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Shadow of the Comet

1993 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1155168
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Summary

Shadow of the Comet is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Norbert Cellier[3]
  • Screenwriter: Hubert Chardot[4]
  • Composer: Philippe Vachey[5]
  • Publisher: Infogrames[6]
  • Genre: adventure video game[7]
  • Developer: Infogrames[8]
  • Platform: DOS[9], Microsoft Windows[10]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[11]
  • Language of work or name: English[12]
  • Distribution format: floppy disk[13], digital distribution[14], digital download[15]
  • Review score: 90%[16]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[17]
  • Country of origin: France[18]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1993[19]
  • Distributed by: Steam[20], GOG.com[21]
  • Narrative location: United States[22]
  • Game artist: Yaël Barroz[23]
  • P14470: Games/Call_of_Cthulhu_Shadow_of_the_Comet[24]

Why It Matters

Shadow of the Comet has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

computer keyboard DOS floppy disk France Infogrames Microsoft Windows United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GOG.com. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . mobygames.com. mobygames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'lld']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Applies to part: CD-ROM, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289816|batch #289816]]"
  2. 23d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 90%
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Review score: 90%, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  3. 14w ago · Teiron · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 5761
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gry-online game id: 5761, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180136172|Shadow of the Comet (#180136172)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online game"
  4. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Director → Norbert Cellier
    Narrative location → United States
    Instance of → —
    Game artist → Yaël Barroz
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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