Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Edgar Allan Poe-inspired games
• Female protagonists
• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Phantasmagoria series

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User Reviews

Full of flaws, but atmospheric and overall very impressive	DOS	Unicorn B. Lynx (61936)
The stereotype of an interactive movie - much more movie than interactive.	DOS	Mumm-Ra (385)
Quite horrible, really.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)
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 (84)
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)

The Press Says

Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Oct 31, 1995	89 out of 100	89
Joystick	Windows 3.x	Oct, 1995	75 out of 100	75
Joystick	DOS	Oct, 1995	75 out of 100	75
PC Player (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 1995	68 out of 100	68
Pelit	DOS	Aug, 1995	65 out of 100	65
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Jun 10, 2005	13 out of 20	65
GameSpot	Windows 3.x	May 01, 1996	6 out of 10	60
GameSpot	DOS	May 01, 1996	6 out of 10	60
Just Games Retro	Windows	Oct 20, 2006	51 out of 100	51
Adventure Gamers	Windows	Apr 16, 2003		30

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Trivia

The original title was going to be Scary Tales, but the name was changed as the script was written to become what it is today. There is a directory for temp files that the game installs called SCARY in honor of the early title