Lure of the Temptress

Lure of the Temptress is a singleplayer third-person adventure game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Prepackaged with ScummVM.

The data files are available from the ScummVM website.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Freeware	Originally sold commercially, but now completely free to own.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\lure.ini
Windows	<path-to-game>\lure.ini^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\lure.001
Windows	<path-to-game>\lure.001^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

In-game menu.

ScummVM extends the otherwise limited settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only, see the ScummVM or DOSBox pages for more information. Some users may prefer to not use aspect ratio correction, due to the game using the same artwork as the 320x256 Amiga version.^[2]
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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Menu can be found in the upper part of the screen
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only sound ON/OFF
Surround sound
Subtitles		Text speed can be adjusted in the Help section of the menu
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio		Use ScummVM.

This game supports the Roland MT-32 for music, and takes advantage of the additional sound effects provided by the CM-32L/LAPC-I.^{[Note 2]}

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian				Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.Ru», Download ScummVM-Build or localization files.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Incorrect audio

In the prison cell, you should hear a classic water drop, and footsteps approaching. Under one incorrect form of audio, the water sounds like a bell, and the footsteps sound like slap bass, and is caused by an incorrect MIDI device.

ScummVM - change audio settings

Return to launcher and edit the game options. See Engine:ScummVM#Access individual game options
Under the Audio tab, enable Override global audio settings
Change Music decide to AdLib emulator, or MT-32 emulator.
- The latter requires additional files not included with ScummVM.
Click OK to save changes.

You can also edit lure.ini directly, and add music_driver=adlib or music_driver=mt32 to the game's section.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	EGA, MCGA, VGA

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.0
Processor (CPU)	12 MHz
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	28 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 colour VGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	23 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 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).
↑ ScummVM adds proper General MIDI support.

References

↑ Free games: Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ (4) DOS Gaming Aspect Ratio - 320x200 - YouTube

[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).

[.22MIDI.22-4] ScummVM adds proper General MIDI support.

[1] Free games: Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[3] (4) DOS Gaming Aspect Ratio - 320x200 - YouTube

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Revolution Software
Publishers
	Virgin Interactive
Engines
Original	Virtual Theatre
Re-release	ScummVM
Release dates
DOS	June 1992
Windows (ScummVM)	December 18, 2008^[1]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM)	October 20, 2011
Linux (ScummVM)	October 20, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Fantasy