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[ScummVM], the best tool for playing obscure old PC games now supports the sublime FMV cheese of Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars and [Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness], a Lovecraftian adventure one YouTuber scored a 'terribly low 2/10' (www.pcgamer.com)
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ScummVM Blog - ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" sees the light

Crime Patrol (1993) Trailer

Crime Patrol 2 Drug Wars (1994) Trailer

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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I use it for The Longest Journey. Means you can add mods to make text more legible for example

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    TIL you can run Longest Journey with SCUMMVM! That's so cool. I remember the retail release on disc being quite fickle to run properly.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Runs perfectly. Arguably better than the Steam version directly (though that's where I bought it through) which kept crashing for me. Add on the mods recommended in the Steam community page and it gives it a big boost too. Highly recommended.

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    • [–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    The review for Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness (2000) on Steam (91 positive, 116 negative) and on GOG (3.3 with 56 reviews) suggests it's not total trash.

    And it's made by Microids, a relatively well known studio in the adventure games space. They made a bunch of early 3D euro-adventures starting from the early to mid 2000s including; the Syberia series, the Atlantis series, Amerzone (which recently saw a remake released).

    My personal favourite is Post Mortem (2002), which is a bit formulaic, but I like the 1920s Paris setting.

    A lot of their games are not on GOG and while you can find them without too much difficulty, I suspect some don't run well and require modding. I am personally curious about Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana; I like the setting, even if the main story seems somewhat cliche.

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