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+ | {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nightdive Studios|Digital}} | ||
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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|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>}} | ||
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===Minimise CD-ROM swapping=== | ===Minimise CD-ROM swapping=== | ||
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{{fixbox|description=Use [[DOSBox]]||fix= | {{fixbox|description=Use [[DOSBox]]||fix= | ||
− | + | 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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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.
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 |
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 | ||||
GOG.com | Available as a goodie with The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Bundled with The 11th Hour. | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
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 |
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With DOSBox, the [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 |
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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) |
Executable | PPC | 16-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
- ↑ 1.0 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).
References
- ↑ Release: The 7th Guest - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ News - Now Available - The 7th Guest - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Catalina 64-bit Compatibility - Google Docs - last accessed on 5 May 2023