Talk:Phantasmagoria (video game)

First actor as onscreen avatar

Wasn't it proceeded by Dark Seed, years earlier in 1992? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.88.64.193 (talk) 14:54, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

First Gay Kiss?

Was Phantasmagoria 2 the first FMV game with a gay kiss? Also the article says first "playable" bisexual character. Does anyone know if a bisexual character before Curtis? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thom Denick (talk • contribs) 19:52, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

There really was no gay kiss in this game. Curtis was stopped by his friend Trevor before a kiss was made. Trevor told Curtis that he didn't feel those kinds of feelings for him. That he only loved him as a friend. Comment added by Wendy S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.137.40 (talk) 17:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

"Force fed animal entrails?"

"(Remotely connected to their favorite occupation - for example, in one of the most controversial film sequences the chubby Regina is force fed animal entrails through a funnel until she suffocates.)"

Granted it's been 11 or 12 years since I played the game, but this part doesn't sound right at all. I remember a sequence where Zoltan force fed his wife dirt using a hand trowel, but there wasn't a funnel involved... much less animal entrails.

And I'm not sure what "chubby" is indicating. If she was pregnant I think that would be the preferable adjective, or if not, it could be left out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.98.46.66 (talk) 00:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

Well, I seem to recall a pretty disgusting sequence in which Zoltan does indeed stuff entrails through a funnel into Regina's (I assume) mouth, naming each of the delicacies before forcing them down the funnel. The greenhouse death scene involved another of Zoltan's wives. I remember two more: one involving a scene in the dining hall and the other taking place in the attic, where a torture device constructed by Zoltan stood. Funny how these things remained in my memory after all these years, but I'm pretty sure what's in the article is correct. I assume "chubby" refers to Regina's obesity (hence the method of killing mentioned). Cromag 06:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes another one was about to toast her husband(she was an alcoholic)but Zoltan grabs her head and pushes it through the glass bottle.Another wife is put in a trap where she is held in a cruxifixtion stature and her head is twisted past its limits(similar to the Rack Trap in Saw 3.Playboyoreo 06:02, 3 August 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Playboyoreo (talk • contribs)

What was edited out of Phastasmagoria 2?

Phantasmagoria is still my favourite computer game of all time and I still play it today. Was just reading this article and it says that the UK version was severely cut compared to the US version. Was just curious, what was edited out of the UK version that appears in the US version?

Paul Boland. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.202.173.1 (talk) 20:11, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

Article has a few flaws

This article has some design flaws which are not to standard with other Wiki titles, which aren't to my design expertise, but if someone could stylize it properly, it'd be much appreciated by everyone.

I also edited the article's wording and terms to make it seem more formal and less like it is a detailed summary on a fan-site. It was full of weasel wordings and opinionated type text; using "probably" a lot, for example.

The plot overview and the text itself, in general, is pretty well written and is now better because of the weasel word edits but it can be a lot better than it is. All good contributions should be made! Theseven7 09:36, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

little bit confusing?

There are 2 meanings to bluescreen. Jct400thz (talk) 23:07, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Is this statement correct?

It states: Phantasmagoria was "Sierra's first computer game targeted to an adult audience". However, the Leisure Suit Larry series produced since 1987 were also adult-themed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.50.1.102 (talk) 19:23, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

GameRankings

Consensus is to not use GameRankings unless it adds value atop or in the absence of Metacritic  czar 01:43, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Czar, the Metacritic score doesn't even exist anymore. All there is is the archive link to it. If anything we should remove the Metascore and replace it with GameRankings. GamerPro64 13:53, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Metacritic's still the standard, regardless of whether the page is live. Much of our coverage from the 90s is offline or archived. I'd have no contention here if the Metacritic page never existed (or went out of existence), but it does exist (in archived form), so we use it. czar 15:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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Source

• https://web.archive.org/web/19970714045542/http://www.newmedia.com:80/NewMedia/96/01/screens/Phantasmagoria.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/19961221190131/http://www.nuke.com:80/cgr/reviews/1195/phantasm/phantasm.htm

"MS-DOS the game worked with a megahertz chip"

This makes no sense. Is this supposed to be something like '"486-X" megahertz chip?' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.74.25 (talk) 00:27, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Best-selling where?

Was just telling off main page TFA contentmakers, that should be added country of origin and also confusing is, where it was best-selling, worldwide (as Australia is mentioned) or USA? And now am sorry for them, as this information is missing here in the first place. Any ideas, is there source from where to fix it?BirgittaMTh (talk) 04:52, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Skills Set

After roaming around where? I would have hoped for more from the gamer. As a point of interest, the city is where it takes place. Yes, it is a bmw. The honda Civic that makes an appearance in my walkthrough to beat the game was actually what started my interest in the sequel. To be sure you can find out if the woman is not or can be married in the game. So for sure, there were particular places that most of the time they had to market the game to older people so that minors would be afraid to play, hence "die in the game." It's for real as you know, that is why you bought it, correct. Make sure the controversy is not programming, I do that quite a bit myself. Keep it real and I hope the game works still fine now as it did back in `95. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:DFC0:6:65EC:B992:5A46:E444 (talk) 10:04, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Double Whammy

If at all possible, you can kill characters like in town or whatnot. If at any time you tire of the videos of people playing the game through very quickly, like in `The Legend of Zelda`; Then perhaps you may be better suited to rely on outsider information on how to "watch TV"...as seen in the game ZELDA for the Nintendo. Lets be honest, a lot of people have played the game and have better experience when not trying to beat the game as I did. As a matter of fact, quite a few things have been left out. I hope this helps. As for what needs to be said about this game. The teenager hired to play the part is named Julie Riojas and she stars as Roberta Williams. The helpers name, her husband, is playing Ken Williams. That's pretty much what I found out. The resort home used in the game is supposed to be real, hence all the early hype on this game over 20 years ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:1301:877E:B165:424:F6CD:F7BF (talk) 04:02, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

What reliable secondary sources can you provide to support the information you have shared with us here? Elizium23 (talk) 04:06, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Source

• Computer Game Review review
• https://web.archive.org/web/20021229141008/http://anthonylarme.tripod.com:80/phantas/phintrw.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190121021826/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-14/business/fi-2994_1_roberta-williams
• https://web.archive.org/web/20010210042452/http://adventurecollective.com/articles/interview-robertawilliams.htm

Uxoricide category

I am not sure if this warrants an "Uxoricide in fiction" category, because the act is never actually committed, and according to the summary, hardly even attempted. It's hinted a lot because this dude killed in a previous existence, but I am not sure if it is WP:DEFINING here. Elizium23 (talk) 01:54, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

A hook up Authority

The sequel used a CGI character who was not registered to be in the laser business, so when he came there to eat at 'work,' everybody already knew who was. This video game is better than the first because it's usage of computer generated images or Disney CGI was kept quit until it was used "again." Well, what do you think is the point of beating this game, if the sequel will not let you play the main character, who was never able to show up to work in the first place, because he is not really a paid actor like the other two were, given that they look like familiars. To be honest with you, Curtis Craig looks kind of uneven too, however he is somewhat placed in his home by a `good` family. He looks like he works at CompUSA or was the inventor of Compuserve as directed by CGI actors' in Uncanny (2015.) Maybe if you played the first one, you might have liked to have known how the sequel was filmed by the same people who filmed the previous and original. This is clever and well put. Nobody knew they were not even rock-stars! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.186.58.156 (talk) 08:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)