History Trivia / IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream

** In Croatian it wassimply called "AM".

** A UsefulNotes/PlayStation port was planned for release in Summer 1995, but was ultimately cancelled.

* ShrugOfGod: A unique case in that said shrug was the genesis of the game's basic story: when the developers asked ''why'' AM was torturing these five specific people, Ellison reportedly was stunned by the question, having never considered it while writing the original story.

** Creator/HarlanEllison wanted the game to be [[UnwinnableByDesign unwinnable]]. When David Sears responded that it would frustrate players, Ellison considered it "[[TrollingCreator a noble endeavor]]." Despite this, the finished game came with a [[MultipleEndings good ending]] ([[{{Irony}} that frustrated players]] [[GuideDangIt trying to achieve it]]). Though the German and French releases did turn out to be unwinnable, fulfilling his vision in a roundabout way.

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Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for:
* AndIMustScream
* WipeThatSmileOffYourFace (former Trope Namer is "I Have No Mouth")

* DummiedOut: The entire Nimdok section of the game was removed in the German and French releases due to it being set in a concentration camp, thus making the game {{unwinnable}}, as the final part of the game requires all five characters, [[GameBreakingBug and they did not alter the game to reflect the lack of Nimdok]].
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/HarlanEllison [[RidiculousProcrastinator wrote the story in one night]] and has stated his frustration that it's become so popular, while works to which he gave greater time and attention have been mostly forgotten.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: The two little boys are both voiced by an actual child.
* DeletedScene: As shown in the ''Series/GamesMaster'' "Gore Special" show ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWynWjCMs6A&t=17m19s Warning, NOT for the faint of heart]]), the game during development had gory scenes that are not present in the game we have today:
** More human bodies being hung on the meat hooks instead of beef.
** A small Beagle dog among the zeppelin's wired animals to which Gorrister has to feed a human heart. It was apparently replaced by the Jackal in the final product.
** Ellen being attacked by what seems to be a {{Mummy}}.
** [[spoiler:Benny]] eating a baby. This explains the presence of an empty cradle in the first cave on the left.
** Inventory items such as a silex rock and an Egyptian spear (possibly would have been used as weapons). The remote control, only useable in the endgame, would have been in Gorrister's possession in his scenario.
* DescendedCreator: Creator/HarlanEllison himself voices AM in the video game adaptation, and he clearly enjoyed the role.
* DummiedOut: The entire Nimdok section of the game was removed in the German and French releases due to it being set in a concentration camp, thus making the game {{unwinnable}}, as the final part of the game requires all five characters, [[GameBreakingBug and they did not alter the game to reflect the lack of Nimdok]].
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/HarlanEllison [[RidiculousProcrastinator wrote the story in one night]] and has stated his frustration that it's become so popular, while works to which he gave greater time and attention have been mostly forgotten.
* SelfAdaptation: Creator/HarlanEllison was heavily involved in the writing and development of the video game, and even [[DescendedCreator voiced AM himself]].
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Nimdok's segment in the Nazi concentration camp has [[ArcSymbol the symbol of A.M.]] replacing the swastika. This was implemented out of hopes of helping the game get into European markets without being censored; these efforts were unsuccessful, but they still work in-game since they perfectly reflect A.M.'s ItsAllAboutMe PsychopathicManchild personality.
* ShrugOfGod: A unique case in that said shrug was the genesis of the game's basic story: when the developers asked ''why'' AM was torturing these five specific people, Ellison reportedly was stunned by the question, having never considered it while writing the original story.
* TalkingToHimself: There are a number of actors who did greater numbers of characters. These include:

** Creator/HarlanEllison wanted the game to be [[UnwinnableByDesign unwinnable]]. When David Sears responded that it would frustrate players, Ellison considered it "[[TrollingCreator a noble endeavor]]." Despite this, the finished game came with a [[MultipleEndings good ending]] ([[{{Irony}} that frustrated players]] [[GuideDangIt trying to achieve it]]).

* SelfAdaptation: Creator/HarlanEllison was heavily involved in the writing and development of the video game.

* ShrugofGod: A unique case in that said shrug was the genesis of the game's basic story: when the developers asked ''why'' AM was torturing these five specific people, Ellison reportedly was stunned by the question, having never considered it while writing the original story.

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: Due to the Nimdok scenario being dummied out from the French and German versions of the game, the GoldenEnding is inaccessible on those versions of the game.

* UnwinnableByDesign: Due to the Nimdok scenario being dummied out from the French and German versions of the game, the GoldenEnding is inaccessible on those versions of the game.

* BannedInChina: The entire Nimdok section of the game was removed in the German and French releases due to it being set in a concentration camp, thus making the game {{unwinnable}}, as the final part of the game requires all five characters, [[GameBreakingBug and they did not alter the game to reflect the lack of Nimdok]].

* ImageSource:
** AndIMustScream

* CrossDressingVoices: Averted with the two little boys who are both voiced by an actual child.

* DeletedScene: As shown in the ''Series/{{Gamesmaster}}'' "Gore Special" show ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWynWjCMs6A&t=17m19s Warning, NOT for the faint of heart]]), the game during development had gory scenes that are not present in the game we have today:

* CastingGag: The Angel is voiced by the same actor who voiced [[spoiler: Josef Mengele, who was nicknamed the "Angel of Death"]].

* DeletedScene: As shown in the Gamesmaster "Gore Special" show ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWynWjCMs6A&t=17m19s Warning, NOT for the faint of heart]]), the game during development had gory scenes that are not present in the game we have today:

* DescendedCreator: Ellison himself voices AM in the video game adaptation, and he clearly enjoyed the role.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Ellison [[RidiculousProcrastinator wrote the story in one night]] and has stated his frustration that it's become so popular, while works to which he gave greater time and attention have been mostly forgotten.
* SelfAdaptation: Harlan Ellison was heavily involved in the writing and development of the video game.

* BannedInChina: The entire Nimdok section of the game was removed in the German and French releases due to it being set in a concentration camp, thus making the game {{unwinnable}}, as the final part of the game requires all five characters, [[WhatAnIdiot and they did not alter the game to reflect the lack of Nimdok]].

** Although Nimdok's scenario was subtly altered to avoid actually naming the setting or its elements (for example, the obvious Jews were called "the lost tribe"), it was not enough.
** Except [[spoiler: Nimdok explicitly identifies himself as Jewish when he looked into the mirror.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In the [[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream game adaptation]], Creator/HarlanEllison was asked why AM chose to torture these five humans specifically. Harlan replied that nobody had ever asked him that question before, and they built the game on that.