The COMPLETE solution to 'The 7th Guest' is now avalible from
Prima Publishing or your local book/computer store.
Prima Publishing
P.O. Box 1260BK
Rocklin, CA 95677
(916) 786-0426
ISBN 1-55958-468-8
The book is titled:
'The 7th Guest - The Official Strategy Guide'
Suggested Retail is US$19.95
This book uses my puzzle solutions and documents a solution to all
the puzzles except for the 'Microscope' which is more game than
puzzle. It also contains a TON of background information and
pictures from the game!
Neil
Solutions to various problems encountered in 'T7G'
Neil B. Breeden II
and
George F. Gaut Jr
June 25th, 1993
PAGE: I
INTRODUCTION and NOTES:
Well, I've just seen the ending sequence on CD #2. I solved all the
puzzles except for the Microscope puzzle. I had to go to the Help Book
three times to get past it. I have to say that this is one of the coolest
game's I have EVEN seen. I really enjoyed the graphics, music (be sure
to play the songs on CD 2 in your audio CD player, some great music!)
and the puzzles. I enjoyed the ending though I thought it was a bit
short. Be sure to read the credits at the end, if anyone gets through
to the Best Girl I'd like to know how she was!
See you at Stauf's house,
Neil
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NOTE: Not all puzzles are solved in this text!!!
If you can add any solutions I encourage you to do so. If you would like
you can send your solutions to me and I'll roll them into this text giving
you credit if you wish.
Genie: NEIL@DP
AOL: NEILBII
BioHazard: FailSafe (See text at the end of this file!)
We make no guarantees as to the accuracy of these solutions. While I've
tried to make this text as accurate as possible I cannot guarantee that it
is 100 percent correct.
Also note that these solution have not been optimized. There may be MUCH
better ways to solve them.
The latest version of this file can be found on the 'BioHazard' BBS, see
our ad on the last page for the phone numbers.
I also want to thank Trilobyte and Virgin. T7G is one awesome game. I
can hardly wait for whatever comes next!!!!!!!!!!
We want to wish you the BEST OF LUCK with your gaming!
Neil
PAGE: II
Revision History:
30-May-1993 Initial creation of file. Uploaded to AOL, Genie and
BioHazard.
31-May-1993 Added 'Coin' puzzle solution.
Added notes on 'Knights' puzzle.
Added 'Flip Picture' Puzzle.
Added 'Letter Block' Puzzle.
Expanded 'MAZE' map to show path.
01-JUN-1993 Added notes on the 'Piano Puzzle'.
04-JUN-1993 Added Maps.
Added solution to 'Bishops'.
Added Notes on 'Stauf's Face' Puzzle.
05-JUN-1993 Finished work started on June 4th.
Added solution to the 'PIT' puzzle.
06-JUN-1993 Fixed a couple of typo's in the file.
Wrote a small c program to convert the ANSI
graphics to '+-|' textual graphics so that I
don't have to maintain two versions.
07-JUN-1993 Added 'Star Knife' puzzle.
Added 'SkyScraper' puzzle.
Fixed 'Piano Bar' Solution.
Fixed layout problem causing page numbers
to not be printed.
08-JUN-1993 Added too/Corrected maps
More minor edits.
25-JUN-1993 Added Musical Notation to the Piano Puzzle.
PAGE: III
Index: Page Solved/Notes
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Introduction and Notes I
Revision History II
Index III
Maps IV
Telescope in the Library 1 Solved
Spiders on the Star 2 Solved
Skulls and Headstones in my cake 3 Solved
Eight queens that do NOT get along 4 Solved
Blood flow 5 Hints
aMAZEing, isn't it 6 Solved
Can's in the pantry 7 Solved
Letter Flowers on my bedspread 8 Solved
Grating - Ain't it? 9 Solved
Coins on the Briefcase 10 Solved
Bishop's needing a change 11 Solved
Crypt in the basement 12 Hints
Knights in the Bathroom 13 Hints
Card Shark 14 Solved
Through the Microscope 15 Good Luck!
This is the PIT's 16 Solved
Flip Picture 17 Hints
Spelling Blocks 18 Hints/Answer
Piano Bar 19 Solved
Stauf's Face 20 Hints
Star Knifes 21 Solved
SkyScraper 22 Solved
Ad for the BioHazard BBS 23
OBJECTIVE: Spell out the sentence by clicking on the letters. After
selecting a letter the next one selected MUST be
connected to the last via a canal on the map of Mars.
Click on the Letters starting with the T at the bottom to spell:
THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY
PAGE: 2
Spiders on the Star:
OBJECTIVE: Cover all the purple circles around the edge of the star
with spiders. NOTE: The puzzle is won when all but one
circles have been covered with a spider. The spiders
will move alone one of the lines from the starting
circle to the ending circle.
SOLUTION:
P1
P6 P4
P3 P7
P8 P2
P5
Click on then Click to move to
-------- ---------------------
P1 P8
P2 P1
P3 P2
P4 P3
P5 P4
P6 P5
P7 P6
OR
1.) Click any purple circle to start.
2.) Click on either purple circle connected via the lines to the
one from step 1 to have the spider move to there.
3.) Pick a purple circle so that after the spider moves he will
be on the circle from step #1 above.
4.) Click on the circle from step #1 above to have the spider move
to it.
5.) Pick a purple circle so that after the spider moves he will
be on the circle from step #3 above.
4.) Click on the circle from step #3 above to have the spider move
to it.
Continue this way around the star, picking a spot so that the spider
can move to the place you CREATED the last spider on.
PAGE: 3
Skulls and Headstones in my cake:
OBJECTIVE: All 6 guest's need to receive an equal share of cake. The
problem is that the pieces given to each guest must touch
on a side. The final shape of the pieces for each guest
doesn't matter.
The S's represent sections with a SKULL, the H's sections with a Headstone.
The section without an H or S are just icing.
Solution:
Click on all 5 pieces with the number 1. After they fly from the cake
click on all 2's, then 3's, 4's, 5's and finally 6's. All 6 guests
received 5 pieces total consisting of 2 skulls, 2 headstones and 1 icing.
OBJECTIVE: Position eight queens on the board so that no queen can capture
another queen. NOTE: Queens can move in any direction including
diagonals for as many squares as they want.
OBJECTIVE: Open/Close gates so that the blood can flow from the heart to
the end. NOTE: Click the heart to get the blood flowing when
you think you have it.
The easiest strategy I found was to start from the end. Click the gates
and you will notice that the end with the little ball is fixed. Click the
gates open and closed so that there is a continuous path for the blood to
follow. By staring at the end this path is obvious.
PAGE: 6
aMAZEing, isn't it?
OBJECTIVE: Find your way through the maze to the basement. Another puzzle
awaits you there. NOTE: The room with the Bishop puzzle has
a maze on a carpet. This is also the map to the basement.
The maze is recreated below. The lengths of sections in the
actual maze seem different than the map indicates even though
the overall relationship of openings etc. seems correct.
OBJECTIVE: Rearrange the can's so that they make a complete sentence. The
only VOWEL is Y.
Here is a hint from the game:
Bashful nomad, craftily, agilely, meet secretly near my
underground vault.
And here is the final solution:
Shy
gypsy slyly
spryly tryst
by my crypt
PAGE: 8
Letter Flowers on my bedspread:
OBJECTIVE: Make a sentence from the letters on the bedspread.
NOTE: From the last selected letter the next letters that can be used
are either -5, -3, +3 or +5 letters away.
NOTE: The STARS are used as spaces.
Here is the flow for the answer: KEY: Spaces-to-move Letter
Start with the T +5 Y
(Work +5 H -3 O
DOWN -3 E -3 U
this -3 STAR -3 R
Column +5 S +5 STAR
first) -3 K +3 F
+5 Y +3 A
+3 STAR +5 T
+3 I +3 E
+3 S -5 STAR
-5 STAR +3 I
+3 R -5 S
-5 U -5 STAR
+3 D +3 B
+3 D +3 L
+3 Y +5 O
+3 STAR -3 O
+5 D
+3 Y
PAGE: 9
Grating - Ain't it?
OBJECTIVE: Move the grate parts around so that the circle cut in two
of them is over the opening. The bottom one protects you from
the spikes.
I've numbered the six position's of the grates like this:
1 2 3
4 5 6
Click on these position's to arrange the grates so that you
can get through:
5
6
3
2
5
4
1
2 (The top circle should be in position 1)
5
6
3
2
5 (The bottom circle should be in position 2)
4
1
2
3
6
5
4
1
2
3
6
5
4
1
2
3
6
5 (You should now have a completed circle)
PAGE: 10
Coins on the Briefcase:
OBJECTIVE: Turn over ALL coins. Once a coin is turned over only the coins
along the column above/below or on the row to the right/left of
it can be flipped. There are two puzzles in the sequence.
OBJECTIVE: Get the lid's all closed before the dead escape.
There are 9 coffins arranged like this:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
(You)
Clicking to open/close the lid on one affects the ones around it
like this: (X) is the one clicked - n means no change in the lid.
n 2 n 1 n n n n 3 1(2)3 n n n
4(5)6 (4)n n n n(6) n n n n n n
n 8 n 7 n n n n 9 n n n 7(8)9
(1)2 n n n n n 2(3) n n n
4 5 n 4 5 n n 5 6 n 5 6
n n n (7)8 n n n n n 8(9)
Notice that clicking 2,4,6 or 8 has no effect on 5.
One more thing: Several times while trying to click on #9 I managed to
instead click while the right beckoning hand was displayed. This exits
the puzzle early. Be sure you have the EYE before clicking in a coffin.
Although I am sure there is a nice algorithm for this solution I still
have not found it. I have managed to solve it by brute force only.
By resetting the puzzle I usually find a fairly easy one to solve within
a few minutes.
PAGE: 13
Knights in the Bathroom:
OBJECTIVE: Swap the Black and White Knights.
Solution: I've solved this through brute force. It took enough moves
that I don't plan to document it here.
OBJECTIVE: You are Blue, have more blue pieces left at the end of the game.
To create a new Blue move one square in any direction. You can
more up to two squares in ANY direction including diagonals,
you may jump other cells.
OBJECTIVE: Make your way along the colored bricks to reach the FINISH
block. There is a methodology you need to follow to complete
this.
HINTS: You do not need to step om all the colored bricks to win.
Every third brick you step on needs to be purple.
When stepping on the FINISH brick it must be the third in that
sequence.
LAYOUT: FINISH
+---+ +---+ +---+ +---+
| P +---+ B +---+ B +---+-> | P = Purple Square
+---+ P +---+BR +---+BR +---+ B = Blue Square
+---+ B +---+ P +---+ BR = Brown Square
+---+ BR+---+ +---+ B +---+
| P +---+ +---+ B |
+---+ B | | B +---+
+---+ +---+
+---+ B +---+ +---+ P +---+
| B +---+ P +---+BR +---+ P |
+---+ P +---+ P +---+ P +---+
+---+BR +---+ P +---+
+---+ P +---+BR +---+BR +---+
|-> +---+ +---+ +---+ B |
+---+ +---+
START
SOLUTION: The Book in the library says that each color represents
a number, and that the next move depends upon what color/number
you are starting from.
FINISH
+---+ +---+ +---+ +---+
| +---+D1 +---+E1 +---+E3 | P = Purple Square
+---+C3 +---+D2 +---+E2 +---+ B = Blue Square
+---+C2 +---+D3 +---+ BR = Brown Square
+---+C1 +---+ +---+ +---+
|B3 +---+ +---+ |
+---+B2 | | +---+
+---+ +---+
+---+B1 +---+ +---+ +---+
| +---+ +---+ +---+ |
+---+A3 +---+ +---+ +---+
+---+A2 +---+ +---+
+---+A1 +---+ +---+ +---+
|-> +---+ +---+ +---+ |
+---+ +---+
START
Step on A1,A2,A3,B1,B2 ... E2,E3
PAGE: 17
Flip Picture:
OBJECTIVE: Using the control buttons around the edges retore the picture
back to it's correct state. Each time the puzzle is restated
it is scrambled different.
SOLUTION: When the picture is displayed correctly before being scrambled
the squares of it are numbered 1 to 9 as show below. Memorize
the section and it's number as shown below.
BUTTONS: Clicking on B1 increments the picture shown in squares 1,4 and 7
to the next picture in sequence. If picture 9 was shown then
picture 1 is displayed in that square.
Clicking on B2 increments squares 2,5 and 8.
Clicking on B3 increments squares 3,6 and 9.
Clicking on buttons B7,B8 or B9 decrement their column.
Clicking on buttons B10,B11 or B12 increment the picture on
their row.
Clicking on buttons B4,B5 or B6 decrement their row.
Note: I had the best luck resetting the puzzle until I got one that had
the same pattern in columns 1 and 2. I was then able to increment
column 3 to the same pattern. I was then able to increment row 1
and 2 until all 9 squares had the SAME picture. I then set column
2 to the picture before column 3. I then set column 1 to be the
picture before column 2. I then decremented the rows 1 and 2 until
I had the complete picture.
PAGE: 18
Spelling Blocks:
OBJECTIVE: Rearrange the blocks to spell the correct three words.
CONTROL: Clicking on the TOP of a column slides the lower two
blocks up, the top one goes to the bottom. The opposite
is true by clicking on the BOTTOM of a column.
Clicking on the RIGHT edge of a row slides the row to the
right. The rightmost block goes to the left edge. Again the
opposite is true for the LEFT edge.
The blocks always initialize to the same configuration:
+---+---+---+
| D | A | T |
+---+---+---+
| Y | O | B |
+---+---+---+
| T | E | G |
+---+---+---+
SOLUTION: To solve the puzzle rearrange the letters to spell the words
+---+---+---+
| G | E | T |
+---+---+---+
| B | O | Y |
+---+---+---+
| T | A | D |
+---+---+---+
PAGE: 19
Piano Bar:
OBJECTIVE: Follow the song through 18 notes repeating in a 'Follow the
leader' type of game.
SOLUTION: I taped a piece of paper to my screen and marked all the keys
on it. Then I numbered the keys 1,2,3...18 as they were
played.
I believe this is the Sequence - Only part of the Keyboard is shown.
I've entered this in two different formats, use the one you find easiest
to follow.
W W B W B W W B W B W B W W
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1 6 5 3 4 14 2 12
10 7 8 15 11
9 16 13
17 18
W W B W B W W B W B W B W W
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1 . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 2 .
. . . 3 . . . .
. . . . 4 . . .
. . 5 . . . . .
. 6 . . . . . .
. 7 . . . . .
. . 8 . . . .
. 9 . . . . .
10 . . . . . .
. . . . 11 .
. . . . . 12
. . . . 13
. . . 14
. . 15
. 16
17 .
18
The musical solution is:
Follow the Leader through the 18 note melody by playing the following keys. The
Piano pictured is an accurate repro of a real piano.
Play in sequence:
Low B, up an octave to B, F#, G, E, D#, E, F#, E, Low B, up an octave to B, C,
B, A, G, F#, E, F#.
For those who have a little trouble, it may help to remind that 'B' is located
to the right of any three key black sequence.
PAGE: 20
Stauf's Face:
OBJECTIVE: Restore Stauf's face to normal.
NOTES: This is simular to the crypt puzzle except that each section
of the puzzle can be in THREE states. The sequence like this:
+-> NORMAL --> Red --> Green --+ (Or is it Green --> Red?)
| |
+------------------------------+
There are 9 sections arranged like this:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
Clicking to change a section affects the ones around it like this:
(X) is the one clicked - n means no change in the piece.
n 2 n 1 n n n n 3 1(2)3 n n n
4(5)6 (4)n n n n(6) n n n n n n
n 8 n 7 n n n n 9 n n n 7(8)9
(1)2 n n n n n 2(3) n n n
4 5 n 4 5 n n 5 6 n 5 6
n n n (7)8 n n n n n 8(9)
Notice that clicking 2,4,6 or 8 has no effect on 5.
NOTE: I kept resetting this one until I got a setup that seemed
logical to clear.
PAGE: 21
Star Knifes
OBJECTIVE: Remove knives by jumping over them with another knife. To win
you must have only one knife left on the board.
SOLUTION: I've numbered the nodes like this:
1
2 3 4 5
6 7
9
8 10
Jump in this order:
FROM TOO OVER
---- ---- ----
6 1 3
5 3 4
2 4 3
9 5 7
1 7 4
5 9 7
8 7 9
10 4 7
PAGE: 22
SkyScraper
OBJECTIVE: Find the proper path throught the windows to clear each section.
SOLUTION: You start on the BOTTOM section, click on window #1 and follow
then in order. Some of them will automatically turn on when
another is clicked. Click the next on that needs to be lite
when some are automatically turned on.
The latest version of this file can be found in the DOS/GAMES file area
and will be named T7G_SOL.ZIP. You will be able to download this file
on your first call!
