Phantasmagoria

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

1 Availability
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 Improve FMV scaling and remove interlaced lines
3 Game data
4 Video settings
- 4.1 Windowed
5 Input settings
6 Audio settings
- 6.1 Localizations
7 Issues fixed
- 7.1 Objects spin too fast when you inspect them / elements of a game run too fast
8 Other information
- 8.1 API
9 System requirements
10 Notes
11 References

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).^[1]
Steam

The Steam release uses DOSBox.

Essential improvements[edit]

Improve FMV scaling and remove interlaced lines[edit]

Change in-game option^[2]

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[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

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

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings - Page 1.

General settings - Page 2.

Graphics option	Option	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[edit]

Adjusting windowed mode in digital release^[3]

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):
1. Set the resolution in windowresolution= to a resolution you want. E.g. windowresolution=1280x960.
2. Change the output to output=opengl.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	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).

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects/Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available digitally. See this guide.
German
Italian
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed[edit]

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

Set the cycles limit^[3]

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[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486 25 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible

The Windows requirements refer to the digital releases.

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 Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Non-interlaced lines for the intro FMV? | GOG Forum
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-31

[Proton_path_note-3] 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-4] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

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

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

[Sui-5] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-31

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Developers

	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
	SCI2
Release dates
DOS	August 24, 1995
Windows	August 24, 1995
Mac OS (Classic)	August 1995