I also looked through the game files and found a disturbingly long list of character responses to certain words (as sound files). But I couldn't get many to trigger during my stream

I typed "Gargle Blaster" in my Mac Warlock stream, and got the Special. Then I got super drunk and the barbot told me to leave. XD

What emulator did you use? I streamed it from Sheepshaver (with updates) and it went just fine. The only part that gave me grief was the Trackball puzzle, but I beat it once.

I livestreamed the origjnal Macintosh version a while back!

You sir are someone we need more in this day and age! More people like you should learn to fact check instead of panicking at face value.

The good thing is, I made save files and it's actually playable on modern speeds, unlike Total Distortion. Definitely bringing back Joe Sparks for this, so stay tuned on my linked channel for 12/15 @ 12:30 pm CST if you want to follow!

Yes, I tried it in testing but the dialogue skipped. At present Im planning on running the 1991 Mac version in Sheepshaver, as I already have saves for it.
I had to use dosbox for Total Distortion due to the Director speed bug (with creator Joe Sparks watching!)