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The best B-movies in the history of gaming!

The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour, a pair of fascinating ghost stories with orchestrated soundtrack, that launched computer games into the CD-ROM era, is available 80% off, for Windows and Mac OS X, on GOG.com for the next 24 hours. That's only $3.98 for the set of two ($1.99 each).

[url=http://www.gog.com/promo/gem_promo7th_guest_11th_hour_270114][/url]The 7th Guest, when came out in 1993 as one of the first games released on CDs, it supposedly drove the sales of CD-ROM drives to rise by 300%. Over two million copies of the game were sold, as everybody wanted to see what the new technology can bring to the gaming table. Driven by curiosity, the gamers came to find a uniquely presented horror story with thick atmosphere, creative puzzles, and innovative pre-rendered 3D graphics. The orchestrated soundtrack played a large part in creating the game's eerie mood and the FMV actors added a fantastic horror B-movie quality into the mix. The 7th Guest, followed by The 11th Hour, remains a fascinating episode in the history of computer games, so make sure to visit the mad Henry Stauf's mystery mansion yourself!

The 7th Guest pits you against the devious mind of Henry Stauf, the murdering maniac, the power-hungry puppeteer, the master of the mysterious mansion. You accepted his invitation and now a supernatural force is driving you towards your demise. You will encounter the six spirits of Stauf's guests, doomed for eternity to repeat the fatal night at his haunted house. Then, you'll witness history repeating itself with The 11th Hour, a sequel revisiting the mansion and reigniting the flames of madness upon which the kettle of mystery and horror entraps new victims. Both games come with full soundtracks and bonus materials to enhance your experience.

Step into the realm of horror, solve the mystery mansion's many devious puzzles, discover the method to Henry Stauf's madness, and experience an important piece of gaming history in The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour, for only $3.98! The offer lasts until Tuesday, January 28, at 10:59AM GMT.

Notice:
Be advised, that once the promo ends, the prices of both games will be permanently reduced by 40%, so each of them will be available in GOG.com catalog for $5.99.
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HypersomniacLive: Nice!

And thanks to ga777 for the link, still reading!

Wouldn't it be a great irony if these games were in tomorrow's DRM-Free Time Machine Sale?
I never heard of this sale, where does it happen?

Edit: OK, I've heard of it. Tomorrow, here.
Post edited January 27, 2014 by justanoldgamer
Great promo!

I now own games I have wanted for a long time and can't wait to play them.

Thanks GOG
*sigh* I'm such a sucker for low prices. I don't know if I'll even play these >.>
We bought our second computer back in 1994 (after having one from 1985 up until then), a gateway2000 package that had a cd-rom drive, SPEAKERS, and you could buy a bunch of various software, a lot of which was available on CD-rom, like encarta and the 7th guest! My mom for years was part of a chorale and so the opening movie with the woman coming home from choir practice especially excited us. Everyone in my family must have played the 7th guest for countless hours on their own save-games, until we figured out that we couldn't figure out all of the puzzles on our own and needed to combine our efforts if we were ever going to make it into the attic and complete the game. And even THEN it was extremely hard and frustrating to finish all of the puzzles. Everyone in my family gave up but me (I was 13 and the most into video games, of course.) Over much time repetition I eventually figured them ALL out and beat them ALL. YES ALL! Including the cell-division game (I played it over and over and over and eventually somehow, beat it!) and the bishop game.

Anyway, the game is definitely unique. The music is the best thing about it, and it is GREAT. I listen to it occasionally just for kicks and it always brings back memories of fondness, regardless of how frustrating and unfulfilled the game left me feeling. It has a lot of interesting room set-ups, a good amount of interesting FMV acting (nothing deep or riveting, but interesting characters still), a good amount of creepyness, a bunch of great mind-puzzles and a bunch of not-so-great mind-puzzles. You definitely feel like you're in a big house, and I definitely had an interesting finding out what was in the next room. To this day I can still play the theme on the piano thanks to the simon-says game in the piano room.
I don't generally like the horror genre in any media, but 7th Guest was the exception back in the early 90's. I wouldn't have bought it, but it came with a piece of hardware (along with several other games: Return to Zork, Labyrinth, Star Wars Chess..and I think another one I can't remember.) I was really looking forward to Return to Zork, and it didn't disappoint, but played the others and enjoyed them more than I expected. Mind you, Labyrinth was about as difficult to finish without hints as 7th Guest, but I enjoyed both until wherever I got stuck :)
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Br00ce: Fallout FUD
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JMich: You cannot buy Fallout 1, 2 and/or tactics from Steam. The games have been removed from sale from there as well. Please do check the facts before posting.
Bethesda is working on returning the games to sale, with steam having priority over GOG atm because they currently have a contract with steam. That does not mean Fallouts will not return to GOG, unlike Wallace and Gromit which is highly unlikely to return.
My apologies for being wrong about the Fallout series. That is a bummer about the Wallace and Gromit series being removed, I didn't even see that... and that is exactly my original point. I'm all about waiting for a good sale but if it's a game you really want, don't wait too long for a sale because the game might just disappear from Gog.com one day... Like Wallace and Gromit apparently did :-(
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Wurzelkraft: I remember 7th Guest vaguely from watching my father play it about 20 years ago but I have never seen 11th Hour before. How similar is it? Better or worse than 7th Guest?
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Azilut: The're very similar. The 11th Hour adds in a "treasure hunt" mechanic where you get clues about a particular object in the house and have to find it and click on it - hope you like anagrams, 'cause the game sure does. It also tries to tell more of a story - whether or not this is a good thing depends on how much you enjoy cheesy FMV acting. (For me, it's always a plus.)
Bought both of them. Poor wallet!