<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
puzzle	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Trilobyte	O
and	O
originally	O
released	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
video	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
only	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
is	O
a	O
horror	O
story	O
told	O
from	O
the	O
unfolding	O
perspective	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
amnesiac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
,	O
alongside	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
is	O
widely	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
killer	O
app	O
that	O
accelerated	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
has	O
subsequently	O
been	O
re-released	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
app	O
store	O
for	O
various	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Gates	O
called	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
"	O
the	O
new	O
standard	O
in	O
interactive	O
entertainment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
puzzles	O
include	O
mazes	O
,	O
chess	O
problems	O
,	O
logical	O
deductions	O
,	O
Simon-style	O
pattern-matching	O
,	O
word	O
manipulations	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
an	O
extremely	O
difficult	O
game	O
of	O
Infection	B-Application
similar	O
to	O
Reversi	O
that	O
utilizes	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
(	O
and	O
would	O
later	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
make	O
an	O
encore	O
appearance	O
in	O
the	O
sequel	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
platform	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
large	O
to	O
be	O
distributed	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
reported	O
with	O
amazement	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
"	O
not	O
only	O
does	O
Guest	O
consume	O
an	O
entire	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
...	O
it	O
actually	O
requires	O
TWO	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
LucasArts	O
 '	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rebel	I-Application
Assault	I-Application
and	O
Brøderbund	O
's	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
helped	O
promote	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
CD	O
drives	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
yet	O
common	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
disc	O
of	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
set	O
included	O
a	O
very	O
large	O
single	O
audio	O
track	O
playable	O
on	O
any	O
regular	O
CD	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
Sanger	O
independently	O
released	O
an	O
album	O
titled	O
7/11	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
little	O
over	O
an	O
hour	O
long	O
and	O
contained	O
all	O
the	O
music	O
from	O
T7G	O
(	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
on	O
separate	O
tracks	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
in-game	O
music	O
had	O
conventions	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
leitmotif	O
in	O
Sergei	O
Prokofiev	O
's	O
Peter	O
and	O
the	O
Wolf	O
,	O
wherein	O
each	O
guest	O
was	O
assigned	O
a	O
musical	O
theme	O
;	O
where	O
Peter	O
and	O
Wolf	O
used	O
instrumental	O
changes	O
for	O
its	O
characters	O
,	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
,	O
conversely	O
,	O
used	O
stylistic	O
variations	O
on	O
the	O
melody	O
of	O
Sanger	O
's	O
"	O
The	O
Game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
was	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
game	O
designer/graphic	O
artist	O
Rob	O
Landeros	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Virgin	O
MasterTronics	O
programmer	O
,	O
Graeme	O
Devine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devine	O
created	O
the	O
GROOVIE	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
continuous	O
streaming	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
ran	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
reusable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
to	O
use	O
640x320	O
graphics	O
with	O
256	O
colors	O
;	O
Trilobyte	O
reportedly	O
spent	O
more	O
than	O
$	O
500,000	O
over	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
found	O
that	O
,	O
as	O
Devine	O
said	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
"	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
is	O
bloody	O
slow	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
blue-screened	O
footage	O
was	O
imperfect	O
and	O
left	O
ghostly	O
auras	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
left	O
in	O
as	O
a	O
feature	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
sales	O
reached	O
500,000	O
units	O
by	O
1994	O
,	O
exceeded	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
by	O
1995	O
(	O
higher	O
than	O
Myst	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
in	O
excess	O
of	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
widely	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
killer	O
app	O
that	O
accelerated	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1995	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
best-selling	O
game	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
1.5	O
million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Myst	B-Application
placed	O
second	O
,	O
with	O
1.1	O
million	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
1998	O
,	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
929,611	O
units	O
and	O
earned	O
$40	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Gates	O
called	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
"	O
the	O
new	O
standard	O
in	O
interactive	O
entertainment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
praising	O
the	O
"	O
rich	O
,	O
enjoyable	O
gaming	O
experience	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
puzzles	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
minimum	O
system	O
requirements	O
were	O
unrealistic	O
and	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
1993	O
many	O
players	O
,	O
including	O
him	O
,	O
encountered	O
stability	O
and	O
software	B-Application
incompatibility	I-Application
issues	O
with	O
their	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
issue	O
with	O
Media	O
Vision	O
sound	B-Device
cards	I-Device
was	O
especially	O
problematic	O
as	O
it	O
prevented	O
him	O
from	O
hearing	O
digitized	O
speech	O
necessary	O
for	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1994	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#212	O
by	O
Paul	O
Murphy	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Eye	O
of	O
the	O
Monitor	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murphy	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Seventh	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
suffers	O
from	O
an	O
incurable	O
case	O
of	O
confusion	O
about	O
what	O
it	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
won	O
Electronic	O
Entertainments	O
1993	O
"	O
Breakthrough	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
while	O
Myst	B-Application
claimed	O
an	O
honorable	O
mention	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
called	O
Trilobyte	O
's	O
project	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
truly	O
compelling	O
interactive	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-i	B-Device
version	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
smooth	O
video	O
,	O
crisp	O
sound	O
,	O
original	O
tracks	O
featuring	O
the	O
almost	O
famous	O
'	O
FAT	O
MAN'—combined	O
with	O
devilish	O
puzzles	O
—	O
makes	O
for	O
a	O
lavish	O
CD-i	B-Device
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
the	O
82nd-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
won	O
the	O
following	O
awards	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
and	O
Myst	B-Application
are	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
killer	O
apps	O
that	O
popularized	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
for	O
computer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
,	O
Trilobyte	O
released	O
a	O
sequel	O
titled	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
in	O
December	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Landeros	O
attempted	O
to	O
create	O
his	O
own	O
official	O
third	O
installment	O
titled	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
Part	O
III	O
:	O
The	O
Collector	O
,	O
releasing	O
a	O
trailer	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
onto	O
his	O
official	O
website	O
,	O
only	O
for	O
the	O
trailer	O
to	O
disappear	O
and	O
no	O
further	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
being	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trilobyte	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
compilation	O
game	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
from	O
both	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Clandestiny	B-Application
titled	O
Uncle	B-Application
Henry	I-Application
's	I-Application
Playhouse	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
both	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
were	O
planned	O
,	O
with	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
being	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
plans	O
for	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
to	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
eventually	O
fell	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
series	O
later	O
also	O
being	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
stand-alone	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Microscope	O
Puzzle	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
was	O
later	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
The	B-Operating_System
7th	I-Operating_System
Guest	I-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
Infection	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
puzzle	O
had	O
been	O
excluded	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
technical	O
reasons	O
and	O
features	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
puzzle	O
,	O
a	O
somewhat	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
puzzle	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
older	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Infection	B-Application
game	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
unlocked	O
by	O
beating	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Trilobyte	O
partnered	O
with	O
Night	O
Dive	O
Studios	O
to	O
re-release	O
both	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
11th	I-Application
Hour	I-Application
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trilobyte	O
,	O
relaunched	O
under	O
Rob	O
Landeros	O
,	O
started	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
on	O
Halloween	O
2013	O
for	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
3	O
:	O
The	O
Collector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
developer	O
Attic	O
Door	O
Productions	O
,	O
having	O
received	O
licensing	O
from	O
Trilobyte	O
for	O
a	O
commercial	O
release	O
pending	O
success	O
in	O
gaining	O
sufficient	O
public	O
interest	O
and	O
funding	O
,	O
began	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
for	O
an	O
unofficial	O
fan	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
titled	O
The	O
13th	O
Doll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
story	O
centers	O
on	O
a	O
grown-up	O
Tad	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
seventh	B-Application
guest	I-Application
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
revisiting	O
the	O
house	O
to	O
face	O
his	O
past	O
;	O
Robert	O
Hirschboeck	O
reprised	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
Stauf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Trilobyte	O
launched	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
for	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Board	O
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
Cluedo-like	O
board	O
design	O
and	O
figures	O
representing	O
the	O
guests	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
PC	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
original	O
versions	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
or	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
