Stauf's name is an anagram of Faust. It's also a reference to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust: A Tragedy", which bears similarities to Henry Stauf's motivations.
After the advent of CD-ROM technology, this was one of the earliest computer games to feature live actors, sparking a fad to create a more "cinematic" style of game.
The budget of this game exceeded 1 million dollars, which was a great sum back then.
At the beginning of the game, when all the guests enter the mansion, the startled reaction of Hamilton Temple (Ted Lawson) is never explained. The door was supposed to be open when the guests enter, only to suddenly close behind him. However, due to technical difficulties, it was not possible to layer the background, the closing door and the actor in one scene, so it was left as it is.
The actors were filmed against green screens and then overlaid onto the backgrounds. During production, one of the actors fell through the screen, tearing it. Although the screen was repaired, subsequent footage was grainier as a result.