Shadow of the Comet (later repackaged as Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet) is a computer game in the adventure game genre. The game is based around H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. A follow-up game, Prisoner of Ice, was also published, though Prisoner of Ice is not a direct sequel.
The game uses many elements from Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow over Innsmouth. The Necronomicon, as well as Lovecraft himself (under a different n...
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Shadow of the Comet (later repackaged as Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet) is a computer game in the adventure game genre. The game is based around H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. A follow-up game, Prisoner of Ice, was also published, though Prisoner of Ice is not a direct sequel.
The game uses many elements from Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and The Shadow over Innsmouth. The Necronomicon, as well as Lovecraft himself (under a different name), make cameo appearances in the game, along with well-known actors such as Jack Nicholson and Vincent Price.
The game takes place in 1910, and concerns the visit of a young British photographer, John Parker, to the isolated New England town of Illsmouth (an alteration on Lovecraft's Innsmouth) to witness and photograph the passage of Halley's Comet.
In 1834, on the last passing, Lord Boleskine visited the town after learning that certain conditions near the town would allow astronomical objects to be seen clearer and closer than on any...
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