<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
at	O
the	O
peak	O
of	O
popularity	O
for	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
games	O
and	O
features	O
live-action	O
actors	O
and	O
footage	O
,	O
both	O
during	O
cinematic	O
scenes	O
and	O
within	O
the	O
three-dimensionally	O
rendered	O
environments	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
200	O
people	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
making	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Williams	O
's	O
550-page	O
script	O
,	O
about	O
four	O
times	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
an	O
average	O
Hollywood	O
screenplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
featured	O
80	O
to	O
100	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
while	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
includes	O
more	O
than	O
1,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
seven	O
discs	O
after	O
multiple	O
delays	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
financial	O
success	O
,	O
grossing	O
$12	O
million	O
in	O
its	O
opening	O
weekend	O
and	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
bestselling	O
games	O
of	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Puzzle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Flesh	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
although	O
Williams	O
was	O
not	O
involved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
features	O
live-action	B-Application
actors	I-Application
and	I-Application
cinematic	I-Application
footage	I-Application
,	O
both	O
during	O
scenes	O
between	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
within	O
the	O
three-dimensionally	O
rendered	O
environments	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
when	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
games	O
were	O
at	O
the	O
peak	O
of	O
their	O
popularity	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
such	O
popular	O
computer	O
games	O
as	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
designer	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
,	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
deliberately	O
made	O
the	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
gameplay	O
and	O
interface	O
simple	O
,	O
unobtrusive	O
,	O
and	O
intuitive	O
so	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
more	O
accessible	O
and	O
less	O
frustrating	O
for	O
casual	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unbeknownst	O
to	O
the	O
happy	O
couple	O
,	O
Carno	O
had	O
practiced	O
black	B-Application
magic	I-Application
when	O
he	O
lived	O
in	O
the	O
mansion	O
and	O
had	O
summoned	O
an	O
evil	O
demon	B-Operating_System
that	O
possessed	O
him	O
and	O
caused	O
him	O
to	O
murder	O
his	O
wives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
opening	O
a	O
locked	O
box	O
atop	O
an	O
altar	O
,	O
Adrienne	O
unknowingly	O
releases	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
that	O
possessed	O
Carno	O
,	O
which	O
possesses	O
Don	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
repentant	O
Carno	O
tells	O
her	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
possessed	O
by	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
when	O
he	O
tried	O
to	O
learn	O
black	B-Application
magic	I-Application
to	O
use	O
in	O
his	O
performances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reveals	O
that	O
the	O
previously	O
trapped	O
demon	B-Operating_System
must	O
be	O
stopped	O
and	O
only	O
she	O
can	O
contain	O
it	O
once	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malcolm	O
reveals	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
he	O
who	O
had	O
originally	O
sealed	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
estate	O
's	O
chapel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malcolm	O
also	O
tells	O
Adrienne	O
about	O
a	O
ritual	O
that	O
can	O
eradicate	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
death	O
unleashes	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
pursues	O
Adrienne	O
through	O
the	O
mansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
escapes	O
long	O
enough	O
to	O
perform	O
a	O
ritual	O
that	O
traps	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
once	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
a	O
radically	O
different	O
game	O
for	O
Williams	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
designing	O
the	O
family-friendly	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
fantasy	O
adventure	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
her	O
first	O
horror	O
game	O
,	O
Williams	O
had	O
created	O
murder	O
and	O
crime	O
stories	O
in	O
her	O
earlier	O
mystery	O
games	O
,	O
Mystery	B-Application
House	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Laura	O
Bow	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
cited	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
King	O
and	O
Edgar	O
Allan	O
Poe	O
as	O
the	O
inspirations	O
behind	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
horror	O
game	O
for	O
eight	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
and	O
had	O
started	O
to	O
design	O
one	O
on	O
several	O
occasions	O
,	O
but	O
none	O
came	O
to	O
fruition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
game	O
script	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
like	O
a	O
film	O
screenplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
writing	O
stage	O
,	O
Williams	O
was	O
under	O
pressure	O
to	O
ensure	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
for	O
Sierra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
also	O
faced	O
concerns	O
from	O
her	O
husband	O
Ken	O
Williams	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
president	O
and	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Sierra	O
,	O
who	O
wanted	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
focus	O
more	O
on	O
lower-cost	O
,	O
combat-oriented	O
animated	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
concerned	O
about	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
violence	O
in	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
had	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
using	O
female	O
protagonists	O
in	O
her	O
games	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
Laura	O
Bow	O
series	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
wrote	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
with	O
the	O
mass	O
market	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
targeting	O
casual	O
players	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
die-hard	O
computer	O
game	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
chose	O
the	O
title	O
"	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
"	O
after	O
reading	O
the	O
word	O
in	O
a	O
reference	O
book	O
about	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
magic	O
and	O
magicians	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
17th-century	O
theatrical	O
horror	O
show	O
in	O
which	O
"	O
spirits	O
of	O
the	O
dead	O
"	O
were	O
revealed	O
in	O
a	O
darkened	O
theater	O
by	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
modified	O
magic	B-Device
lantern	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Hoyos	O
was	O
the	O
art	O
director	O
for	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Kim	O
White	O
,	O
Brandee	O
Prugh	O
and	O
Brian	O
Judy	O
were	O
among	O
the	O
computer	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Hood	O
,	O
a	O
veteran	O
Sierra	O
programmer	O
,	O
and	O
Mark	O
Seibert	O
served	O
as	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
project	O
managers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
using	O
the	O
3-D	O
software	O
package	O
Alias	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
computer	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
had	O
between	O
80	O
and	O
100	O
background	O
pictures	O
,	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
1,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twenty-five	O
professional	O
actors	O
were	O
cast	O
in	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
previously	O
appeared	O
in	O
several	O
films	O
by	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
director	O
Peter	O
Maris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
Sierra	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
live	O
actors	O
integrated	O
with	O
computer-generated	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
total	O
of	O
$	O
800,000	O
was	O
originally	O
budgeted	O
for	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
ended	O
up	O
costing	O
$4.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
cost	O
$1.5	O
million	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
was	O
overseen	O
by	O
studio	O
manager	O
Bill	O
Crow	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
essentially	O
started	O
with	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
studio.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
imaging	O
components	O
made	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
a	O
very	O
different	O
experience	O
for	O
Maris	O
than	O
his	O
usual	O
film	O
industry	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
scenes	O
in	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
involved	O
animals	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
Doberman	O
Pinscher	O
,	O
two	O
cats	O
,	O
a	O
beagle	O
and	O
several	O
rats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
scenes	O
filmed	O
for	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
were	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Phantasmagoria'''s	O
special	O
effects	O
,	O
Sierra	O
sought	O
the	O
professional	O
effects	O
house	O
The	O
Character	O
Shop	O
,	O
headed	O
by	O
senior	O
creature	O
maker	O
Rick	O
Lazzarini.Shannon	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
119	O
The	O
core	O
special	O
effects	O
team	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
consisted	O
of	O
Lazzarini	O
,	O
Michael	O
Esbin	O
and	O
Bill	O
Zahn.Shannon	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
121	O
Lazzarini	O
said	O
making	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
a	O
much	O
faster	O
and	O
more	O
cooperative	O
process	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
composers	O
Mark	O
Seibert	O
and	O
Jay	O
User	O
created	O
the	O
musical	O
score	O
for	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Neal	O
Grandstaf	O
providing	O
additional	O
music.Shannon	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
108	O
Most	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
is	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
real	O
instruments	O
with	O
synthesized	O
and	O
sampled	O
sounds	O
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
previous	O
Sierra	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
score	O
was	O
recorded	O
live	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
computer.Shannon	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
110	O
Themes	O
for	O
the	O
music	O
ranged	O
from	O
rock	O
and	O
roll	O
to	O
opera	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
deliberately	O
saved	O
the	O
most	O
intense	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
final	O
chapter	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
becomes	O
the	O
most	O
intense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
ready	O
in	O
June	O
1995	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
Sierra	O
organized	O
road	O
shows	O
that	O
month	O
to	O
market	O
18	O
of	O
its	O
new	O
games	O
,	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
not	O
among	O
them	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
ready	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
date	O
was	O
changed	O
once	O
more	O
to	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
stores	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
operating	O
system	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
came	O
out	O
first	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
then	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
spanned	O
eight	O
discs	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
fully	O
translated	O
and	O
dubbed	O
into	O
Japanese	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Outrigger	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Phantasm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
delays	O
,	O
Vince	O
Broady	O
,	O
executive	O
editor	O
of	O
the	O
monthly	O
publication	O
Multimedia	O
World	O
,	O
said	O
Sierra	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
attempting	O
to	O
avoid	O
the	O
same	O
mistakes	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
with	O
Outpost	B-Application
,	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
many	O
advertisements	O
and	O
reviews	O
,	O
but	O
then	O
over-promoted	O
and	O
released	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
finished	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
spokeswoman	O
Kathy	O
Gillmore	O
admitted	O
that	O
mistakes	O
were	O
made	O
in	O
marketing	O
Outpost	B-Application
and	O
Sierra	O
had	O
tried	O
to	O
fix	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimum	O
system	O
requirements	O
were	O
an	O
IBM	O
compatible	O
486	B-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
25	I-General_Concept
,	O
8	O
megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
5	O
megabytes	O
hard	O
disk	O
space	O
,	O
SVGA	O
(	O
256	O
colors	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
2x	O
CD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
Sound	O
Blaster-compatible	O
sound	O
cards	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
the	O
game	O
worked	O
with	O
a	O
megahertz	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sold	O
for	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
$80	O
in	O
some	O
stores	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
typically	O
sold	O
for	O
$69.95	O
.Phantasmagoria	O
was	O
heavily	O
advertised	O
by	O
Sierra	O
in	O
advance	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
touted	O
it	O
as	O
its	O
biggest	O
game	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
also	O
received	O
mature	O
ratings	O
in	O
Germany	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
chapter	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
Anthology	O
,	O
a	O
limited-edition	O
collection	O
of	O
15	O
games	O
created	O
by	O
Williams	O
over	O
18	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
digital	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
GOG.com	O
starting	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
for	O
$9.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
grossed	O
$	O
12,000,000	O
and	O
sold	O
300,000	O
units	O
during	O
its	O
first	O
week-end	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
debuting	O
at	O
number	O
four	O
in	O
PC	O
Datas	O
August	O
1995	O
list	O
of	O
top-selling	O
computer	O
games	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
followed	O
MechWarrior	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Flight	I-Operating_System
Simulator	I-Operating_System
and	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
September	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
reached	O
number	O
one	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
among	O
computer	O
games	O
and	O
ranked	O
third	O
among	O
all	O
computer	O
software	O
,	O
following	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
InterAction	O
,	O
a	O
magazine	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
wrote	O
that	O
no	O
other	O
Sierra	O
game	O
topped	O
game	O
charts	O
as	O
quickly	O
as	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
:	O
Unprecedented	O
Success	O
"	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
25	O
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
December	O
,	O
it	O
remained	O
at	O
number	O
three	O
among	O
overall	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
number	O
one	O
among	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
January	O
it	O
was	O
estimated	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
500,000	O
copies	O
had	O
been	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
its	O
global	O
sales	O
surpassed	O
600,000	O
units	O
by	O
March	O
1996.Phantasmagoria	O
finished	O
1995	O
as	O
the	O
ninth	O
bestselling	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
according	O
to	O
an	O
analysis	O
by	O
PC	O
Data	O
of	O
sales	O
by	O
42	O
retail	O
chains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1996	O
,	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
the	O
fourth-best	O
seller	O
among	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
games	O
,	O
behind	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Flight	I-Operating_System
Simulator	I-Operating_System
,	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
number	O
six	O
among	O
all	O
computer	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
February	O
10	O
it	O
was	O
number	O
five	O
among	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
February	O
24	O
it	O
was	O
number	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
received	O
a	O
boost	O
in	O
June	O
1996	O
,	O
possibly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
pending	O
release	O
of	O
its	O
sequel	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Puzzle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Flesh	I-Application
,	O
and	O
jumped	O
back	O
up	O
to	O
seventh	O
among	O
bestselling	O
computer	O
software	O
programs	O
according	O
to	O
Computer	O
Life	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
after	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
it	O
still	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
bestseller	O
charts	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
were	O
ultimately	O
sold	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
Sierra	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
reach	O
that	O
milestone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NPD	O
Techworld	O
,	O
which	O
tracked	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
reported	O
301,138	O
units	O
sold	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
by	O
December	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vince	O
Broady	O
,	O
executive	O
editor	O
of	O
Multimedia	O
World	O
,	O
said	O
Sierra	O
was	O
smart	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
adult	O
market	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
looking	O
for	O
sophisticated	O
games	O
especially	O
after	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
McDaniel	O
said	O
it	O
might	O
be	O
easy	O
for	O
experienced	O
players	O
,	O
she	O
appreciated	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
more	O
accessible	O
for	O
casual	O
players	O
than	O
difficult	O
games	O
like	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Billboard	O
magazine	O
review	O
said	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
"	O
lives	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
advanced	O
billing	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
aims	O
to	O
unnerve	O
and	O
succeeds	O
gruesomely	O
with	O
bloody	O
special	O
effects	O
interspliced	O
in	O
trusty	O
scare-flick	O
fashion	O
with	O
daubs	O
of	O
flesh	O
and	O
hints	O
of	O
sex.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Hall	O
of	O
the	O
Albuquerque	O
Journal	O
compared	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
to	O
big-budget	O
films	O
with	O
multimillion-dollar	O
budgets	O
and	O
multiple	O
production	O
delays	O
that	O
ultimately	O
failed	O
,	O
like	O
Cleopatra	O
and	O
Waterworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2014	O
review	O
,	O
IGN	O
writer	O
Kosta	O
Andreadis	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
special	O
effects	O
were	O
still	O
effective	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
wisely	O
builds	O
suspense	O
and	O
saves	O
the	O
violent	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
CompUSA	O
,	O
the	O
nation	O
's	O
largest	O
discount	O
computer	O
retailer	O
,	O
notified	O
Sierra	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
stock	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
smaller	O
retailers	O
also	O
decided	O
not	O
to	O
stock	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
but	O
others	O
like	O
Walmart	O
continued	O
to	O
carry	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
graphic	O
gore	O
and	O
violence	O
,	O
the	O
rape	O
scene	O
in	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
drew	O
particular	O
attention	O
and	O
objections	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
major	O
newspaper	O
claimed	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
"	O
makes	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
sexual	O
violence.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
unable	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
in	O
Australia	O
after	O
being	O
refused	O
classification	O
by	O
Office	O
of	O
Film	O
and	O
Literature	O
Classification	O
(	O
the	O
R	O
18+	O
classification	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
video	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
governments	O
of	O
two	O
other	O
countries	O
also	O
banned	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
found	O
that	O
Williams	O
tended	O
to	O
garner	O
extremely	O
favorable	O
press	O
,	O
even	O
as	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
got	O
negative	O
press	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
having	O
her	O
discuss	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
backlash	O
,	O
Williams	O
said	O
she	O
believed	O
computer	O
games	O
were	O
subject	O
to	O
harsher	O
standards	O
than	O
films	O
and	O
television	O
,	O
which	O
she	O
said	O
often	O
have	O
more	O
violent	O
content	O
than	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
in	O
part	O
because	O
computer	O
games	O
are	O
often	O
regarded	O
as	O
children	O
's	O
entertainment	O
rather	O
than	O
for	O
adults	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
said	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
less	O
excessively	O
violent	O
than	O
games	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
and	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
unlike	O
those	O
games	O
,	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
is	O
"	O
the	O
good	O
guy	O
...	O
not	O
going	O
around	O
shooting	O
up	O
people.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Steven	O
L	O
.	O
Kent	O
of	O
The	O
Seattle	O
Times	O
said	O
there	O
were	O
more	O
violent	O
games	O
than	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
,	O
but	O
that	O
most	O
video	O
game	O
violence	O
appears	O
in	O
computer	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
can	O
be	O
more	O
easily	O
overlooked	O
than	O
in	O
a	O
live-action	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
elicits	O
a	O
stronger	O
emotional	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1998	O
,	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
the	O
Kentucky	O
Teachers	O
Retirement	O
System	O
came	O
under	O
criticism	O
for	O
owning	O
435,000	O
shares	O
worth	O
$9	O
million	O
in	O
Cendant	O
,	O
which	O
by	O
this	O
point	O
had	O
purchased	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
violence	O
in	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Sierra	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pat	O
Miller	O
,	O
executive	O
secretary	O
of	O
the	O
Kentucky	O
Teachers	O
Retirement	O
System	O
,	O
said	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
n't	O
aware	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
or	O
Sierra	O
's	O
products	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
invested	O
in	O
Cendant	O
because	O
it	O
's	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
index	O
fund	O
of	O
the	O
500	O
best	O
stocks	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commercial	O
success	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
had	O
a	O
positive	O
financial	O
impact	O
on	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
stock	O
rose	O
in	O
July	O
1995	O
,	O
up	O
$3.875	O
to	O
$30.875	O
,	O
which	O
Vince	O
Turzo	O
of	O
Jeffries	O
&	O
Co	O
attributed	O
in	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
anticipation	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
closed	O
on	O
the	O
NASDAQ	O
stock	O
market	O
at	O
$43.25	O
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
1995	O
,	O
translating	O
to	O
a	O
73	O
percent	O
gain	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
three	O
months	O
,	O
which	O
Turzo	O
attributed	O
partially	O
to	O
Phantasmagorias	B-Application
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
improvement	O
exceeded	O
expectations	O
in	O
analysts	O
 '	O
forecasts	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
thanks	O
largely	O
to	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
returned	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
after	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
and	O
Hollywood	O
techniques	O
from	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
to	O
make	O
The	B-Application
Beast	I-Application
Within	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Gabriel	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
Mystery	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
,	O
another	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
later	O
described	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
as	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
best	O
represented	O
her	O
career	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
development	O
delays	O
,	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
was	O
released	O
after	O
other	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
games	O
like	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
,	O
so	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
as	O
much	O
credit	O
for	O
heralding	O
that	O
game	O
subgenre	O
as	O
the	O
other	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
Clark	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
leader	O
at	O
LucasArts	O
,	O
feared	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
would	O
set	O
a	O
bad	O
precedent	O
in	O
that	O
software	O
companies	O
would	O
think	O
they	O
need	O
huge	O
budgets	O
and	O
many	O
discs	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
successful	O
game	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
focusing	O
on	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
sequel	O
,	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Puzzle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Flesh	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Lorelei	O
Shannon	O
,	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
 '	O
design	O
partner	O
on	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
preview	O
for	O
A	B-Application
Puzzle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Flesh	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
CD	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ken	O
Williams	O
had	O
wanted	O
Roberta	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
sequel	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
she	O
could	O
not	O
do	O
so	O
due	O
to	O
her	O
obligations	O
to	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
VIII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ken	O
Williams	O
said	O
a	O
third	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
produced	O
after	O
A	B-Application
Puzzle	I-Application
of	I-Application
Flesh	I-Application
because	O
of	O
issues	O
after	O
Sierra	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
CUC	O
International	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
said	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
uncomfortable	O
with	O
the	O
violent	O
content	O
in	O
Phantasmagoria	B-Application
and	O
did	O
not	O
attempt	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
sequel	O
as	O
aggressively	O
as	O
Sierra	O
would	O
have.Ramsay	O
,	O
p	O
.	O
203	O
He	O
also	O
claimed	O
Jan	O
Davidson	O
,	O
the	O
wife	O
of	O
Chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
Bob	O
Davidson	O
,	O
personally	O
did	O
not	O
like	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
"	O
wanted	O
it	O
shut	O
down.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
these	O
sales	O
challenges	O
,	O
Williams	O
said	O
"	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
reason	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
third	O
Phantasmagoria.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Roberta	O
Williams	O
said	O
she	O
was	O
asked	O
by	O
Sierra	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
third	O
Phantasmagoria''	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
she	O
said	O
she	O
would	O
consider	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
ultimately	O
made	O
.	O
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