Adventures of Lolo
A puzzle compilation from the Eggerland series, first released in North America.
The player controls Lolo, a round anthropomorphic creature, to rescue Princess Lala from the evil King Egger.[1] To progress through each room, the player-controlled Lolo must gather hearts, which triggers a treasure chest to open, revealing a gem that, when collected, unlocks the path forward.[1]
Quick Facts
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Composer
- Hideki Kanazashi
- Platforms
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Released
- April 1989 (NA); 28 December 28 1990 (EU)
- Series
- Eggerland
- Genre
- Puzzle, action
- Modes
- Single-player
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
A PAL region release for the Nintendo 3DS occurred on 16 October 2014.[2] The Nintendo Entertainment System title "Adventures of Lolo" was both created and brought to market by HAL Laboratory.[3] On June 8, 2007, the game became available again in North America via the Wii's Virtual Console service.[3] A subsequent Virtual Console release for the Wii U occurred in North America on May 15, 2014.[2]
The Nintendo Switch's Classics service added the game to its library in December 2018.[2]
What the cited sources add
Author Steven Schwartz called Lolo a strategic game in "The Big Book of Nintendo Games".[4][5] The game inspired developer Ryan Clark's "Professor Fizzwizzle" and Adam Tierney's "LIT".[6] Darren Calvert of Nintendo Life praised the game's level designs, calling them "ingenious".[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Adventures of Lolo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weiss, "Classic Home Video Games 1985-1988", McFarland & Company (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Adventures of Lolo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nintendo Switch Adds Three More NES Games This Week", GameSpot (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Adventures of Lolo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "NES Games", Nintendo of America; Brookes, "Fanning Flames of Nintendo Fever", The Washington Times, 1990-04-09, p. 52 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Adventures of Lolo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schwartz, "The Big Book of Nintendo Games", COMPUTE Books, 1991, p. 15; Lynch, "Adventures of Lolo a challenge of logic, not brute force", Pqasb.pqarchiver.com, 1989-09-15; Lynch, "A Nintendo fever chart _plus Sega", Pqasb.pqarchiver.com, 1989-11-24; "Retro Roundup 8/6: Marathon, Lolo, Galaga, Wave Race: News from", 1UP.com; Lucas M. Thomas, "Adventures of Lolo Review - NES Review at IGN", Retro.ign.com, 2007-08-10 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 0874552575 ("The Big Book of Nintendo Games"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Wikipedia, "Adventures of Lolo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kemps, "Ivy the Kiwi? Review from", GamePro, 2010-08-24; "Video game industry adjusts sites to zero in on vast adult marker", Toledo Blade, August 30, 1990; "Wrecking Crew (Famicom Mini 14) Review for from", 1UP.com, 2004-05-20; "94. Kickle Cubicle - Top 100 NES Games", IGN; "COLUMN: 'Bastards of 32-Bit' - Roll Away", GameSetWatch, 2006-07-14; "News - Feature: 'Road To The IGF: Professor Fizzwizzle'", Gamasutra, 2006-01-05; Matt Casamassina, "WiiWare Interview: Lit - Wii Feature at IGN", Wii.ign.com, 2008-10-31 (original not read by en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Adventures of Lolo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage", Archive.gamespy.com; "Adventures of Lolo (Virtual Console) review", Vc.nintendolife.com, 2007-06-07; "Recommendations - Virtual Console Mondays: August 6, 2007", Nintendo World Report (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Adventures of Lolo (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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