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Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria	1995
Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh	1996

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).^[2]
Steam		Uses DOSBox.

A demo is available from ScummVM.

Essential improvements

Improve FMV scaling and remove interlaced lines

Change in-game option^[3]
Start a new game. Click on the big stylized P letter in the middle of your user interface to access options. Change a movie mode from Half Screen to Full Screen. Click on More. Change Movie Detail setting to On to remove interlaced lines.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/501990/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\Phant\PHANTSG.*^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/501990/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

General settings - Page 1.

General settings - Page 2.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use `Alt`+`↵ Enter` in digital release (DOSBox). See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed

Adjusting windowed mode in digital release^[4]
Edit `<path-to-game>\Phant\DOSBOX\dosboxPHANT.conf` with a text editor. To start the game in windowed mode, set `fullscreen=` to `false`. To modify window resolution (image will be upscaled): Set the resolution in `windowresolution=` to a resolution you want. E.g. `windowresolution=1280x960`. Change the `output` to `output=opengl`.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects/Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available digitally. See this guide.
German				Not available digitally. Use this patch for the Steam/GOG version.
Italian
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Objects spin too fast when you inspect them / elements of a game run too fast

Set the cycles limit^[4]
Edit `<path-to-game>\Phant\DOSBOX\dosboxPHANT_single.conf` with a text editor. Go to `[cpu]` section. Change `cycles=max` to `cycles=fixed 26800`

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA, SVGA (VESA)

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0	6.22
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486 25 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA	VESA
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Windows 3.x
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x480 resolution
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486DX2
System memory (RAM)	12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x480 resolution
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7.1	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68040
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other	2x CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/501990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (501990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ New release: Phantasmagoria - GOG.com
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Non-interlaced lines for the intro FMV? | GOG Forum
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-31

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/501990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (501990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-5] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] New release: Phantasmagoria - GOG.com

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] Non-interlaced lines for the intro FMV? | GOG Forum

[Sui-6] 4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-31

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   |audio     = true
   |subtitles = n/a
-  |notes     = Not available digitally. Use [https://www.compiware-forum.de/downloads/file/218-phantasmagoria-german-patch this patch].
+  |notes     = Not available digitally. Use [https://www.compiware-forum.de/downloads/file/218-phantasmagoria-german-patch this patch] for the Steam/GOG version.
   |fan       =
 }}

Developers

	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
	SCI2
Release dates
DOS	August 24, 1995
Windows 3.x	August 24, 1995
Windows	August 24, 1995
Mac OS (Classic)	August 1995
Windows (ScummVM)	February 10, 2010^[1]
Reception
IGDB	60