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{{GameDescription|
{{GameDescription|
        image=http://www.scummvm.org/data/screenshots/groovie/t7g-1.jpg|
name=The 7th Guest|
name=The 7th Guest|
release=1993|
release=1993|
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support=Since ScummVM 0.13.0|
support=Since ScummVM 0.13.0|
         resolution=640x480, 256 colors|
         resolution=640x480, 256 colors|
purchase=No
purchase=[[Where to get the games#Other Games|Yes]]
}}
}}
'''The 7th Guest''' was the first game to be released by [[Trilobyte]], and the first to use the [[Groovie]] engine. The introduction tells the story of Stauf, a toy-maker who builds a mansion, and then the user takes control of a character (referred to as Ego), who has no idea who he is or how he got there, as he solves the puzzles in Stauf's mansion to discover the truth about what happened there.
'''The 7th Guest''' was the first game to be released by [[Trilobyte]], and the first to use the [[Groovie]] engine. The introduction tells the story of Stauf, a toy-maker who builds a mansion, and then the user takes control of a character (referred to as Ego), who has no idea who he is or how he got there, as he solves the puzzles in Stauf's mansion to discover the truth about what happened there.


==Releases==
==Releases==
*The DOS / Windows version is the only supported one.
*The DOS, Windows and Macintosh versions are supported.
*The Macintosh version may work to some extent, but many issues still exist:
** Extraction of the game datafiles is required at the moment (run extract_t7g_mac in the ScummVM tools on ''/The 7th Guest - Install files/T7GMac''.
** ''/The 7th Guest - Install files/T7GData'' must be renamed to hdisk.gjd.
** Music won't work.
** Going to the save / load game screen will cause the game to crash (due to the Mac version not being distributed with ''sphinx.fnt'': it used the Mac system font).
*The CD-i release seems to be done using a Philips' custom engine (it doesn't use the [[Groovie]] engine for sure), so we won't be able to support it in ScummVM.
*The CD-i release seems to be done using a Philips' custom engine (it doesn't use the [[Groovie]] engine for sure), so we won't be able to support it in ScummVM.


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==Known issues==
==Known issues==
*The MT-32 instrument definitions aren't used yet, so it will play with wrong instruments.
*External videos added with the Windows Beta player (http://www.tbyte.com/downloads/) aren't supported yet.
*External videos added with the Windows Beta player (http://www.tbyte.com/downloads/) aren't supported yet.
*Paletted cursors aren't handled very nicely on platforms that don't support them, e.g. WinCE.
*Paletted cursors aren't handled very nicely on platforms that don't support them, e.g. WinCE.
*The microscope puzzle AI is very basic (not based on RE).
*VDX player is not very efficient (e.g. slow on WinCE/GP2XWiz etc.).
*VDX player is not very efficient (e.g. slow on WinCE).


==Original game bugs which also occur in ScummVM==
==Original game bugs which also occur in ScummVM==
*Library secret door - this is actually how the video was rendered, and as such is not fixable {{BugTrack|num=2525078}}.
*Library secret door - this is actually how the video was rendered, and as such is not fixable {{Tracker|id=4102}}.
*Game room → kitchen secret passage - this only occurs in Open House mode, not in normal gameplay {{BugTrack|num=2707314}}.
*Game room → kitchen secret passage - this only occurs in Open House mode, not in normal gameplay {{Tracker|id=4246}}.
*Doll room flip puzzle impossible to win in some cases {{BugTrack|num=2780736}}.
*Doll room flip puzzle impossible to win in some cases {{Tracker|id=4315}}.


==Original game bugs which have been fixed in ScummVM==
==Original game bugs which have been fixed in ScummVM==
*Cake puzzle bug {{BugTrack|num=2458322}}.
*Cake puzzle bug {{Tracker|id=4050}}.


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pc0-9/7thguest.html List of puzzles and solutions]
*[http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pc0-9/7thguest.html List of puzzles and solutions]


[[Category:Groovie Games]]
[[Category:Supported Games|7th Guest, The]]
[[Category:Groovie Games|7th Guest, The]]
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