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Loom EGA/VGA comparison

The original EGA background art for Loom was made by Mark Ferrari.
The character art was done by Gary Winnick and Steve Purcell. I
believe Gary Winnick designed the sprites, while Steve Purcell would
have done the animation and the larger character portraits.

Hover the cursor over the images to see the remastered VGA version.
If you're on a iOS device, you can simply tap the images.

All copyright and credit belong to Lucasfilm Games. You can buy the
remastered VGA game here.

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[loom_room0] The original art was a moodier and more minimalistic
piece, with a more consistent sense of light. [loom_room0] 
[loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] The
EGA version of this dock feels more like nighttime to me, thanks to
its deep blue shadows. The VGA version decides to render each object
in a separate hue, which makes things easy to read, but lacking in
atmosphere. [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] 
[loom_room0] [loom_room0] The remastered backgrounds of Crystalgard
are some of the more successful ones in the VGA update. [loom_room0] 
[loom_room0] I love how some foreground elements break the borders of
the gameplay region. Like the tree in the image above. Quite a mature
touch for such an early game. The forest backgrounds in Loom took
inspiration from Eyvind Earle, and you can see that in the EGA
version of the tree trunks. There's not much of that left in the VGA
conversion unfortunately. [loom_room0] [loom_room0] The VGA remaster
of this background is really nice, but the EGA version still has a
crisper and more vibrant look. [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0]
[loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] In
this VGA remaster, the gravestones are a clear demonstration of the
gradient fill that was recently introduced in Deluxe Paint at the
time. [loom_room0] [loom_room0] Mark Ferrari painted most of these
EGA dither patterns pixel by pixel. Just incredible work. 
[loom_room0] [loom_room0] While the remaster is smoother, some of the
definition and vibrancy of the original have been lost. [loom_room0] 
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[loom_room0] [loom_room0] This is a pretty striking image in both the
EGA and VGA versions. [loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] 
[loom_room0] [loom_room0] [loom_room0] The remaster introduces some
calmness and pastel colours, but lacks the power and magic of the
original. That fractal cloud pattern in the background of the VGA
version adds to the cheap quality of the remaster. [loom_room0] 
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