We bet you didn’t have this one on your PSVR2 bingo card: 1993 CD-ROM sensation The 7th Guest is getting adapted for virtual reality later this year. While the game was announced during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase earlier this week, a trailer for the title shared by developer Vertigo Games clearly shows the logo for Sony’s headset at the end.
The original version of this game blended pre-rendered 3D graphics with FMV performances, and was cited as a killer app which contributed to the CD-ROM format’s eventual explosion. According to the website, the FMV aspects have been preserved, while the environments have been completely recreated with modern graphics technology for virtual reality.
The official website also notes that the title’s puzzles have been redesigned to take advantage of virtual reality. “Relive the original story as written by Matthew J. Costello, from a whole new perspective,” the website notes. “The 7th Guest VR brings back characters like Martine Burden, Brian Dutton, Edward and Elinor Knox, and others. Time to discover who is The 7th Guest.”
[source twitter.com, via the7thguest-vr.com]
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Where did this come from?! lol!
Incredibly strange announcement but a damn good game and a piece of gaming history!
Ok, this looks cool.
@get2sammyb I guess PSVR2 is not so dead after all... I remember when CD games started to pop up, this was one of the first... Never played it but now I will, I love adventure/puzzle games... I don't know why we don't have more adventure games in VR, for me a classic point & click adventure is a nice fit for VR, say a Sherlock Holmes game.
This actually looks interesting…
Tangent: first time I head of this game was back in the SNES days, it was teased as one of the first potential games for the canceled SNES CD Drive addon. Given it was post-reveal, think it was post the embarrassing Sony/Nintendo fiasco that resulted in the PlayStation being born.
Something about this game always has attracted me even if I have never tried to play it…
The official Website doesnt mention PSVR2 at all. Maybe it was just an error in the Trailer
This is brilliant news! I genuinely wanted to play this back in the early nineties.
And now I won't have to buy a CDi.
Oh man. I remember going to my Aunt's house and they had this game when it first released. I had zero clue what I was doing - was like probably 5 or 6 at the time - but it was unlike anything that was out at the time. Awesome announcement!
I have the original CD-Rom(s) with complete box and all in my bookshelf. First ever CD-Rom game I owned together with LucasArts Rebel Assault. Good times back then ✌️😎✌️
Sold. Sony need a straight up VR state of play to show some new titles.
Oh no! I guess I have to buy a PSVR2 now.
It seems absolutely amazing to be able to walk through the Stauf mansion in 3D. I hope the soundtrack is similar, it contributed so much to the game's character.
@MattSilverado Also on your radar, if it's not already should be Firmament. For some reason it's still not on the PS store as "announced" but it's slated for 2023. It's from Cyan (famous for Myst) and should be a very solid point and click adventure/puzzle game. It's a totally new game, and world, but from what we've seen, thematically and stylistically it looks like a sequel to Riven in everything but name.
This is awesome! I remember this!
@NEStalgia awesome! Going to take a look at it!
Why wasn't this in the showcase lol
A few friends and I popped in the CD game to play one night, the week it was released in 1993. We were so entranced, we could not stop, going through the plot and puzzles we finished the game as the sun was just coming up the following AM, pulled an all-nighter. Great gaming memory and awesome classic game, and pretty much perfect for VR
Played this on the Philips CDi back in the 90's and was neat at the time but not sure if it will be popular today?
@Total_Weirdo CDi......forgot all about that 🤣👍
I was a big PC gamer in the 90's and I've never heard of this game
I'm in! Take my money!
Oh man, I'll be all over this. The 7th Guest was one of those momentous occasions back in the day, along with Wing Commander 3, Rebel Assault and Under a Killing Moon, which required an obscene 16 MB of RAM to run.
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