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Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria	1995
Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh	1996

Phantasmagoria is a singleplayer adventure game in the Phantasmagoria series.

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		Requires disc swapping every chapter. Released on 7 CDs.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).^[2]
Steam		Uses DOSBox.

Demos are 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 the user interface to access options. Change the 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)	<SteamLibrary-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)	<SteamLibrary-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		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

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.
General MIDI audio

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
Japanese
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]
Open `<path-to-game>\Phant\DOSBOX\dosboxPHANT_single.conf` with a text editor. Go to the `[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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (501990) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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 - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Non-interlaced lines for the intro FMV? | GOG Forum
↑ Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-31

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (501990) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (501990) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[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 - last accessed on May 2023

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

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

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

[1]

[2]

[3]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[4]

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+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 10, 2010|wrapper=ScummVM, DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_phantasmagoria|title=New release: Phantasmagoria - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Digitized, Pre-rendered graphics }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Horror }}
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+}}
+{{Introduction
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 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows, Mac OS }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | Requires disc swapping every chapter. Released on 7 CDs. | | DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows, Mac OS }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | phantasmagoria | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] <br /> [[DOSBox]] version is also available (when using [[Store:GOG.com|GOG Galaxy]]).<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | phantasmagoria | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [https://www.scummvm.org/ ScummVM] <br /> [[DOSBox]] version is also available (when using [[Store:GOG.com|GOG Galaxy]]).<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 501990 | Steam | Uses [[DOSBox]]. |  | Windows }}
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-{{ii}} A demo is available from [https://www.scummvm.org/demos/#sierra ScummVM].
+{{ii}} Demos are available from [https://www.scummvm.org/demos/#sierra ScummVM].
 ==Essential improvements==
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 {{Fixbox|description=Change in-game option|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/phantasmagoria_series/non_interlaced_lines_for_the_intro_fmv Non-interlaced lines for the intro FMV? | GOG Forum]</ref>|fix=
 # Start a new game.
-# Click on the big stylized '''P''' letter in the middle of your user interface to access options.
+# Click on the big stylized '''P''' letter in the middle of the user interface to access options.
-# Change a movie mode from '''Half Screen''' to '''Full Screen'''.
+# Change the movie mode from '''Half Screen''' to '''Full Screen'''.
 # Click on '''More'''.
 # Change '''Movie Detail''' setting to '''On''' to remove interlaced lines.
@@ Line 218: / Line 227: @@
 |red book cd audio        =
 |red book cd audio notes  =
 |general midi audio       = true
 |general midi audio notes =
 }}
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 ===Objects spin too fast when you inspect them / elements of a game run too fast===
 {{Fixbox|description=Set the cycles limit|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide_machine|date=2016-08-31}}</ref>|fix=
-# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\Phant\DOSBOX\dosboxPHANT_single.conf}} with a text editor.
+# Open {{file|{{p|game}}\Phant\DOSBOX\dosboxPHANT_single.conf}} with a text editor.
-# Go to <code>[cpu]</code> section.
+# Go to the <code>[cpu]</code> section.
-# Change <code>cycles=max</code> to <code>cycles=fixed 26800</code>
+# Change <code>cycles=max</code> to <code>cycles=fixed 26800</code>.
 }}
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
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 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
 |linux executable notes =
+|mac os powerpc app     = unknown
+|mac os 68k app         = true
+|mac os executable notes=
 }}

Developers

	Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Activision
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]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Digitized, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Horror, Supernatural
Series	Phantasmagoria