The 7th Guest
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Developers | |
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Trilobyte | |
Publishers | |
Virgin Interactive | |
Engines | |
Groovie | |
Interpreter | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
DOS | April 1, 1993 |
Mac OS (Classic) | January 1, 1993 |
Windows (ScummVM) | February 9, 2012[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | April 23, 2013[2] |
Linux (ScummVM) | October 19, 2013[3] |
The 7th Guest | |
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The 7th Guest | 1993 |
The 11th Hour | 1995 |
Uncle Henry's Playhouse | 1996 |
The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition | 2019 |
The 13th Doll: A Fan Game of The 7th Guest | 2019 |
The 7th Guest VR | 2023 |
This page is for the original game. For the remake, see The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition.
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- List of known issues with The 7th Guest and ScummVM.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Available as a goodie with The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Packaged with The 11th Hour. |
Essential improvements
James Woodcock's remastered soundtrack
- Original MIDI soundtrack rearranged and re-recorded using modern professional audio equipment
- Requires ScummVM
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\GROOVIE.INI |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/255920/pfx/[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\t7g.* |
Windows | <path-to-game>\t7g.*[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/255920/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Save games are named
t7g.001
,t7g.002
, etc.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | MCGA, VGA, SVGA, SVGA (VESA) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | DOS 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | 80386DX | 80486SX 20 MHz or faster |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | 4 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 KB of VRAM | 1 MB of VRAM |
Other | 1x CD-ROM drive |
Mac OS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68030 20 MHz | Motorola 68040 32 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | 8 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB | |
Other | 1x CD-ROM drive |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | NT |
Processor (CPU) | 80486DX4 100 MHz | Intel Pentium 90 |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 3 compatible | |
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/255920/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (255920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).