Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria is a PC adventure game developed and published by Sierra in 1995. A much lower-resolution version was ported two years later to the Sega Saturn, but only in Japan. A spiritual sequel, Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh, was developed over a year later.

Hintkeeper Lines
The Hintkeeper is the red skull in the bottom-left corner of the screen who provides hints to the player when they are stuck. He has vocal samples for each of the seven discs (seven chapters), except the chase climax during the end of the last disc. Even though they were recorded and left on the disc, they are never played. Roberta Williams, the game's designer, addressed this in an interview, claiming that the player would not have time to stop and listen to the Hintkeeper while attempting to navigate the last time-limited and reaction-based part of the game.

a0110e00.031: Look closer at the sarcophagus in the crypt; take the rosary beads. a0110e00.041: ''Head to the backstage make-up room. Find the snowman in Don's vest pocket.'' a0110e00.041: Quickly, run out the door. a0110e00.0a1: Go to the attic, you need the cameo broach in the old trunk. a0110e00.0c1: Grab the drain cleaner with your free hand. a0110e00.0d1: Run to the nursery to get the glass shard lying on the floor. a0110e00.0f1: ''Quickly search Don's vest lying on the make-up room floor. Find the snowman ornament.'' a0110e00.0g1: When Don is not in the darkroom, run back there, grab the spell book on the center table. a0110e00.0i1: ''Quickly pull the lever on the chair with your free hand. Unfortunately, you have to kill Don.'' a0110e00.0j1: Run to the now open theater's secret panel. a0110e00.0k1: Run down the passage to the broken stairs.
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.031.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.041.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.061.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0a1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0c1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0d1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0f1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0g1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0i1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0j1.ogg]]
 * [[File:Phantasmagoria A0110e00.0k1.ogg]]

Unused Text
Unused text from inside the resource files.

Missing Chapter
This file contains debugging strings along with an entry for a "Chapter 8". Phantasmagoria "only" ships with seven discs, each containing one chapter. 1	0	0	1	97	Memory fragmented 1	0	2	1	97	Debug 1	0	1	1	97	So what? 2	0	3	1	97	Chapter 1 2	0	3	2	97	Chapter 2 2	0	3	3	97	Chapter 3 2	0	3	4	97	Chapter 4 2	0	3	5	97	Chapter 5 2	0	3	6	97	Chapter 6 2	0	3	7	97	Chapter 7 2	0	3	8	97	Chapter 8 2	0	0	1	97	 < Restore > 2	0	4	1	97	Where to?

Missing Rooms
This file contains strings for rooms which don't exist in the final version. There is no 3rd floor hallway in the mansion, and Collectables is unknown. Chapter 8 is mentioned again. 2	0	3	1	1	Chapter 1 2	0	3	2	1	Chapter 2 2	0	3	3	1	Chapter 3 2	0	3	4	1	 Chapter 4 2	0	3	5	1	 Chapter 5 2	0	3	6	1	 Chapter 6 2	0	3	7	1	 Chapter 7 2	0	3	8	1	 Chapter 8 2	0	1	1	1	   Intro 2	0	6	1	99	Chapter (1-7) 2	0	4	1	1	Where to? 2	0	2	1	1	 < Restore > 2	0	5	1	99	Kitchen 2	0	5	2	99	Dining Room 2	0	5	3	99	Test 2	0	5	4	99	Reception Hall 2	0	5	5	99	Library 2	0	5	6	99	Collectables 2	0	5	7	99	Carno's Bedroom 2	0	5	8	99	Maries' Bedroom 2	0	5	9	99	2nd floor hallway 2	0	5	10	99	3rd floor hallway 2	0	5	11	99	Basement 2	0	5	12	99	Chapter 7

Dummy Strings
The following strings seem to pad most of the textual resource files. 0	1	0	1	99	Yep, there it is! 3	30	0	1	99	Coffee 3	4	0	1	99	Coffee 1	30	0	1	99	Pantry Door 2	30	0	1	99	Stove 23	4	0	1	99	The table feels smooth and well worn. 23	1	0	1	99	A table occupies the center of the room.

Bogus Messages
Textual resource files which don't contain the above padding strings contain a variety of "bogus" messages. 0	0	0	1	99	*** bogus message for room 31100 0	0	0	1	99	*** bogus message for room 31200 0	0	0	1	99	*** bogus message for room 31300 0	0	0	1	99	*** bogus message for 32100 0	0	0	1	99	*** bogus message for 32200

Miscellaneous Strings
Strings that don't belong anyplace else. 1	4	0	1	99	Cups. 1	4	0	1	99	Oh, jeez! 1	1	0	1	99	My God! What IS this? 1	1	0	2	99	Ooo...it's clammy. 1	4	0	1	99	Oh, Shit! 1	1	0	1	99	What in the world is this?