04 April 2008

Virtual Lovecraft Museum Update

So I've managed to extract some images from Shadow of the Comet's Lovecraft Museum, something I've been banging on about lately.

I'd been running Shadow of the Comet with VDMS, but it emulates DOS so well that it doesn't let me take screenshots. I reluctantly switched over to DOSBox -- an emulator that seems designed to make things more difficult than they ought be -- and after dicking around for half an hour I managed to get the Lovecraft Museum running in a window, ready and willing to be snapped.

Despite the pain, I encourage anyone with a copy of the CD version to fire it up, trudge through the DOSBox setup, and take a stroll through the museum. Each artifact and painting is accompanied by a small description spoken by the protagonist. Some of the descriptions are cleverly vague with a few subtle hints as to which story they relate to -- it's like a special game in itself for Lovecraft fans.

Here's a sample: