The 7th Guest was a jaw-dropping monster in 1993, but contemporary reviewers always seem to give it a hard time. Why is that? And does its sequel, The 11th Hour, warrant a similar treatment? Well... yes and no. Let's have a look. #The7thGuest #The11thHour #Trilobyte == CHAPTERS == 0:00 Intro 1:32 The cultural impact of The 7th Guest 5:18 The making of The 7th Guest 9:33 The story and gameplay of The 7th Guest 13:32 Differences between game and script 14:37 The 7th Guest novelization 17:12 The long-awaited sequel, The 11th Hour 19:14 Video compression 21:58 Tensions and Windows 95 23:28 The story of The 11th Hour 31:28 The gameplay of The 11th Hour 33:15 Despite all that... 34:40 The Windows version and interlaced video 38:56 The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary 39:33 The CD-i version of The 7th Guest 42:25 Emulating the CD-i version 45:28 The game boxes 54:25 Outro == LINKS == "Haunted Glory: The Rise and Fall of Trilobyte" by Geoff Keighley (yes, THAT Geoff Keighley...) Originally published (and since removed for, I'm assuming, entirely stupid reasons) on GameSpot. Luckily, archive.org never forgets. http://web.archive.org/web/20061130124830/http://www.gamespot.com/features/btg-tri/index.html == CREDITS == Intro by Changis. "Ultimate Doom - Ultra-Violence Speedrun in 19:43" Zero Master https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Dl8HSKMWM "Myst Longplay (Original Version)" razorbulan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9kQRRJxqKk "Swinging Banana" mattywl1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZx1xMCl1GY "Trash to Treasure: 1993 Mitsumi LU005S 1x Speed CD ROM Drive found in Trash" RetroGamingBase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DWPHQGJ1wQ "Wing Commander - Intro/opening credits - (Roland MT-32) MS-DOS Game" barbarianbros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyJqLxjUpyg "Let's Play Maniac Mansion (Full Playthrough)" Let's Play With Brigands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7oUArcVis0 "DOOM 2 super shotgun - SSG" superturbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4VHUXV77hA "Hollywood Babylon TV Series with Tony Curtis" blackcentury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDcr5Y0H3XY "Restart Windows 95 in MS-DOS mode in the BACKROOMS #DOScember" Retro Dragon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckPmRgdMmUM "The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition - English Longplay" Andrea Pannocchia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K0x09ecdMI "The 7th Guest (CDi) - Full Playthrough [Part 1/2]" bangerra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Bhjm2aukM "Install the Digital Video Cartridge in a Philips 450 CDI" High-Tech Mag@zine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZhh_4cZ-fk "The 7th Guest VR | Full Game Walkthrough | No Commentary" 99TH VR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcIXrQ3FqsY The Adventure Game Hotspot Network: https://youtube.com/@OneShortEye - adventure game speedruns https://youtube.com/@AdventureGameGeek - adventure game reviews The Classic Gamer's Guild Podcast (https://www.cggpodcast.com) https://youtube.com/@AdventureGameHotspot - the main hub Join the SQH community on Discord: https://discord.gg/9mcCQt2 Support me via Patreon: https://patreon.com/spacequesthistorian
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