- Loopz
"Loopz" is a puzzle
video game created by Ian Upton, programmed byBits Studios on behalf ofAudiogenic , and released by Mindscape for theNintendo Entertainment System in1990 . A similar version of the game was released on theGame Boy and a sequel,Super Loopz , was released for the Super Nintendo by Imagineer and for theCommodore Amiga CD32 by Audiogenic. Audiogenic also published versions of the original game for theAcorn Electron ,BBC Micro ,ZX Spectrum ,Amstrad CPC ,Commodore 64 ,Atari ST ,Commodore Amiga , andIBM PC in 1990 and1991 .An
Apple Macintosh version was in development for Audiogenic, but never completed, and a version was written for theAtari Lynx , also for Audiogenic byHand Made Software but lay unreleased until picked up bySongbird Productions in2004 .An agreement was reached between Audiogenic Software and the defunct Atari Classics Programmer's Club in
1995 for development of anAtari 800XL version of the game. This version remained incomplete by the time it was abandoned in October1998 . There was some discussion in2005 over the possibility of resurrecting this version of the game but the project remains on hold.Audiogenic licensed the Loopz concept to Capcom who developed a prototype coin-op, but it was never released. Similarly Audiogenic developed an SWP (skill-with-prizes) version on behalf of Barcrest, a leading UK manufacturer of pub games, and this too remains unreleased.
The main focus in on the playing board where random pieces of different shapes are presented to the player. The player must then try to make loops out of them. Once a loop is completed, all pieces involved disappear.
There exist three different play modes, two of which can be played with two players. The third mode of play starts with a loop already created and then takes away random pieces of it, so the player has to put them back in after they show up.
External links
*moby game|id=/loopz|name="Loopz"
*WoS game|id=0002927
* [http://hol.abime.net/912 "Loopz"] on the Amiga at [http://hol.abime.net/ The Hall of Light (HOL)]
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