Phantasmagoria is a rather large adventure game from Sierra in terms of CDs (7), not necessarily in length. You play Adrienne, who has just moved into an old mansion with her photographer husband Donald. Shortly after moving in, Adrienne begins to experience horrifying nightmares and have odd encounters inside the creepy old abode. Further, the house is having a severe effect on her husband, changing him for the worse and you must discover its secret before he (or the house) kills Adrienne.

The game places heavy emphasis on full motion video for exposition and cutscenes at various junctures to advance the storyline. Further, Adrienne is represented as a digitized character roaming around pre-rendered settings in the house. She inspects various rooms, finds items, adds them to her inventory, finds places to use the items, and triggers advancements in the storyline. There are 7 chapters to the game, and there is a status screen in the game which tracks your linear progress within the chapter.

If you happen to get stuck in the game, there is a talking skull icon who identifies himself as the hintkeeper. You can click on him to get out of a puzzle jam.

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Alternate Titles

""幽魂 1" -- Taiwan Title" -- "幽魂 1" -- Taiwan Title
"Phantasm" -- Japanese Sega Saturn Title
"로베르타 윌리엄즈의 판타스마고리아" -- Korean Title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria
	King's Quest 7 VII: Princeless Bride (PC)	Windows	$7.99
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User Reviews

Full of flaws, but atmospheric and overall very impressive	DOS	JazzOleg (53181)
The stereotype of an interactive movie - much more movie than interactive.	DOS	Mumm-Ra (387)
Quite horrible, really.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4491)
One of the most memorable gaming experiences I've had	Windows	hikari_no_tsubasa (11)
One of Sierras best and a great FMV!	Windows	Alex Misiti (76)
Technical Marvel, Gaming Disaster	Windows	Game22 (42)
A Campy Movie Adventure	Windows	Dustin Neal (9)
A memorable Horror Story, that has stuck in my mind since 1995.	Windows	Eric Ridenour (2)

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The Press Says

PC Joker	DOS	Oct, 1995	88 out of 100	88
Game Revolution	Windows	Sep 01, 1996	B+	83
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1995	68 out of 100	68
Adventure Classic Gaming	Windows	Apr 26, 1996	3 out of 5	60
La Aventura es la Aventura	DOS	Jun 16, 2006	60 out of 100	60
GameSpot	Windows 3.x	May 01, 1996	6 out of 10	60
Just Games Retro	DOS	Oct 20, 2006	51 out of 100	51
Power Play	DOS	Oct, 1995	46 out of 100	46
High Score	Windows 3.x	Nov, 1995	2 out of 5	40
High Score	Macintosh	Oct, 1996	2 out of 5	40

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Trivia

Adrienne wears the same outfit through 95% of the game. Dosen't she ever change her clothes? Or does she just have a closet full of the same outfit? The world may never know.

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