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{{Disambig|the original game|the remake|[[The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition]]}}
 
{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = 7th Guest cover.jpg
 
|cover        = 7th Guest cover.jpg
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Trilobyte}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Trilobyte}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Virgin Interactive}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Virgin Interactive|Retail}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Sold Out Software|Retail re-release}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nightdive Studios|Digital}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Groovie}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Groovie}}
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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|April 1, 1993}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|April 1, 1993}}
−
{{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|January 1, 1993}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|February 1994}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 1997}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 1997}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 9, 2012|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_the_7th_guest Release: The 7th Guest - GOG.com]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 9, 2012|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_the_7th_guest|title=Release: The 7th Guest - GOG.com|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>}}
−
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|April 23, 2013|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/april_mac_game_update_22_new_additions Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|April 23, 2013|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/april_mac_game_update_22_new_additions|title=Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|October 19, 2013|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/11661/ News - Now Available - The 7th Guest]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|October 19, 2013|wrapper=ScummVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/11661/|title=News - Now Available - The 7th Guest|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Relaxed }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure, Puzzle }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | FMV, Live action, Pre-rendered graphics }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Horror, North America }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | The 7th Guest }}
 
|steam appid  = 255920
 
|steam appid  = 255920
 
|gogcom id    = 1207658999
 
|gogcom id    = 1207658999
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|official site= https://www.trilobytegames.com/7th-guest
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|hltb        = 9740
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|igdb        = the-7th-guest
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|mobygames    = 283
 
|strategywiki = The 7th Guest
 
|strategywiki = The 7th Guest
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|mobygames    = 7th-guest
 
 
|wikipedia    = The 7th Guest
 
|wikipedia    = The 7th Guest
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Series|The 7th Guest}}
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{{Disambig|the original game|the remake|[[The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition]]}}
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{{Introduction
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|introduction      =
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|release history  =
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|current state    =
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}}
  
 
'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | the_7th_guest_25th_anniversary_edition | DRM-free | Available as a goodie with [[The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition]] | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | the_7th_guest_25th_anniversary_edition | DRM-free | Available as a goodie with [[The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition]] | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| GMG | the-7th-guest | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| GMG | the-7th-guest | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| Humble | 7th-guest-11th-hour-pack | Steam | Packaged with [[The 11th Hour]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| Humble | 7th-guest-11th-hour-pack | Steam | Bundled with [[The 11th Hour]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| MacApp | id503936035 | MacApp | | | OS X }}
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{{Availability/row| MacApp | id503936035 | MacApp | | | OS X | unavailable }}
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{{Availability/row| Steam | 255920 | Steam |  |  | Windows | unavailable }}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{++}} Original MIDI soundtrack rearranged and re-recorded using modern professional audio equipment
 
{{++}} Original MIDI soundtrack rearranged and re-recorded using modern professional audio equipment
 
{{ii}} Requires ScummVM
 
{{ii}} Requires ScummVM
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===Minimise CD-ROM swapping===
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The original game comes on two CD-ROMs. Disk swapping can be avoided if multiple CD-ROM drives are available by putting the game's CD-ROMs in different drives, assuming that each drive will get a separate drive letter.
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{{fixbox|description=Use [[DOSBox]]||fix=
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With DOSBox, the {{code|IMGMOUNT}} command can be used on each CD-ROM image onto a different virtual CD-ROM drive by adding lines similar to these in the DOSBox configuration:
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<pre>[autoexec]
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MOUNT C "7THGUEST"
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IMGMOUNT D "7THGUEST/CD/7th_Guest_CD1.iso" -t iso
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IMGMOUNT E "7THGUEST/CD/7th_Guest_CD2.iso" -t iso
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C:
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CD \T7G
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call T7G.BAT</pre>
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}}
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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{{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
 
}}
 
}}
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{{ii}} Save games are named <code>t7g.001</code>, <code>t7g.002</code>, etc.
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{{ii}} Save games are named {{file|t7g.001}}, {{file|t7g.002}}, etc.
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
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|discord               =  
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|discord                   =  
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|discord notes         =  
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|discord notes             =  
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|epic games store       =  
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|epic games launcher       =  
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|epic games store notes =  
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|epic games launcher notes =  
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|gog galaxy             = false
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|gog galaxy               = false
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|gog galaxy notes       =  
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|gog galaxy notes         =  
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|origin                 =  
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|origin                   =  
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|origin notes           =  
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|origin notes             =  
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|steam cloud           = true
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|steam cloud               = true
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|steam cloud notes     =  
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|steam cloud notes         =  
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|uplay                  =  
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|ubisoft connect          =  
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|uplay notes           =  
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|ubisoft connect notes     =  
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|xbox cloud             =  
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|xbox cloud               =  
−
|xbox cloud notes       =  
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|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
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{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|upscaling                  = unknown
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|upscaling tech            =
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|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
−
|60 fps                    = unknown
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|60 fps                    = false
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
−
|120 fps                    = unknown
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|120 fps                    = false
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
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|hdr                        = unknown
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|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
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|color blind                = unknown
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|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Input settings==
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==Input==
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{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          = Mouse-driven game.
 
|key remap notes          = Mouse-driven game.
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}}
 
}}
  
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==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
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{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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|eax support notes        =  
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|eax support notes         =
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|royalty free audio       = unknown
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|royalty free audio notes  =
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|red book cd audio        = true
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|red book cd audio notes  = See [[ScummVM]] readme for how to use with ScummVM.
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = hackable
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = hackable
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|windows arm app        = unknown
 
|windows exe notes      = 64-bit requires [http://buildbot.scummvm.org/snapshots/stable/mingw-w64-stable-latest.zip 64-bit build] of ScummVM.
 
|windows exe notes      = 64-bit requires [http://buildbot.scummvm.org/snapshots/stable/mingw-w64-stable-latest.zip 64-bit build] of ScummVM.
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|mac os x powerpc app  =  
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|mac os x powerpc app  = unknown
 
|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 
|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
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|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
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|macos intel 64-bit app = true
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|macos app notes        =  
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|macos arm app          = unknown
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|macos app notes        = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17DkOsI9AwAT4dzPkLmunYJJmUpf1FuWR62Q1vAEfJzM/htmlview|title=Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs|date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
 
|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
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|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux 68k app          = unknown
 
|linux executable notes =  
 
|linux executable notes =  
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|mac os powerpc app    = unknown
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|mac os 68k app        = true
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|mac os executable notes=
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|OSfamily = DOS
 
|OSfamily = DOS
  
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|minOS    = DOS 5.0
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|minOS    = 5.0
 
|minCPU  = 80386DX
 
|minCPU  = 80386DX
 
|minRAM  = 2 MB
 
|minRAM  = 2 MB

Latest revision as of 08:15, 25 October 2023

This page is for the original game. For the remake, see The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition.

The 7th Guest
The 7th Guest cover
Developers
Trilobyte
Publishers
Retail Virgin Interactive
Retail re-release Sold Out Software
Digital Nightdive Studios
Engines
Groovie
Interpreter ScummVM
Release dates
DOS April 1, 1993
Mac OS (Classic) February 1994
Windows November 1997
Windows (ScummVM) February 9, 2012[1]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) April 23, 2013[2]
Linux (ScummVM) October 19, 2013[3]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles FMV, Live action, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes Horror, North America
Series The 7th Guest
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The 7th Guest on HowLongToBeat
The 7th Guest on IGDB
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The 7th Guest guide on StrategyWiki
The 7th Guest on MobyGames
The 7th Guest on Wikipedia
The 7th Guest
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

The 7th Guest is a singleplayer first-person adventure and puzzle game in the The 7th Guest series.

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
DRM details are not known
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Available as a goodie with The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
 Bundled with The 11th Hour.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
macOS (OS X)
Steam (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Essential improvements

James Woodcock's remastered soundtrack

Original MIDI soundtrack rearranged and re-recorded using modern professional audio equipment
Requires ScummVM

Minimise CD-ROM swapping

The original game comes on two CD-ROMs. Disk swapping can be avoided if multiple CD-ROM drives are available by putting the game's CD-ROMs in different drives, assuming that each drive will get a separate drive letter.

Use DOSBox

With DOSBox, the IMGMOUNT command can be used on each CD-ROM image onto a different virtual CD-ROM drive by adding lines similar to these in the DOSBox configuration: 

[autoexec]
MOUNT C "7THGUEST"
IMGMOUNT D "7THGUEST/CD/7th_Guest_CD1.iso" -t iso
IMGMOUNT E "7THGUEST/CD/7th_Guest_CD2.iso" -t iso
C:
CD \T7G
call T7G.BAT

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

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Game features prerendered art that only displays in 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse-driven game.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
See ScummVM readme for how to use with ScummVM.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes MCGA, VGA, SVGA, SVGA (VESA)
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit requires 64-bit build of ScummVM.
macOS (OS X)
[4]
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  2. ↑ 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).

References

  1. ↑ Release: The 7th Guest - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  2. ↑ Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. ↑ News - Now Available - The 7th Guest - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  4. ↑ Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs - last accessed on 5 May 2023