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Description

The 7th Guest is a haunted house puzzle-adventure which takes place inside an abandoned mansion. Venture into the 22 rooms of the spooky mansion, solve over 20 mind-bending puzzles to unravel a tale of revenge and horror that took place in the 1930s.

The owner of the mansion was Henry Stauf, a famous maker of children's toys. Once a homeless drifter and thief, Stauf's toys became popular overnight bringing fame and fortune and changing his rags to riches. Then, influenced by a vision in a dream, Henry invented a wondrous doll, so incredibly life-like that it sold like wildfire. But things took a tragic turn when owners of the doll became infected with a fierce and deadly virus. None of those children recovered.

After this turn of events Stauf secluded himself inside his estate, stopped making his toys and never came into contact with the outside world for a long time. Something very strange happened when six people receive an invitation to a party at the mansion. By solving the riddles inside Stauf's "fun house", you'll delve into the past to learn what happened to them, and the mysterious 7th guest, on that fateful night.

The game is played in first person perspective with a point-and-click interface featuring horror-themed animated cursors (skeletons, bulging-eye skulls etc.). It is one of the first games to be released on the then "new" CD-Rom media. The graphics are fully rendered in SVGA, and real actors and actresses bring the story to life during numerous full-motion video cut scenes. The visuals are accompanied by an original, orchestrated musical score.

Two distinct endings are possible depending upon how you play. Some later, limited releases of the game came with a separate video that included a "behind the scenes" look at the making of the game and interviews with the developers.

Alternate Titles

  • "האורח השביעי" -- Hebrew spelling
  • "T7G" -- Abbreviated Title
  • "Guest" -- Working title
  • "7th Guest for Windows 95, The" -- Windows re-release title

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The Press Says

GamePro Aug, 1994 5 out of 5 100
Interface 1994 94 out of 100 94
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Jun, 1994 8 out of 10 80

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Error Unknown Asset Type - when playing the game 3 Miss Golightly
Nov 18, 2007
HELP!!! 13 Kit Silva (6463)
Sep 19, 2007

Trivia

Trilobyte released a patch to run the game in Windows 9X/NT systems - however, the company's website vanished years ago, and the file is very difficult to find.

However, you can find the file at ComputerHope.com! http://www.computerhope.com/download/games.htm


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (63089), Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8886), Terok Nor (9517) and Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (48786)
 

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