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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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siseratv: GOG has had that before, a couple of times maybe; can't remember for which games, though.
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Fantazym: It's on most of the ones that are a series, Witcher, Kings Quest, Space Quest etc...
First time I saw it was this year, when Team 17 came and Superfrog and World Rally were shown as "coming soon".
I remember seeing the box for this in the store, but my parents would never buy it for me. Now I can finally play it :D
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Genryu1983: snip
http://www.gog.com/en/news/trilobyte_games_joins_list_of_gog_com_partners
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zeffyr: Blupi for the win ":D
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tfishell: 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.)
I don't know if any re-release is possible, while it's still being sold on producer's site:

http://tinyurl.com/782of5f

Of course, it's not running on Vista/7 - giving floor to GOG ;-)
One of my favorites of all time. Wishlisted until I figure out my credit card issues with GOG.
It was this or the kickstarter... kickstarter won but it was close >.< Stupid weddings costing so much *mutters*
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delboy2k10: 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)
Definitely one of the "great moments of gaming". You know, those things that you don't forget and just become iconic over the years, like Half-Life's intro train ride, or jumping down the cable car hill in Crazy Taxi :D

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delboy2k10: Other than that it was bloody hard if I remember correctly.
There are some real brain-teasers. Fortunately though, if you really can't solve a puzzle there's a book in the library that first gives you hints, then offers to solve the puzzle for you. I don't think I would have been able to complete the game as a 10-year-old with a limited understanding of English if I couldn't have used the book on some of the harder puzzles.

It's definitely closer to Myst than Phantasmagoria, meaning it's not really a traditional adventure/interactive movie with real-life FMW, but more like an atmospheric game of exploration and collection of logic puzzles, with the video sequences as rewards. That being said the atmosphere and music are top-notch and something to behold even today; few games in the past 20 years have managed to be so moody and creepy.


Edit: I see the bonuses include a making-of video—I remember the US copy of the game came with a VHS cassette that was missing in the EU release. Does anyone know whether by any chance it's that video?
Post edited February 09, 2012 by Anamon
I love this game. It was one of two that made me want to play on PC; the other was X-Wing. Instabuy for me. Great release.
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StingingVelvet: One of my favorites of all time. Wishlisted until I figure out my credit card issues with GOG.
Why don´t you use paypal then?
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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.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the info.
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siseratv: GOG has had that before, a couple of times maybe; can't remember for which games, though.
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Fantazym: It's on most of the ones that are a series, Witcher, Kings Quest, Space Quest etc...
I think you misunderstood me/us, lol. It is the coming soon feature I have not seen yet.
Post edited February 09, 2012 by Tsugirai
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StingingVelvet: One of my favorites of all time. Wishlisted until I figure out my credit card issues with GOG.
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tejozaszaszas: Why don´t you use paypal then?
Don't have one, don't want one.
Not for me. I've seen this and its sequel played through (as Lets Plays) and they're just too hard for me. This is a puzzle game in the classic sense. The plot is there to throw puzzles at you. A metric ton of word puzzles, AI competition puzzles (have to beat the computer at some game), moving-object puzzles, and decryption are just a few.

Myst is much easier from my mindset because the puzzles in that game are more about finding out how the world works and fixing machinery. More exploration and observation than anything else.

7th Guest (and it's sequel) is about a mad puzzle genius playing mind-games with you and some of the puzzles are very obtuse indeed. It actually reminds me of Telltale's Puzzle Agent series more than anything else (though with MUCH more difficult puzzles.).

Just not my style (I like Puzzle Agent because of the silly story, not so much the gameplay itself)

Will still pick up both Thiefs though. Loves me some stealth gameplay.
Finally I can experience this FMV masterpiece again, thanks GOG. Here I come Henry Stauf!
Nice release. I'm gonna pick this up when it goes on sale.
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zeffyr: I don't know if any re-release is possible, while it's still being sold on producer's site:

http://tinyurl.com/782of5f

Of course, it's not running on Vista/7 - giving floor to GOG ;-)
Actually, I tried Blupi out on Vista, and it ran well. I just thought they might be interested in getting more sales by getting their old stuff "out there". But, maybe selling it for so little will be a turn-off. (I can't imagine someone paying $10 for the original Blupi/Eggbert.) I can't read either language on the site, so I couldn't navigate around. :P Where is Blupi located on there?