Phantasmagoria II & XP

The game will install correctly on Windows XP, but when trying to run the game, this error will occur:

Script error #349I3

The DOS version does not have this problem, but, many copies of the game only have the Windows version. The Windows version of Phantasmagoria A Puzzle Of Flesh works great under Win98. It will also run in VMWare or Virtual PC with Windows 98 installed. Getting the DOS version working in XP is easy to do which will also work well in DOSBox.

To convert Phantasmagoria II (Windows only version), downloaded this patch:

Phantasmagoria2(P2DosXP).zip [914 KB]

It lets you create a DOS version of the game from the Windows 95 version. It has been modified from the official Sierra patch (P2DOSPAT.ZIP) to work in XP. The PATCH.BAT and PATCH2.BAT files included in the original patch don't work properly under Windows XP because some of the commands are incompatible.

Unzip the patch, start run.bat and follow the instructions. To play the game, run p2dos.bat. You can make a shortcut to p2dos.bat also.

NOTE: The movies do look better in the Windows version over the DOS, if you set your screen resolution to 16 bit High color (if your screen resolution is 32 bit you should still put it down to 16 bit because on 32 bit it looks does not look as good as 16, which the game was made for.) In DOS you only get 8 bit 256 colors, but the game will run in DOSBox.

Harrison Moccio has made a new installer for Phantasmagoria II, ala Enrico Rolfi's new Gabriel Knight installers.

"Phan2XP is a graphical installer used for configuring an MS-DOS emulator (DOSBox) for use with Phantasmagoria 2. Required files that are too large to stream are copied from the original disc and placed into the installation directory. A patched version of the SCI SoundBlaster audio driver is then copied to the installation directory from the installer archive. In addition, an emulation profile (DOSBox configuration file) is generated to ensure maximum compatibility and function."

The installer can be found here. A copy can also be found on The Sierra Help Pages:

Phantasmagoria2Installer(Phan2XP).zip [1.84 MB]

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