Monday, June 16, 2008

The Colonel's Bequest

The Colonel's Bequest was the first Laura Bow game.  A college student named Laura Bow visits the sugar plantation of Colonel Dijon and must find out the Colonel's family secrets to uncover a murderer.

The Colonel's Bequest is now supported by ScummVM, a program designed to let 2D adventure games run on multiple platforms. With ScummVM, The Colonel's Bequest now runs on modern versions of windows, as well as Linux, Mac OS X, and many consoles such as Dreamcast, Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. For a complete list of platforms supported by ScummVM, see here.