The 7th Guest

Posted by Philip Jong.
First posted on 25 September 1997. Last updated on 05 December 2013.
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In the dawn of the CD-ROM era, a little known company named Trilobyte sets off to develop a software that aims to harness the capacity of the CD-ROM to deliver the multimedia capability of the home computer. The end result is the market hit called The 7th Guest. With its incredible graphics and sound effects, The 7th Guest is considered to be the "killer app" that heralds in the market for…

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Fair

Good review ... The 7th Guest was awesome in '93, but it really hasn't aged well. When it came out, the graphics and visual effects were so amazing that they allowed the game to get away with being a collection of logic puzzles tied together with a weak story. I still remember it nostalgically from almost twenty years ago, but now can see that it was largely a vehicle to exhibit the finest graphics of the time.

United States By Timo • On 05 February 2012 • From California

Excellent

One of my favorite parts is when you are in the catacombs and you decide to quit stauf yells COMEBACK!!!

it was also cool that they included a small vhs documentary with the game...

United States By Marshall • On 29 November 2007 • From Somewhere

Excellent

too bad no company makes any good adventure games anymore oh and to the people having problems installing on win 2000/XP hit start/run then type cmd
that will open a dos promp after that get your CDs in and type E: (or what ever your cd drive letter is) then install

United States By rygar8bit • On 18 April 2007 • From USA

Excellent

PLEASE HELP ME, I HAVE THE 11TH HOUR AND WANT THE 7TH GUEST ALSO, I AM HAVING TROUBLE PUTTING IT ONTO A NEW COMPUTER, DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A WAY AROUND THIS, I AM BUSTING TO PLAY. PLEASE HELP!!!

Australia By Natarsha • On 17 March 2007 • From australia

Excellent

I remember when I first came across this game as a kid. I begged for weeks on end until my parents finally caved and bought it for me. Little did any of us know at the time that we would have to jump through hoops to get the sound working properly, but after we did, WOO.

What a game, the puzzles kept you thinking and playing for hours at a time. I had friends that would come over, and we would sit in the dank, dark basement playing, hoping that something in the game would freak us out enough to quit playing (which of course never happened). There were even times that my father helped me crack whatever puzzle I happened to be on at the time.

Looking where I'm at in my gaming career now, and then thinking back to The 7th Guest, nothing quite compares. I've played countless mystery/puzzle games, but nothing (not even the sequel) ever came close.

Top notch writing and development from Trilobyte, I was throughouly impressed with them for years after this title. And when it was needed, the Virgin 'help department' was there to lend me clues to those pesky puzzles. To top it all off, it was one of the first games I ever remember coming on disk, and the drive to push the medium to the forefront of the pc gaming industry made this a smash.

I've still got my original copy of the game sitting somewhere in the house my parents still live at, but unfortunately, I can't seem to think of a way to get the game running on my WinXP system.

It's a shame, I'd love to take Mr. Stauf out for a spin yet again.

United States By Darren • On 02 June 2006 • From Denver, USA

Hi, Im currently living in Gibraltar and am very interested in getting a copy of the 7th guest. Unfortunately it seems that it is no longer available. Any ideas on how to get a copy??

Gibraltar By James • On 23 November 2004 • From Gibraltar

i love the game! its my absolute favorit

Canada By sara jane • On 06 March 2004 • From halifax N.S

I love this game but cant find it anywere .

United States By raven • On 28 February 2004 • From olympia, USA

great game is there any way to down load on the net

Great Britain (UK) By jules • On 26 February 2004 • From leicestershire

Give me a break! Look at the games that were on computers at the time. No one even came close to the gameplay or tech. that the 7th Guest did. I've seen people that were scared by the game and would still play the game. It impressed people and isn't that what a computer game is suppose to do?

United States By Eddie Wilson • On 22 November 2003 • From Galax, Va. USA
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