The "use the right word or else" parser. This is still fresh in my mind after my playthrough last year. I don't know how many times I was stalled because it wanted the word "orders" instead of "envelope" or "papers" or some other nonsense.

Going back to game memories, I still remember getting Police Quest I (AGI) for Christmas and playing through it pretty much over the entire Christmas break. I think it was kind of bittersweet when I finished because it was over. Looking back, I think it was the best game of the AGI era and my favori...

You have to use the poker on the tomb. You can't enter the tomb after stabbing Don with said poker in the dressing room. I tried that. It seems that if you already have a crucifix, Don always catches you after you leave the tomb. I tried a few other variations on the order of picking things up, and...

The Frost Giant spoke in rhyme reminiscent of old Norse poetry or like Beowulf . Really? I've read some old Norse poetry, as well as Beowulf in the original old English; it doesn't sound anything like Brauggi. Neither Beowulf or any old Norse poetry I've read comes even close to rhyming.]. Rhyming ...

So I have three (counting Rath) for Conquests of Camelot, one for Lighthouse and one for Phantasmagoria 2. So Conquests of Camelot it will be! Should be interesting.

I did appreciate that about QfG. It made the games more interesting than if they were just generic fantasy. I do think QfG1 is the weakest in this sense, though. It's not just a Germanic setting (which would include Scandinavia and England); it's a specifically German setting, as indicated by the n...

Having just completed Phantasmagoria, I'm ready for my next challenge: The Adventures of Willy Beamish The Black Cauldron Conquests of Camelot Conquests of the Longbow Heart of China Lighthouse Phantasmagoria 2 Thanks for ordering your suggestions the last time, Tawmis, but I'll still keep this open...

It's such a clear trap, the wide open darkroom door that was closed from chapters 2 to 6... The Hintkeeper would make suggestions to pick up the items before entering there too. I doubt many people walked straight in. But you don't expect it to be a point of no return. I was just going to check it ...

Tawm dude! Play through the chase! Best part of the game! Start chapter 7, get the hammer and poker , walk in the darkroom and grab everything with Don hot on your tail! Chase Hints For More Fun: During the chase you have a more or less linear path with a fork at the ground floor secret passage. Du...

So I just finished Phantasmagoria. It was pretty good. Maybe better than I expected. The game itself was relatively easy. After Chapter 1, I breezed through 2 through 6 fairly quickly. The story was somewhat generic and predictable, but executed well enough to be interesting. Performances were pret...

You can run out of the darkroom and return later to get the book. In all places where you can pick up an item, you'll have to use a weapon against your defense. In a few of these rooms you can or must hide in order to use them. You can only use said weapon once in that room. The game's definitely w...

So I just finished Phantasmagoria. It was pretty good. Maybe better than I expected. The game itself was relatively easy. After Chapter 1, I breezed through 2 through 6 fairly quickly. The story was somewhat generic and predictable, but executed well enough to be interesting. Performances were prett...

So I made it to chapter 7 and started "the chase". At some point I quit and found that my savegame was gone! At first I was angry because it only keeps one save and I don't have a backup except for the one I posted here, but then I remembered that you could choose which chapter to start on. So I cho...

I think the white noise you are hearing is a result of the audio being played back at a lower bitrate than what can be done now. It was the best that they could do with the technology at the time and manifests itself as a persistent hiss. It gets drowned out by the music (which is probably being gen...

Where is the general store located ? I couldn't get the audio to fail at my place with your savegame :( Thanks for giving 75000 cycles a try. Which dialog in gabriel knight or in general ? In my savegame, you are standing right outside the general store. After you go in, speak with the man. Then pa...