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One of the first games to be released on a CD-ROM drive moves into GOG.com with a shocking 20% release discount. The 7th Guest is only $7.99 for the next 48 hours.

Shaking with trepidation, you step into the old abandoned house. Who are you, where are you, what is your purpose, and who is the mysterious 7th guest? The place you unwillingly inspect was created by an insane toymaker Henry Stauf and it’s the magnum opus of his twisted puzzle-making. Can you survive the twenty-two rooms? The twenty-two challenges? The twenty-two tales of terror?

The 7th Guest, developed almost 20 years ago by the recently-revived [url=http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue#all_genres/search/trilobyte%20games/" target="_blank]Trilobyte Games[/url], is an FMV horror adventure game with bizarre riddles, tense atmosphere, and the omnipresent menace of the evil Henry Stauf--who was definitely nightmare fuel for many young gamers in the 90's. The game hailed by Bill Gates as "the new standard in interactive entertainment" was way ahead of its time with live actors, 3D environment, orchestrated score, and 679 MB of content in an era of 1.44 MB floppies (you’d only need 471!). The 7th Guest sold more than two million copies and is considered by many to be THE game that pushed gamers to make the switch from square disks to round ones. Today, it’s not only a piece of history, but a dark, creepy, smart point-and-click chiller with entertainment value that has not corroded like the old Stauf’s mansion.

The 7th Guest, masterpiece of gothic adventure horror, is available on GOG.com a full price of $9.99, but it’s only $7.99 for the next 48 hours.



[i]Old Man Stauf built a house
And filled it with his toys.
Six guests all came at night
Their screams the only noise.
No one knows what happened next
There’s no one left to say.
But if you should see Old Man Stauf
Get on your knees and pray.
Children’s rhyme
Anonymous[/i]
Post edited February 09, 2012 by TheEnigmaticT
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Kunovski: it this as awesome as Phantasmagoria? please please please please tell me it is! :D
It was as popular as Phantasmagoria back in the day. Also as far as I remember, 7th Guest and 11th hour series were more critically acclaimed compared to Phantasmagoria.
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keremix: It was as popular as Phantasmagoria back in the day. Also as far as I remember, 7th Guest and 11th hour series were more critically acclaimed compared to Phantasmagoria.
I always thought it was more like Myst rather than Phantasmagoria; never played it myself.
"meh" it was overrated back then, and the genre hasn't really aged well.

I sure hope this doesn't mean you will only release 11th hour on tuesday, because then I'm going to be one pissed GOGer. It's not like there isn't anything else in the pipeline ...
This has been on my list since, well, I first saw a review in some 1993 issue of PC Gamer Magazine I think.
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SLP2000: It's missing Windows XP compatibility on the game card
Maybe it is not compatible?
I'ma so going to buy this now =D

Thank you GoG for this great game, spooktastic!!
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SLP2000: It's missing Windows XP compatibility on the game card
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Lexor: Maybe it is not compatible?
Fixed.
Not so sure about this. Remember not liking it back in the day.
Far too expensive, even with the discount. It's a 19 year old game.
Doesn't look like my kind of game, but darn it if it isn't a classic! (I think) It may be kinda crappy when compared to today's stuff, but it's still classic. :P
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tfishell: Doesn't look like my kind of game, but darn it if it isn't a classic! (I think) It may be kinda crappy when compared to today's stuff, but it's still classic. :P
Blupi for the win ":D
Remember playing this once at my Uncles house as a kid when it was first released, and being blown away.

Since then I've always wanted to play it through properly, and not just 30 minutes during a house visit. Glad I'll finally have the chanceA I wonder if there are plans to release 'The 11th Hour' too?
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zeffyr: Blupi for the win ":D
Thanks! Speedy Blupi (or Eggbert in America, when eGames released it to super little fanfare) I consider my favorite game of all time, for specific childhood reasons. It'd be crazy to get Blupi and Blupi 2 here, but I may try to write to Epsitec about the possibility of re-release if I can find a good translator. (I think they're based in Switzerland.)
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Tsugirai: Has anyone noticed under the 'more from this series' tab the Eleventh Guest? It says: 'coming soon'. Wow. New GOG web feature?!
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siseratv: GOG has had that before, a couple of times maybe; can't remember for which games, though.
It's on most of the ones that are a series, Witcher, Kings Quest, Space Quest etc...
1 of the first CD ROM games I had, still remember 2 sequencies very well - the trip from the bottom of the stairs to the top (as it was very fluid and was a WOW factor back then) and the cake that moved and morphed. Other than that it was bloody hard if I remember correctly. A Wishlisted game for the moment for me as I have moved away from this puzzle type game a while back but its a deffo purchase soon for me