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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 You (www.pcgamer.com)
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ScummVM Blog - ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" sees the light

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Crime Patrol 2 Drug Wars (1994) Trailer

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[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.