The 7th Guest
The 7th Guest overview
Type: Adventure
ESRB Rating: Teen
Release Date: 01/01/1993 (Mac), 04/1993 (Windows)
Developer: Trilobyte
Publisher: Virgin Interactive
The 7th Guest was one of the first successful multimedia games for the PC platform.
In The 7th Guest you visit the haunted abandoned mansion of Henry Stauf. Stauf was a toy maker of amazing puzzles and you soon find out that the house was his greatest creation.
There were six guests the world knew about - and there was one other: Stauf's mad mansion lives again and only you can end the nightmare and learn the secret of The 7th Guest.
System Requirements: Microsoft Windows - Apple - Linux
| Windows System Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | DOS 5.0, Windows 95, Windows 98 |
| Processor: | Intel 386DX, 20 MHz |
| Memory: | 2 MB RAM |
| Graphics Card: | 16-bit SVGA video card with 512 KB or higher memory |
| Sound Card: | Recommended 100% Sound Blaster compatible sound card |
| Hard Drive Space: | 10 MB |
| CD/DVD Drive: | 2X CD-ROM |
| Controls: | Mouse |
| Multiplayer: | n/a |
Cheats
Follow these steps to enter a cheat code:
- Start the 7th Guest game.
- At the beginning Ouija board, type exactly as follows: Zaphod Beeblebrox
- You will hear Stauf say "Groovie" with an echo.
- After that, you can go to the corners of the Ouija board and click to see the pictures of all the rooms.
- Click the pictures and go to that room at any time.
Game hints
Below are two of the more confusing puzzles in The 7th Guest and the answers to each of these.
| Cans | Blocks |
|---|---|
| SHY GYPSY SLYLY SPRYLY TRYST BY MY CRYPT |
G | E | T B | O | Y T | A | D |
Also, you can go to the library book three times to have the puzzles solved for you.
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