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Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet	1993
Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice	1995
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth	2006
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land	2012
Call of Cthulhu	2018

Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet is a singleplayer flip screen adventure and action game in the Call of Cthulhu series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Configuration is stored in the save file in binary form.

System	Location
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
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
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA

System requirements

DOS
	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
	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%\VirtualStore on 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 the cloud_saves folder 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.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Release: Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet + Prisoner of Ice - GOG.com

[gamedir-2] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[DOSBox_mounted-3] 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 the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[Proton_path_note-4] 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.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (389470) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Release: Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet + Prisoner of Ice - GOG.com

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

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-{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
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-{{Game data/config|Linux|}}
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 }}
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 {{Game data/saves|DOS|}}
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-{{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{P|game}}/data/INFOGRAM/SHADOW.CD/*.SAV}}
 }}
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 {{Input
-|key remap                 = unknown
+|key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
-|acceleration option       = unknown
+|acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = false
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = n/a
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |touchscreen               = unknown
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 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume           = unknown
+|separate volume           = true
-|separate volume notes     =
+|separate volume notes     = Sliders for Music and Sound. Speech is toggle only.
-|surround sound            = unknown
+|surround sound            = n/a
 |surround sound notes      =
-|subtitles                 = unknown
+|subtitles                 = true
 |subtitles notes           =
-|closed captions           = unknown
+|closed captions           = false
 |closed captions notes     =
-|mute on focus lost        = unknown
+|mute on focus lost        = false
-|mute on focus lost notes  =
+|mute on focus lost notes  = DOSBox does not mute audio in background.
 |eax support               =
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 |language  = English
+|interface = true
+|audio     = true
+|subtitles = true
+|notes     =
+|fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+|language  = French
+|interface = true
+|audio     = false
+|subtitles = true
+|notes     =
+|fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+|language  = German
+|interface = true
+|audio     = false
+|subtitles = true
+|notes     =
+|fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+|language  = Italian
+|interface = true
+|audio     = false
+|subtitles = true
+|notes     =
+|fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+|language  = Spanish
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
-|subtitles = false
+|subtitles = true
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
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 |recOS    = Vista, 7, 8, 10
+|recCPU   =
+|recRAM   =
+|recHD    =
+|recGPU   =
+}}
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = Linux
+|minOS    = Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
+|minCPU   = 2.0 GHz
+|minRAM   = 1 GB
+|minHD    =
+|minGPU   =
+|minVRAM  = 256 MB
+|recOS    =
 |recCPU   =
 |recRAM   =

Developers

	Infogrames
Publishers
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