133:Day of the Tentacle
1508:"Books to Look For"
1267:Day of the Tentacle
1201:As was typical for
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73:Lucasfilm Games
2433:Cancelled projects
2131:LucasArts (1993).
2116:LucasArts (1991).
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1506:(December 1990),
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2597:Tim Schafer
2567:Ron Gilbert
2552:Shelley Day
2537:Hal Barwood
2527:Larry Ahern
2382:1995 - 2000
2329:1990 - 1994
2290:1985 - 1989
2152:Retro Gamer
1445:The Fat Man
1333:Radio Shock
1302:version of
850:floppy disk
772:audio drama
739:Tchaikovsky
722:Development
585:palindromes
531:Beyond Zork
519:Wishbringer
509:, a former
274:Platform(s)
231:Composer(s)
222:Sara Reeder
200:Ken Macklin
147:Designer(s)
137:Producer(s)
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2616:Technology
2547:Sean Clark
2542:Peter Chan
2498:Broken Age
1846:"Gameplay"
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768:audio tape
737:ballet by
712:prophecies
493:is a 1990
426:April 1991
379:March 1990
360:1992 (VGA)
351:1992 (VGA)
2792:Swan Lake
2742:DOS games
2669:TV series
2562:David Fox
2298:Labyrinth
2209:MobyGames
2168:489477015
2160:1742-3155
2099:LucasArts
2027:March 17,
1203:LucasArts
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1092:declared
1088:In 1996,
974:Reception
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866:Macintosh
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872:FM Towns
862:Atari ST
833:(1995).
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608:cutscene
548:Gameplay
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497:-themed
466:Genre(s)
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295:FM Towns
287:Atari ST
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2397:The Dig
1728:Twitter
1621:The One
1197:(1990).
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1012:Scorpia
964:Windows
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830:The Dig
576:distaff
562:fantasy
525:Trinity
511:Infocom
495:fantasy
477:Mode(s)
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1722:May 1,
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858:Amiga
751:AdLib
727:Music
684:Latin
676:Cygna
660:Fates
618:Story
604:scale
580:spell
536:SCUMM
283:Amiga
267:SCUMM
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2204:Loom
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2156:ISSN
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694:Plot
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558:Loom
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1152:of
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