SCI/Phantasmagoria 2 Censorship

Phantasmagoria 2 / Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle Of Flesh Censorship

Phantasmagoria 2 was censored in various countries. This page tries to go into detail about it.

Known Versions

Country	Release	Box Barcode	CD-Case Barcode	Version	State
US	First release	020626232883	none	???	FULLY UNCUT
United Kingdom	First release	3348542019638	3348542019683	001.0.06	censored heavily (violence)
United Kingdom	Sierra Originals Budget	3348542045224	3348542019683	001.0.06	censored heavily (violence)
United Kingdom	Additional release?	3348542012257	3348542019690	001.0.000	FULLY UNCUT
Germany	First English release	3348542013858	???	???	censored heavily (violence) same as UK release
Germany	Second English release	3348542013858	3348542019737	001.0.000	FULLY UNCUT
Germany	Localized German release	3348542019652	3348542019737	000.1 .0vú (sic)	FULLY UNCUT one 39 second scene is missing though
Germany	Localized German release Sierra Originals	???	???	???	???
France	Localized French release	3348542019645	3348542019669	???	FULLY UNCUT one 39 second scene is missing though
France	Localized French release Sierra Originals	3348542033368	3348542019669	???	FULLY UNCUT one 39 second scene is missing though
Spain	Localized Spanish release	3348542012257	???	???	FULLY UNCUT
Spain	Localized Spanish release Sierra Originals	3348542012257	???	???	unknown
Australia	First release	???	???	???	censored heavily
Japan	First release	4512756000570	???	001.0.000	FULLY UNCUT English audio w/ Japanese subtitles
GOG	Digital release	none	none	001.0.06	FULLY UNCUT

Note: all sorts of sites claim, that Phantasmagoria 2 released in UK was censored in terms of sex scenes too. This simply is not the case. The censored scenes are first and second murder scenes only. Those were censored heavily in terms of violence though.

Second note: the uncut UK version seems to be Windows-only. The censored UK version is Windows+DOS.

United States: uncensored release

United Kingdom: CENSORED release

United Kingdom: uncensored release

Note: the uncensored release has "Windows 95" on the box. The censored release has "Windows 95/DOS 5.0" on the box.

Germany: CENSORED first English release

Germany: uncensored second English release

Germany: uncensored localized release

Spain: ??? localized release Sierra Originals

Japan: uncensored release (ファンタズム2)

more photos, click here.

Game was fully localized except for audio, which is English. Text in background pictures was changed to Japanese.
videos have Japanese subtitles.

Relevant Files

Even the uncensored game offers an option to remove/change certain scenes. When this option is enabled, different files are used. This here is a list of the relevant files. It also includes special versions of some files - for example the UK version does not contain some uncut files at all and it was censored even more than the original optionally censored file.

CD	file name	length	size	content
CD1	1630.DUK	2:32	21.125.528	sex scene uncensored
CD1	1631.DUK	1:03	7.726.132	sex scene censored
CD2	4391.DUK	1:26	15.010.384	murder scene uncensored
CD2	4395.DUK	1:19	13.192.516	murder scene censored
CD2	4391.DUK	1:17	13.176.836	murder scene censored (special UK edit / cut)
CD2	4395.DUK	1:17	13.176.836	murder scene censored (special UK edit / cut)
CD2	5810.DUK	1:45	14.547.758	eyeball scene flashback uncensored
CD2	5750.DUK	1:42	13.003.982	eyeball scene flashback censored
CD2	7960.DUK	2:41	29.121.410	sex scene uncensored
CD2	7965.DUK	2:05	21.744.468	sex scene censored
CD4	8215.DUK	3:04	31.253.514	second murder - sex + violence uncensored
CD4	8216.DUK	2:12	22.436.660	second murder - sex + violence censored
CD4	8215.DUK	2:39	26.685.966	second murder - sex uncensored, violence heavily censored (special UK edit / cut)
CD4	8216.DUK	2:10	22.183.250	second murder - sex + violence censored (special UK edit / cut)
CD5	4986.DUK	0:14	2.496.812	violence uncensored
CD5	4987.DUK	0:14	2.476.592	violence censored

Censorship differences - uncensored vs. UK censored version

This goes into detail about the changes made to the UK censored version.

scene	details
4391.DUK - murder scene	got replaced by 4395.DUK, an even more heavily censored version than the original censored version included with the uncensored game
4395.DUK - murder scene	based on the censored version included with the uncensored game this goes even further and removes basically all the remains of violence 0:27 to 0:29 - original: victim gets punched in the face (bloody), replaced by more of Curtis walking forward in slow-motion 0:34 to 0:35 - original: victim gets nail hammered into one of his hands, also replaced by more of Curtis walking forward in slow-motion 0:41 - original: black+white photo flashback showing nail in victim's hand, this was cut out you still see that the victim is thrown around and 2 photo flashbacks, but that's it. to see the censored version, click here
8215.DUK - second murder	sex part is completely intact 2:30 onwards basically the whole murder part of the scene got removed right after the woman spots the murderer you see that an iron chain is getting thrown over some pipes at the ceiling followed by an alternate quite long take at 2:35 of her hands being tied up with the iron chain, followed by a fadeout. to see the censored version, click here
8216.DUK - second murder	the censored version is the same except for the murder part again. In the censored version from the uncensored game, you at least see that the woman got tied up using the iron chain and that her feet are in the air - struggling. In the UK version even this was replaced with the already mentioned alternate long take of her hands being tied up with the iron chain at 2:06, followed by the same fadeout.

Differences between localized versions

A few changes were made to the localized versions (German + French). Those were not censored, violence and/or gore were not changed. Japanese version features the English videos but simply with Japanese subtitles (encoded into video stream).

CD	file name	original length	new length	content
CD1	3920.DUK	0:39	0:13	was: Therese and Curtis meet at water cooler this scene was replaced with Curtis just getting a drink This is a copy of 3390.DUK
CD3	4620.DUK	0:34	0:27	Therese attacks Curtis, edited differently has no dialog at all in the German+French version less suspenseful to see the scene from the original English version, click here to see the scene from the localized versions, click here
CD5	5.DUK	1:40	1:40	The background during the credits is different