The 7th Guest

Posted by Philip Jong.
First posted on 25 September 1997. Last updated on 25 February 2006.
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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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I just bought a brand new HP computer. And i have the orginal 7th guest. I tried loading it on my computer and it doesnt seem to be working. It says something about DOS i need, and i dont know if my new computer has DOS to support the game. Can someone help me to see if i need DOS or i need to get the updated version of this game.

United States By Kari • On 23 June 2003 • From Somewhere

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN BUY A COPY OF THE 7TH GUEST IN WINDOWS FORMAT. I HAVE IT IN THE OLD DOS, BUT SOUND SYSTEM IN NEW COMPUTER GIVES ME TROUBLE. THANK YOU

United States By SANDI MC CUNE • On 21 June 2003 • From SIMI VALLEY CA USA

Talking about the 7th guest

By kim jessen • On 18 October 2002 • From Denmark

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By M?Alejandra • On 15 September 2002 • From Espa

Very Good

The Review offered for the Seventh Guest is all true, but--I beleive--fails to take several things into account. To say that the puzzles “distract from the gaming experience” is not true at all. The puzzles are a part of who Stauf (and his mansion) is. He was an eccentric genius and brilliant madman, and his puzzles add to the aura of the house, and its mystery. Also, talking about “skipping game animations” and “skipping the walking scenes” may make the game go quicker, but I beleive that the movement is best as is. Can you skip the views you get while walking around in daily life? Can you take a chess piece from one part of the other without picking it up and moving it? The realistic quality is certainly what was being strived for. I don’t think that the Seventh guest is a game made for gamers. It is a game in which you must immerse yourself for the experience. That said, it must now be clear why the graphics are done as they are, and the animations played as they are.
However, I do agree with you on some points. The acting is hardly up to snuff. However, I should point out that Robert Hirschboeck, who plays Henry Stauf, and Micheal Pocaro, who plays Brian Dutton. were true thespians shining through the clouds of horrid broadway-yelling and really making their parts come alive. Also, Hirschboeck did an excellent job in the game’s sequel, “The 11th Hour”. The acting in the sequel was much better. Id like to add that I am NOT a gamer, or frequent computer game user. But the 7th Guest really interested me. I give it a 4.5 out of 5
Finally, where can I get a copy of the 7th Guest Movie script?
Bye: JB.

By JB • On 25 June 2002 • From Anchorage, USA

Saludos!
Les cuento que tengo The 7th Guest desde hace 6 a

By Diego Carranza • On 09 May 2002 • From Bogot?- Colombia

iv playe your game and it is allsome do you have eny outhe games like this one
besides 7th geussed

george mc

By george • On 12 June 2001 • From york pa

I have just bought 7th guest in the 1994 version, on two cd-roms. After installation on my windows 95 machine, the programma’s gives the error message: “pcm sound hardware not found at port/irq in groovie.ini”.
Please give some advice how this problem should resolved; maybe give the e-mail adres of Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.

thank tou

By john peters • On 07 December 1998 • From Netherlands