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Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion

Windows - 1999

Description from the publisher:

It's New Year's Eve, 1938. On board the private yacht of the wealthy and eccentric Ian Masque, you find yourself part of a "select" group of guests invited to an "unusual" New Year's Eve party. Each guest has a story to tell, but their connection to you and to each other remains hidden. Something strange is bound to happen, and everyone is a suspect.

Get ready to put your best deductive reasoning to work and unravel the true story behind this game. Along the way, you'll find challenging puzzles to solve and minimysteries to unlock. This is a totally engaging mystery adventure that is sure to keep supersleuths entertained--from the opening scene to the exciting cliffhanging climax.

How to Play

Install & play guide:

  • Mount the .ISO disc image of Disc 1. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 102% or Daemon Tools Lite
  • If you're using Windows 10, use updated Disc 1 with new installer that is compatible with 64-bit systems
  • Install the game
  • Also it is recommended to install DirectX 6 from the disc
  • Install the patch
  • Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't run - open the directory with the game and find Fatal_Illusion.exe. Right click on Fatal_Illusion.exe - Properties - Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows XP or Windows 2000" and "Run as administrator"
  • During the game, at some point you will see the message "Please insert Disc 2" and "Please insert Disc 3" - when you see it, mount the .ISO disc images of Disc 2 and Disc 3 into the same virtual drive as Disc 1 (First right click on the mounted drive and select "Eject", then mount the .ISO of the following drives)

Modern Systems Installer installs automatically, it includes the patch.

The game with patch has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10, works with no problem

Comments and reviews

KASUMI65 31 May. 2026

French :
https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf_abandon/ltf_jeu.php?id=3287&fic=liens

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mike 22 Feb. 2026

i run modern system installer and when it runs it shows a split screen and fuzz screen and I have tried every compatibility (Win 10 user)

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Failbit 31 May. 2025

For those that get a crash when trying to get into the preferences, set the game resolution to 800x600 by right clicking into Fatal_Illusion.exe, then properties, go to the compatibility tab and check the option, along with "disable fullscreen optimizations".

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Spa 29 Nov. 2024

This game seems to be nice, fantastic 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🤙

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AngryBogle 02 Nov. 2023

Used the modern installer and everything appears to be correctly installed however I lose mouse and keyboard controls in game. I can't figure out a fix for it.

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noneed 03 Oct. 2022

When I try to open the preferences the crashes instantly. I really need to decrease the music volume but I can't.

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Qvalken 09 Sep. 2022

Is this game can play emulator ScummVM ?

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admin 20 Jul. 2022
Top comment
Admin

We updated the game, added the installation instructions and updated version of Disc 1.

Easiest way to play the game on modern systems - download Modern Systems Installer, it is the pack with custom installer all-in-one, it includes the full content of all 3 game discs and patch

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Warlord 12 Jul. 2022

Wow i really didn't know that there where Clue Games

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Fear57 12 Jul. 2022

I thought I'd never see this again. I used to own the physical discs as a child. An excellent puzzle/adventure game that sadly never took off into the franchise it wanted to be. There were supposed to be two more sequels but they never came. A must play for those looking for adventure and puzzle and/or a fan of Clue.

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Downloads

Windows version
Modern Systems Installer (works on Windows 10)
United Kingdom English
1.6 GB
Disc 1
United Kingdom English
599 MB
Disc 2
United Kingdom English
590 MB
Disc 3
United Kingdom English
589 MB
Disc 1 with updated installer, compatible with 64-bit systems (works on Windows 10)
United Kingdom English
599 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
Windows 594 KB English English
Patch Patch 1
Extra file
Windows 10 MB English English

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