Loom
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Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Publishers | |
Original | LucasArts |
Current | Disney Interactive Studios |
Engines | |
Original | SCUMM |
Digital | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
DOS | May 1990 |
Mac OS (Classic) | May 1990 |
Windows (ScummVM) | July 8, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | May 12, 2010 |
Linux (ScummVM) | March 20, 2015[1] |
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
Availability
- A demo is available of the EGA version.
- Digital versions are preconfigured with ScummVM.
- Digital versions only include the VGA (CD) version, which has scenes cut, censors some graphics, is missing the overture from the MT-32 and FM Towns soundtracks, and removes dynamic music in favor of fully voiced Redbook audio. They do not include the audio drama (which was included as a cassette tape with the EGA version and as an extra CD with the VGA version),[2] nor do they include the EGA version (which is the author's preferred version[Note 1]).[3][4]
Essential improvements
Official patches
- The MT-32 Upgrade is required for Roland MT-32 playback in the EGA (floppy) version (otherwise Ad-Lib is used).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32340/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | %APPDATA%\LucasArts\Loom\ |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/ |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32340/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Save files made with the MT-32 patch are not compatible with systems that do not have the patch, and vice versa.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | Windows only. |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
- The EGA version supports the Roland MT-32 for music, see Official patches.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail version only. Download for use with GOG.com version. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «PRCA» |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | EGA, VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 325 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 325 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Linux Mint 17, Ubuntu 14.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 325 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM |
- For Linux, the installer is only available in the
.deb
format[5]
Notes
- ↑ While the 256-color FM Towns version (also compatible with ScummVM) contains the full, unabridged script, Brian Moriarty considers the art direction to be inconsistent due to the conversion having been done by 5 different artists.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32340/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.