When I first purchased a new
1X CD-ROM for my $1,500
00 485SX25 IBM computer,
The Seventh Guest was included. The game was made by
Trilobyte, and included a very nifty sticker of the
fossil. After installing the proprietry card to run the CD-ROM, I popped in the game.
The detail and the colors were amazing. Most of the games of that era were DOS-based, and the graphics were blocky and grainy. The Seventh Guest used smooth animation and rendered graphics, which looked great on my standard 14-inch .39dpi monitor with 256 colors.
My wife and I ended up getting a couple of friends together, and our team of four tackled the game with gusto. Everyone had their specialty. I was good at the logic puzzles like the chessboard in the pool table. My wife was able to solve the word puzzle in the kitchen pantry (no mean feat considering the only real vowels were the letter "y"), and our two friends were able to help solve most of the rest, including the nasty green blobs in the microscope puzzle. It took us about six weeks to get through the game, played together every Friday evening. My wife was creeped out by the actor who played Stauff.
If you compare it with the current bag of "bigger better faster NOW" games that flood the shelves, it seems a bit dated. Should you find a copy, I recommend giving it a chance. Play with a group, and you'll all be entertained for hours.