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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.

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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Platform/AppleMacintosh and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.

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* DrivenByEnvy[=/=]EvilUncle: In the backstory, Daedalus had previously murdered his nephew out of jealousy at the latter's genius, and was banished to the Isle of Crete as punishment.

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* DrivenByEnvy[=/=]EvilUncle: DrivenByEnvy: In the backstory, Daedalus had previously murdered his nephew out of jealousy at the latter's genius, and was banished to the Isle of Crete as punishment.punishment.
* EvilUncle: Daedalus was banished to Crete as a punishment for murdering his own nephew.



* SpaceshipGirl[=/=]VirtualGhost: Ariadne appears as an attractive, glowing spectral woman.

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* SpaceshipGirl[=/=]VirtualGhost: SpaceshipGirl: Ariadne appears as an attractive, glowing spectral woman.
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* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.

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* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.ends.
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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.

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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.
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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh and [[IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.

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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh and [[IBMPersonalComputer [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.
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* TheProfessor: Daedalus.
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* RoboShip: Invoked by the relationship between Daedalus and Ariadne. Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future to effect repairs for Ariadne, so the two of them can travel the universe together.

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* RoboShip: Invoked by {{Robosexual}}: This is the relationship between Daedalus and Ariadne. Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future to effect repairs for Ariadne, so the two of them can travel the universe together.
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* {{Shareware}}: Of the "play a free trial and pay to unlock the game" version.

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* SpaceshipGirl[=/=]VirtualGhost: Ariadne appears as an attractive, glowing spectral woman.



* VirtualGhost: Ariadne appears as an attractive, glowing spectral woman.
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This game revisits the land of ancient Minos by introducing the Athenian scientist Daedalus and Ariadne, a sentient AI he found in a wrecked spaceship. During the events of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', they had helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, but were unable to return with him to the present day. Recognizing the [[TimeMachine Loony Machine]] as his future handiwork, Daedalus set out to recreate it, in hopes of escaping to the future and finally repairing Ariadne. But before the two can perform their time jump, they are raided by their patron, King Minos, who desperate to keep their technological treasures for himself -- and the player must now use his pinball skills to save Daedalus and Ariadne...

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This game revisits the land of ancient Minos by introducing the Athenian scientist Daedalus and Ariadne, a sentient AI he found in a wrecked spaceship. During the events of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', they had helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, but were unable to return with him to the present day. Recognizing the [[TimeMachine Loony Machine]] as his future handiwork, Daedalus set out to recreate it, in hopes of escaping to the future and finally repairing Ariadne. But before the two can perform their time jump, they are raided by their patron, King Minos, who is desperate to keep their technological treasures for himself -- and it's up to the player must now to use his pinball skills to save Daedalus and Ariadne...
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* VirtualGhost: Ariadne appears as an attractive young woman.

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* VirtualGhost: Ariadne appears as an attractive young attractive, glowing spectral woman.

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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh and [[IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a DarkerAndEdgier sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.

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''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh and [[IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a DarkerAndEdgier tougher sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.



* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth''.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth''.Labyrinth,'' though the somber tone of the backstory does not intrude much on the gameplay itself.
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->'''Daedalus:''' "Welcome to my labyrinth."
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In 2010, Creator/LittleWing released '''Mad Daedalus,''' a DigitalPinballTable sequel to ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth''.

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In 2010, Creator/LittleWing released '''Mad Daedalus,''' a DigitalPinballTable and the sequel to ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth''.



* RoboShip: Invoked by the relationship between Daedalus and Ariadne. Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future to effect repairs Ariadne, so the two of them can travel the universe together.

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* RoboShip: Invoked by the relationship between Daedalus and Ariadne. Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future to effect repairs for Ariadne, so the two of them can travel the universe together.

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* ForbiddenZone: The Ariadne Shrine, which King Minos erected as a tribute to Ariadne, then forbade his subjects from visiting.



* KeepingTheEnemyClose: King Minos tries to do this with Daedalus, to maintain the technological advantage of his reign thanks to Daedalus' inventions.



* SpellingBonus: M-A-D spots a letter in D-A-E-D-A-L-U-S, while A-R-I-A-D-N-E enables an award at the Ariadne Shrine.



* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.

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* VirtualGhost: Ariadne appears as an attractive young woman.
* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.
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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The technological knowledge from Ariadne.

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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The wrecked spaceship Daedalus found, and the technological knowledge from Ariadne.



** Much of the backstory of ''Loony Labyrinth'' is retconned as the result of Daedalus' inventions, made possible using the advanced knowledge from Ariadne.

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** Much of the backstory The LostTechnology of ''Loony Labyrinth'' is retconned as the result of Daedalus' inventions, made possible using the advanced knowledge ImportedAlienPhlebotinum from Ariadne.



* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.

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* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.
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* StableTimeLoop: The invention of the Loony Machine forms a Stable Time Loop: Theseus travels to 2,000 B.C. with the Loony Machine, which Daedalus examines. After Theseus returns to the present day, Daedalus eventually (re-)invents it. However, Daedalus cannot power it because Icarus lost the Loony Stones, so Daedalus places the machine in the Labyrinth. it is excavated several thousand years later, and the player (as Theseus) uses it to travel back to 2,000 B.C....

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* StableTimeLoop: The invention of the Loony Machine forms a Stable Time Loop: Theseus travels to 2,000 B.C. with the Loony Machine, which Daedalus examines. After Theseus returns to the present day, Daedalus eventually (re-)invents it. However, Daedalus cannot power it because Icarus lost the Loony Stones, so Daedalus places the machine in the Labyrinth. it is excavated several thousand years later, and the player (as Theseus) finds the Loony Stones, then uses it the Machine to travel back to 2,000 B.C....

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* {{Retcon}}: Much of the backstory of ''Loony Labyrinth'' is retconned as the result of Daedalus' and Ariadne's inventions.

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* {{Retcon}}: {{Retcon}}:
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Much of the backstory of ''Loony Labyrinth'' is retconned as the result of Daedalus' and Ariadne's inventions.inventions, made possible using the advanced knowledge from Ariadne.
** In a minor case, the "Galopetra Stones" of ''Loony Labyrinth'' are now referred to as "Loony Stones".



* StableTimeLoop: Coupled with the backstory of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', the invention of the Loony Machine forms a Stable Time Loop.

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* StableTimeLoop: Coupled with the backstory of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', the The invention of the Loony Machine forms a Stable Time Loop.Loop: Theseus travels to 2,000 B.C. with the Loony Machine, which Daedalus examines. After Theseus returns to the present day, Daedalus eventually (re-)invents it. However, Daedalus cannot power it because Icarus lost the Loony Stones, so Daedalus places the machine in the Labyrinth. it is excavated several thousand years later, and the player (as Theseus) uses it to travel back to 2,000 B.C....

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* CargoShip: Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future where he can repair Ariadne, then the two of them can travel the universe together.


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* RoboShip: Invoked by the relationship between Daedalus and Ariadne. Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future to effect repairs Ariadne, so the two of them can travel the universe together.
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This game revisits the land of ancient Minos by introducing the Athenian scientist Daedalus and the sentient AI Ariadne. During the events of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', they had helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, but were unable to return with him to the present day. Recognizing the [[TimeMachine Loony Machine]] as his future handiwork, Daedalus set out to recreate it, in hopes of escaping to the future and finally repairing Ariadne. But before the two can perform their time jump, they are raided by their patron, King Minos, who desperate to keep their technological treasures for himself -- and the player must now use his pinball skills to save Daedalus and Ariadne...

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This game revisits the land of ancient Minos by introducing the Athenian scientist Daedalus and the Ariadne, a sentient AI Ariadne.he found in a wrecked spaceship. During the events of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', they had helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, but were unable to return with him to the present day. Recognizing the [[TimeMachine Loony Machine]] as his future handiwork, Daedalus set out to recreate it, in hopes of escaping to the future and finally repairing Ariadne. But before the two can perform their time jump, they are raided by their patron, King Minos, who desperate to keep their technological treasures for himself -- and the player must now use his pinball skills to save Daedalus and Ariadne...



* AncientAstronauts: The unnamed civilization that Ariadne came from this this to the ancient Greeks.

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* AncientAstronauts: The unnamed civilization that Ariadne came from this is this to the ancient Greeks.
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* TimeMachine: The Loony Machine.

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* StableTimeLoop

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* StableTimeLoopStableTimeLoop: Coupled with the backstory of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', the invention of the Loony Machine forms a Stable Time Loop.

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* CargoShip: Daedalus and Ariadne.
* DarkerAndEdgier

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* CargoShip: Daedalus and Ariadne.
Daedalus' ultimate goal is to travel to the future where he can repair Ariadne, then the two of them can travel the universe together.
* DarkerAndEdgierDarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth''.

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* AncientAstronauts: The unnamed civilization that Ariadne came from this this to the ancient Greeks.
* ArtificialIntelligence: Ariadne.



* DrivenByEnvy[=/=]EvilUncle: In the backstory, Daedalus had previously murdered his nephew out of jealousy at the latter's genius, and banished to the Isle of Crete as punishment.

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* DrivenByEnvy[=/=]EvilUncle: In the backstory, Daedalus had previously murdered his nephew out of jealousy at the latter's genius, and was banished to the Isle of Crete as punishment.punishment.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The technological knowledge from Ariadne.
* LowCultureHighTech: Ancient Minos is implied to be this, largely due to Daedalus' creations.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory of the game is spelled out with over 800 words in the instruction manual.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory of the game is spelled out with over 800 words [[http://www.littlewingpinball.com/doc/en/gameinfo/maddaedalus/mdstory.html an 800-word introduction]] in the instruction manual.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mad-daedalus_885.jpg]]

In 2010, Creator/LittleWing released '''Mad Daedalus,''' a DigitalPinballTable sequel to ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth''.

This game revisits the land of ancient Minos by introducing the Athenian scientist Daedalus and the sentient AI Ariadne. During the events of ''VideoGame/LoonyLabyrinth'', they had helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, but were unable to return with him to the present day. Recognizing the [[TimeMachine Loony Machine]] as his future handiwork, Daedalus set out to recreate it, in hopes of escaping to the future and finally repairing Ariadne. But before the two can perform their time jump, they are raided by their patron, King Minos, who desperate to keep their technological treasures for himself -- and the player must now use his pinball skills to save Daedalus and Ariadne...

''Mad Daedalus'' is available for the AppleMacintosh and [[IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]], with a free trial that unlocks to the full game. Compared to ''Loony Labyrinth,'' this is a DarkerAndEdgier sequel, with faster and more challenging gameplay to go with its more serious tone.

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!!''Mad Daedalus'' demonstrates the following tropes:

* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory of the game is spelled out with over 800 words in the instruction manual.
* CargoShip: Daedalus and Ariadne.
* DarkerAndEdgier
* DrivenByEnvy[=/=]EvilUncle: In the backstory, Daedalus had previously murdered his nephew out of jealousy at the latter's genius, and banished to the Isle of Crete as punishment.
* {{Retcon}}: Much of the backstory of ''Loony Labyrinth'' is retconned as the result of Daedalus' and Ariadne's inventions.
* SelfDuplication: The backstory briefly mentions Icarus, Daedalus' clone and assistant.
* StableTimeLoop
* WizardMode: "Spatiotemporal Rendezvous", which can only be activated after defeating the Minotaur, exploring all three underground tunnels, collecting the Ariadne Award from King Minos Frenzy, and completing the Power Plant. This is a four-ball multiball, and the player can shoot the Minos Palace and the Mino Chamber to restart King Minos Frenzy and Minotaur Multiball. The objective is to simply score as many points as possible before multiball ends.

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