History Trivia / Phantasmagoria

* ActorInspiredElement: Adrienne's jeans were not originally part of her costume. The actress wore them in on the first day of filming and the producer decided they were perfect. The actress states that, being already somewhat worn, they were held together by duct tape by the end of shooting.

** [[WordOfGod According to Ken Williams]], Roberta had filmed a scene that had Adrienne topless, exposing her bare breasts to the camera. Fearing the worst from the then-recently founded ESRB, they had edited it down so you could only see a brief flash of sideboob.

** [[WordOfGod According to Ken Williams]], Roberta had filmed a scene that had Adrienne topless, exposing her bare breasts to the camera. Fearing the worst from the then-recent ESRB, they had edited it down so you could only see a brief flash of sideboob.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Australia]]: Regina's death made so, although the rape scene, the other deaths and the violence more than likely had a hand in it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Poking around in the game's audio files reveals hints from the Hintkeeper (the skull in the HUD) during the final chase scene were recorded, but ultimately went unused due to the frantic nature of the scene.

* NamesTheSame: Developer Roberta Williams shares the name of the wife of Australian gangster Carl Williams, who launched a war that left some twenty dead before he was caught.

* DevelopmentHell: The game took three years to make, the filming itself taking three months. Williams initially came up with the concept in 1992, under the name ''Scary Tales'', with a basic outline of what would be ''Phantasmagoria'''s plot, including a female protagonist, a magician, and illusions. After researching some horror films and novels, she, along with Sierra art director Andy Hoyos, beefed the script to 253 pages.

* DelevopmentGag: During the installation of the game, a folder under the name "SCARY" is created, referencing the original title of the game, mentioned below.

* DevelopmentHell: Roberta supposedly had the idea for a live-action horror-mystery game in her mind since the late 80's, but the state of technology back then couldn't support such a concept for another 4-5 years.

* DevelopmentHell: Roberta supposedly had the idea of a live-action horror-mystery game in her mind since the late 80's, but the state of technology back then couldn't support such a concept for another 4-5 years.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** The man who plays Malcolm voiced the Sultan in Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. Good luck unhearing it.
** As if he's not messed up already, he's being attended to by Mother Superior from ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight''.
** The MC of Carno's magic show is [[VideoGame/KingsQuest King Graham]] himself, Creator/JoshMandel, in one of his very few live-action roles at Sierra.
** In the Japanese port, Don is voiced by Creator/KozoShioya.

** As if he's not messed up already, he's being attended too by Mother Superior from ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight''.

** The MC of Carno's magic show is [[VideoGame/KingsQuest King Graham]] himself, Josh Mandel, in one of his very few live-action roles at Sierra.

** The MC of Carno's magic show is [[VideoGame/KingsQuest King Graham]] himself, Josh Mandel, in his only live-action role at Sierra.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The man who plays Malcolm voiced the Sultan in Disney's ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. Good luck unhearing it.
** As if he's not messed up already, he's being attended too by Mother Superior from Silent Night Deadly Night.

* BannedInAustralia: Regina's death made so, although the rape scene, the other deaths and the violence more than likely had a hand in it.