Looping

Manufacturer: Venture Line
Year: 1982
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Skill
Type: Videogame
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Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Fire|Speed Up]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Looping Description

Fly around in your plane shooting hot-air balloons, rockets, and other oddball items in an attempt to reach "The End". The game starts with you flying over a city, then after shooting the rockets to open the gate, into a series of pipes and finally into "The End" itself.

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Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

Do not let too many hot-air balloons appear. Otherwise, the dreaded Red one will show up, making all of the other balloons move very quickly. Holding the speed button when diving or climbing will give you tighter turns. The longer you fly around in the pipes, the higher your score will get.

When you destroy the rockets, open the gate, finish flying through the plumbing and you will end up in the "blob" room. Here a green blob repeatedly drops from a pipe in the ceiling. If you adjust your airplane's attitude just so, you will be able to hold down the joystick, the Fast button and the Fire button, allowing your gun to destroy the blob each time you complete a loop (500 points each). This trick can be performed indefinitely -- or at least as long as you are able!

Game Introduction

The player controls a plane that can shoot hot-air balloons, structures, rockets, and some other oddball items. The object of the game is to get to "The End" (which you can see off to the left of the screen from where you start if you fly over there). Destroy all of the rockets to open the gate that will take you into a series of pipes. As the levels progress, more oddball things appear to make your flight harder, such as giant drops from a spigot. After making your way through the pipes, the final room contains balls bouncing around which you must shoot or avoid. Fly into "The End" to complete the level. Each level becomes progressively harder. Avoid crashing into any foreground structure (which are sometimes hard to differentiate from the background structures in the city), pipes, or walls, the top or bottom of the screen when in the pipes or "The End"'s room. When outside over the city, hitting the top will bounce you back down facing the opposite direction.

Game Play

The simplicity of the controls is what gives the game its biggest challenge since you only use up and down on the controller to dive or climb (respectively) and effectively loop. When flying over the city, hot-air balloons will bounce off the top and bottom of the screen in a very predictable manner. Shoot them to get them off the screen and out of the way. If too many appear, a red balloon will appear making every other balloon increase in speed quite a bit. Destroy rockets located in different parts of the city to open the gate to the pipes. Once in the pipes, navigate through to the other side. The longer you fly through here, the more points you will rack up. As the levels get harder, more obstacles, such as large drops, appear. After navigating the pipes, you will get into "The End" room which has five bouncing balls. Shoot (if possible) or avoid the balls and fly into the end. Be quick as the balls will return after a short amount of time.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of Looping owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines, and 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,098 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for Looping.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Looping machine for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Trivia

Looping was licensed to Venture Line by Video Games U.K., Ltd., and to Video Games Gmbh in Germany.

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Looping - Title screen image

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