Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
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| Developers | |
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| Infogrames | |
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| 1993-2003 | Infogrames |
| 2003-present | Atari |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | March 25, 1993 |
| Windows (DOSBox) | July 21, 2015[1] |
| Linux (DOSBox) | July 21, 2015[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Flip screen |
| Controls | Direct control, Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure, Action |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Lovecraftian, Horror, North America |
| Series | Call of Cthulhu |
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Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet is a singleplayer flip screen adventure and action game in the Call of Cthulhu series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
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| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Configuration is stored in the save file in binary form.
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\INFOGRAM\SHADOW.CD\*.SAV[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/data/INFOGRAM/SHADOW.CD/*.SAV<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/389470/pfx/[Note 3] |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Windows | <path-to-game>\INFOGRAM\SHADOW.CD\*.SAV[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Linux | <path-to-game>/data/INFOGRAM/SHADOW.CD/*.SAV <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/389470/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sliders for Music and Sound. Speech is toggle only. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | DOSBox does not mute audio in background. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 80386 16 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | VGA 256 color | |
| Sound (audio device) | Sound Blaster compatible | |
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_savesfolder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (389470) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.