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Wow, I remember this remaster… I definitely had a feeling of the magic being gone in the CD-ROM version. I blamed the C-list voiceovers and overly lush producti

Wow, I remember this remaster… I definitely had a feeling of the magic being gone in the CD-ROM version. I blamed the C-list voiceovers and overly lush production of the music… the old “sound blaster” score had this delicate and deliberate (what we would later call “chiptune”) sound, whereas the CD was just _wrong_. But yes, the graphics were inferior too. I would have expected the EGA and soundblaster approach to work great for a cartoonish game like Monkey Island, but Loom was more like a Rankin-Bass or a gothic Disney movie (think Black Cauldron). Everything about the themes indicate that lush visual canvases and a live orchestra would be the way to go. Textbook case of severe limitations leading to great art, I guess.

Eric_WVGG 6y ago
… here’s a vid where you can see a live playback of both versions simultaneously. Yeah, the voices are as cringe as I remember. The music is lacking. Melodrama. It’s just bad. https://youtu.be/Tsmt29AJBaE https://youtu.be/Tsmt29AJBaE [edit] even that video doesn’t quite get the best score. They’re playing EGA with no soundcard at all. Here’s the game with an AdLib / SoundBlaster score, hardware standards that were just catching on when Loom was being developed. https://youtu.be/qxoRHAY3CM0 https://youtu.be/qxoRHAY3CM0 And here’s the Roland MT-32, the card that everyone knew was the best, and no 13 year old could possibly afford. THAT’S the premium experience. https://youtu.be/SVYI2logmXs https://youtu.be/SVYI2logmXs ((It’s all Tchaikovsky, by the way))