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Shadow of the Comet (CD-ROM) - Infogrames (1996)
Tested By: Vess

runnable - playable - supported

100% (supported)

DOSBox version: 0.74-3 (supported)

runnable - playable - supported

100% (supported)

DOSBox version: 0.72 (supported)

runnable - playable - supported

100% (supported)

DOSBox version: 0.71 (supported)

runnable - playable - supported

100% (supported)

DOSBox version: 0.65 (supported)

runnable - playable - supported

90% (supported)

DOSBox version: 0.63 (supported)

runnable - playable - supported

85% (supported)

DOSBox version: 0.60 (supported)

no install, only extract (2021-05-06 07:45)

fpoa

Other way for play the game:
Copy the folder INFOGRAM inside of the ISO to the root of the mounted folder. Run the game:
MOUNT C [FOLDER] (mine is C:GAMESSHADOW)
CD INFOGRAMSHADOW.CD
SHADOW

Running game from image without installing (2021-01-08 01:12)

ner0

[autoexec]
@echo off
mount c .
imgmount d "Call of Cthulhu - Shadow of the Comet.iso" -t iso -fs iso
if not exist c:INFOGRAM mkdir c:INFOGRAM
if not exist c:INFOGRAMSHADOW.CD mkdir c:INFOGRAMSHADOW.CD
if not exist c:INFOGRAMSHADOW.CDSHADO_CD.CFG copy d:SHADO_CD.CFG c:INFOGRAMSHADOW.CD
d:
SHADOW.EXE
exit

EMS enabled (2016-11-10 02:16)

JimmiX

the game doesn't tell but
EMS have to be enabled using

ems=true

the game runs perfectly with iso in dosbox 0.74,
if i insert -label it doesn't find the file, i don't know why, anyway the game runs without

Fix for install problems (2015-10-06 14:58)

IkeFox

I tried the multilingual CD version in DOSBox 0.74 and I had to mount the CD drive using

mount d /mount/point -t cdrom -label SHADOWCD

to successfully install the game. When using the mount command without the -t and -label options the install.exe only gives the error message "Install path must be C:infogramshadow.cd".

Of course you also have to mount a C drive in DOSBox, or else the install.exe only shows an empty screen with some French text at the bottom.

Tested in DOSBox version 0.74 (2010-09-12 18:03)

AdventuresUnited

Game version: multilingual CD-version from 1994
Game media: CD-ROM (1)
Soundcard settings: FM/Samples:Soundblaster

The game is working perfectly fine in DOSBox with a setting of apx. 10.000 cycles. In order to get the character walking faster, the animation speed could be increased in the game options. The game performed best playing it from an ISO image created from the game CD. By the way, as a bonus the game CD includes a visit to the Lovecraft museum to be started with â€œmuseumâ€.

CD Label (2007-08-13 04:18)

coton

Using DOSBox 0.71 under Linux I had to set the CD label as "SHADOWCD" when mounting it in order for the game to install:

mount d /mount/point -t cdrom -label SHADOWCD

Or else the game would continually prompt to insert the disk.

Other than that the game runs perfectly.

DOSBox version 0.63 (2004-12-05 04:49)

Altomar

Very good game.I finished it in dosbox without any problem.

Compatibility statistics (3929 games in database)

Version:	Games broken:	Games runnable:	Games playable:	Games supported:
DOSBox 0.74-3 (1255)	16 (1.27%)	34 (2.71%)	48 (3.82%)	1157 (92.19%)
DOSBox 0.73 (644)	16 (2.48%)	23 (3.57%)	17 (2.64%)	588 (91.30%)
DOSBox 0.72 (722)	45 (6.23%)	24 (3.32%)	31 (4.29%)	622 (86.15%)
DOSBox 0.71 (164)	29 (17.68%)	12 (7.32%)	8 (4.88%)	115 (70.12%)
DOSBox 0.70 (952)	23 (2.42%)	17 (1.79%)	29 (3.05%)	883 (92.75%)
DOSBox 0.65 (727)	39 (5.36%)	30 (4.13%)	41 (5.64%)	617 (84.87%)
DOSBox 0.63 (918)	76 (8.28%)	45 (4.90%)	46 (5.01%)	751 (81.81%)
DOSBox 0.62 (394)	56 (14.21%)	24 (6.09%)	27 (6.85%)	287 (72.84%)
DOSBox 0.61 (998)	87 (8.72%)	59 (5.91%)	68 (6.81%)	784 (78.56%)
DOSBox 0.60 (774)	108 (13.95%)	73 (9.43%)	72 (9.30%)	521 (67.31%)
DOSBox 0.58 (1149)	266 (23.15%)	15 (1.31%)	20 (1.74%)	848 (73.80%)

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