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FAQ for 7th Guest, The T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. 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Virgin is a registered trademark of Virgin Enterprises Ltd. (c) 1992 Virgin Games, Inc. and Trilobyte, Inc. All rights reserved. Game Requirements: ------------------ o 386DX processor minimum (486SX 20MHz or faster recommended) o 2 megs of RAM (4 megs recommended) o 16 bit video card with at least 512k of memory (Fast 16-bit SVGA video card with 1 meg of memory or local bus/PCI video) o CD-ROM with 150k/sec transfer rate (300k/sec recommended) o Sound card with FM and PCM sound (Roland LAPC-1, MT-32, Sound Canvas and 16-bit PCM sound card recommended) o Mouse o Hard drive with 10 megs of free space o MSCDEX version 2.2 or higher o DOS 5.0 or higher Supports: o Gravis Ultrasound, Gravis MAX, Roland LAPC-1, MT-32, Sound Canvas, SCC-1 Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE32, Pro Audio Spectrum, Thunderboard, AdLib Gold, and any sound card with 16-bit Miles drivers Page 1 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS: ------------------ PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 KUDOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 THINGS I NEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 T7G PATCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 1.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 1.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 T7GFIX3.ZIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 TROUBLE-SHOOTING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 VESA driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 DMAs and IRQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 boot disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 CDROM cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Gravis Ultrasound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Sound Blaster AWE32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Cirrus Logic Local Bus video . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 DMA buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 MSCDEX.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 QEMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Sound Blaster 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 SUPERCDX.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 S3 CHIP INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 OS/2 INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 MISC INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 Sony CDU31A CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 Creative's double speed/Omni CD . . . . . . . . Page 10 BATCH FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 YOU-GOT-ME'S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 IN CONCLUSION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Page 2 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu PREFACE: -------- Since this is a technical FAQ, I'm not going to include any game hints, tricks, tips, etc. since the file will be TOO damn big! However, I will explain what T7G is....T7G, short for "The 7th Guest", is a CD-ROM game made by Virgin Games. It's an incredible 3D rendered game that takes you through a haunted house! You have to solve some REALLY tough puzzles (the microscope is the hardest!). Virgin Games' BBS number is (714) 833-3305. The reason I started all this is because of Virgin Games' lack of support on their BBS!!!! The game is NOT buggy! In fact, it runs under conditions (Windows, OS/2) that most other DOS based applica- tions would fail badly! The biggest reason this game gives people trouble is because it requires a VESA driver (Cirrus Logic and W32i video cards should have this built into their BIOS). The ones on the 2nd CD ROM aren't so hot. Also, new video cards are made quite frequently, therefore, it is important that your video card manufacturer can supply you with the newest one before purchasing this game! I think Virgin Games should also give BIG kudos to Kendall Bennett for creating the program UNIVBE50.ZIP (the Universal Vesa Driver). This works BETTER in a lot of cases than some custom designed ones! In case you call Virgin's BBS, they will have it up there (thanks to me :-) If you have a S3 chip video card....well...you might be in trouble. Some of the S3 chips aren't very good accelerators. They get some pretty good winmarks, but for an overall speed rating...they're the pits. Having local bus ought to bring you up to snuff, but I make no promises :-) Read page 8 of this FAQ for more S3 chip info. P9000 cards ought to be fine providing VESA support is there. KUDOS: ------ Mega-thanks go out to Graeme Devine (co-author of T7G!) for sending me a free Trilobyte t-shirt after reading this FAQ! MEGA-KUDOS go to Alan De Smet for accepting the challenge to make a decent T7G ASCII art cover page for me! All I can say is WoW! Hey, now you can read this from a WWW site! Thanks to Dave [Rubicon] you can get the newest T7G Technical FAQ at: http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain/games.html Search under miscellaneous game FAQs. Kudos to Steve Hamm (hamm@ssdt-bluestein.sps.mot.com) for some info on the Pro Audio Spectrum and more info on the patches. Thanks to Nicolas Gauvin (nic@info.polymtl.ca) for updating me on the newest Universal VESA driver. Thanks also go to Mike Olsson (renfield@cyberspace.com) for info on T7G Strategy Guide. Page 3 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu The Seventh Guest: The Official Strategy Guide By Rusel DeMaria Created by DeMaria Studios for Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA ISBN: 1-55958-468-8 $19.95 THINGS I NEED: -------------- I need info on running T7G with a Creative Labs AWE32! The Miles drivers are available on Creative Labs FTP site: I don't own an AWE, so I need input. T7G PATCHES: ------------ 1.24 - fixes a bunch of VESA rom identification bugs (usually with VESA TSRs), it lets you run S3 video cards in MCGA modes, fixes IRQ 10 problems with Tandy MPC setups, and it also cured the Sound Buffer failures most people were getting. You get this in the latest T7G packages labeled version 1.1T (see page 9 for more info). 1.30 - fixes some S3 chip problems and allowes T7G to run under less conventional memory. It also was reported that this version runs a little slower, so I usually don't recommend it unless you have a S3 chip video card. T7GFIX3.ZIP - located on ftp.cdrom.com, has sound drivers for just about EVERY sound card out there. Because T7G uses the Miles drivers, you can have support for your sound card by getting the proper .ADV file and adding it to the list. The PAS drivers are now included and reportedly work well; however, you might want to try an 8-bit IRQ and DMA if you have problems. There is also support for the Microsoft Sound System, Aria, and the Gravis Ultrasound files are there. I believe they put version 1.02 of ULTRAMID.EXE in there. I suggest you get 1.11 from archive.epas.utoronto.ca in the pub/pc/ultrasound directory (see page 6 for GUS installation instructions). If your sound card still isn't listed, you can try to get an .ADV file from another game that uses miles drivers! Do not get it from protected mode games (like Privateer) since the .ADV files have been modified. Just select Sound Blaster (for example) as your sound card in T7G's config menu and then copy over the existing Sound Blaster .ADV files. I believe the AWE32 has Miles drivers up on some ftp site. I haven't tried them though. Ian Abbott sends this information: Hi, saw the FAQ, and just thought I'd let you know that the most recent edition of the V.EXE Groovie Player currently on release is v1.31, which is supplied, along with new VESA drivers and the Miles sound drivers, on a T7G Disk Two v2.0b beta-release CD-ROM (also contains the T7GFIX3.ZIP files plus a CD-Audio player). Page 4 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu No ideas on how to obtain the new player otherwise - appar- ently it fixes the S3 1% of optimum performance in install and only requires 400k of RAM. I got my disk from Virgin Interactive (Europe) through the post as a registered cus- tomer with 'deepest apologies' from Trilobyte and Virgin for the year's delay in the update CD-ROM. The 2.0beta disk replaces disk 2 of the original set (minus audio sound- track). BTW, if you have a Trident video card and you have mouse trouble with the microscope puzzle, you have a bad VESA driver; use UNIVBE50.ZIP. If you have a Diamond Viper, you need the 1.24 fix and at least version 1.02 of VPRMODE (just type VPRMODE VESA) from Diamond. XGA and XGA-2 do not work! Virgin has NO plans for supporting it in the future. My only possible recommendation is try BOTH 1.24 and 1.30 only if a new VESA driver happens to come out, otherwise you are out of luck! Thanks to: nbond@rockdal.aud.alcatel.com, if you have a Diamond Stealth 24 ISA card will run VERY slowly in the SVGA mode. However the UNIVESA driver effective for this card as well. "Cleared all video problems right up". From Mark de Wit <935307de@udcf.gla.ac.uk>: The way to fix the static problem (at least it works for the 5428 Cirrus Logic chipset), is to use the Paradise VESA driver on disk 2. Load this first, and the static goes away. Alternatively, there is a fix on cirrus' ftp site: ftp.cirrus.com. The problem is caused by a faulty BIOS. The cirrus fix is a BIOS replacement TSR. Warning: it's 30KB big!!!!! I just tested the new line of Tseng Labs W32 accelerator cards with T7G. I bought the Hercules Dynamite Pro VLB, and it scores MAJOR speed in DOS! It's super fast in Windows too! It doesn't need any VESA TSR programs, and it's also ET4000 compatible. It's a little pricey right now, but hopefully it will become more affordable. TROUBLE-SHOOTING TIPS: ---------------------- First of all, if you have trouble, get the 1.24 patch on the bbs or via ftp on ftp.cdrom.com. In fact, even if you aren't having trouble, get it. It's very good. Even a perfect setup could get a "Sound Buffer Failure" once in a blue moon. Make sure you do a "V ?" to see if you already have this version. 1) Check your VESA driver. It is probably the cause. If the one on CD Disc 2 of T7G doesn't work for you, get the most up to date one from your video card manufacturer. If you have the "Fred and Ethel" video card, and you can't find their BBS, try getting the latest copy of VPIC; it has lots an lots of VESA tsr programs. If all else fails, try UNIVBE50.ZIP. It's on Virgin's BBS and godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au in the "kjb" directory. 2) Check your DMAs and IRQs for conflicts. If you have a Sound Blaster or compatible, and if IRQ 5 is free, use it. The older SB Page 5 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu packages set the default IRQ to 7 which is shared by the printer. Some I/O cards may cause spurious calls to the printer port. All new packages of the SB, SB Pro and SB Pro 16 should be set to IRQ 5 by default. Also, if you have a Microsoft compatible mouse, use the REAL microsoft driver supplied with Windows 3.1x or MS-DOS 6.x. Use version 7.04 or later. This is a good idea in general. 3) Make a boot disk and get rid of un-needed TSRs. DO NOT use a CDROM cache like Smart Drive 5.0, CD Speedway, Norton Speedcache Plus or Lightning CD! They are great for other CD games, but not this one! 4) YES, your Gravis Ultrasound will work! The file T7GFIX3.ZIP on archive.epas.utoronto.ca will contain the necessary ULTRAMID files needed to emulate General MIDI and digitized sounds. If you can't get this file, GUS0042.ZIP is the necessary add-on for T7G. (it contains a new Ultramid version along with other updates to the 3.53 disks) Here's a short synopsis on how to do it: a) Install at least ver. 1.24 of T7G. b) Set it up for General Midi for music and Sound Blaster for sound. c) Copy the GF1MIDI.ADV and the GF1DIGI.ADV files to your /ID/T7G directory. d) Edit the GROOVIE.INI file and change the .ADV file listed under [General Midi] to the GF1MIDI.ADV instead. Do accord- ingly with the soundblaster line and GF1DIGI.ADV. e) Load Ultramid and then start T7G. Run it with /M80 parameter so the music doesn't overpower the digitized speech. Do NOT add the -C parameter! T7G CAN DO PATCH CACHING!!! (Whee!) f) If your GUS is set to a 16-bit DMA channel, you might need to increase the DMA buffers in your memory manager (see #6 on page 7). g) Since T7G allows patch caching, you might wanna load a disk cache program like Smartdrive to quickly get the patches off the hard drive. Again, do not cache the CD-ROM, it's point- less for this game. 5) I got a message from greger@glas.apc.org (Jens Gregersen) about the Sound Blaster AWE32: I happen to own an AWE32 and I have the Miles drivers. They work without any problems. I got them from Creative's FTP site at ftp.creaf.com; look for AWE32A.EXE in the pub/creative/files/awe directory.[1] I would assume you would have to copy them into the /ID/T7G directory and edit the GROOVIE.INI file like the GUS. Set it up originally as General Midi and SB for audio. 5) If you have a Cirrus Logic Local Bus video, use the newest VESA TSR if you get static. If you have clicking, turn on "video cacheable" in your BIOS. Otherwise, you don't need a VESA tsr for these cards. (Whee!) [1]I personally haven't tested them. I'd like a message confirming that these work with T7G and the sound is fine. Page 6 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu 6) Try increasing the DMA buffers in your memory manager (QEMM, EMM386, 386MAX). For QEMM, add DMA=256 to your QEMM386.SYS line in the CONFIG.SYS. For EMM386.EXE, use D=256. There should be something similar for Netroom and 386MAX; refer to your memory manager's manual. (This helped me when I got garbage on the screen when I put my GUS to DMA 7). 7) RTFM! Yes, read the f**ing manual. There are directions in there to install the game. Don't complain to anyone that your game doesn't work when you didn't even know you had to run a VESA driver! 8) a. Your MSCDEX.EXE buffers should be set to at least 20 (i.e. /M:20). Failure to do so might result in choppy speech. You can load them into expanded memory with the /E switch; (I found you can leave the /E switch there even if you aren't using EMS, i.e. NOEMS in the EMM386.EXE line; the buffers will still get loaded high with mem- maker). If you own a Mitsumi CD-ROM drive, set the MTMCDE.SYS (MTMCDAE.SYS for double-spin) buffers in your CONFIG.SYS first since they are much more important! You can load them into extended memory with the /X switch. b. If you still use DOS 5.0 (yeah!), you might wanna try getting version 2.22 of MSCDEX. According to the Norton Speedcache manual, there are semi-bogus copies of version 2.21 out there. You can get a copy of 2.22 from DOS 6.0. BTW, if upgrading to DOS 6.0, you MUST use version 2.22! Just change your line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT to look for MSCDEX in the DOS directory. If you don't ALL cd rom operations will cease to work. DOS 6.2 comes with and uses version 2.23 only! 9) Alright, you wanted it, you got it, USE STEALTH! See if I care.... Ok, just kidding. Try removing Stealth, at least temporarily, to see if it is causing some kind of conflict. Other people do say their machines run T7G fine with it, but it's really dependent on each manufacturer's motherboard and BIOS. Most of the time its gains are negligible; some times it can* be a Godsend, but for the unlucky few, it can also seem to be hell-spawn. It depends on your computer and configuration. Removing Stealth is a big tech support tip; use it! Also, if you are still using QEMM 6 (NOT VERSION 7.0x!), exclude C000-C7FF since there was a bug with VESA bios'. 10) The Sound Blaster 16 volume problem fix has been confirmed by Shahen Petrosian (shahen@prodnet.la.locus.com). The problem with the volume levels of the music and digital audio is due to the AIL/DigiPack sound card drivers. rjt@crosfield.co.uk (Bob Tidey) writes: I had a similar problem in that I was unhappy with the relative volume of the voice to the music. I found the driver re-initial- ize the volume when it starts up so using SB16SET is of no use. To get around this I patched the driver on mine to stop the init. The driver being used was SBPDIG.ADV. At offset 49C in this driver (59C if examined with debug) there was an OUT instruction (hex EE) which was resetting the volume. I replaced this with a NOP (hex 90) and could then preset the volume with SB16SET before starting the game. Page 7 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu If your driver is different then the code may be at a different address. If so I could give info on the surrounding instructions to help find the offending sequence.[2] 11) This is a longshot, but try using SUPERCDX.EXE; it's a MSCDEX replacement. It is primarily designed to run multiple CD ROM drives in a machine, however, it boasts a speed improvement over MSCDEX. It did make a small improvement when a friend of mine tried to run T7G with a Sony CDU-535. I don't know where to get it on the Internet. The people who make it have a BBS: (512) 326-2754, if anyone gets a new copy of this, please post it on ftp.cdrom.com and let me know. 12) pray. S3 CHIP INFO: ------------- As far as S3 chip video cards are concerned....just about ALL of the older ones will not work properly in SVGA. You will have to get at least version 1.30 of the patch to get SVGA. I have heard from many people that some of the NEWER Vesa Local Bus S3 cards work perfectly with T7G. If you do not have VLB and want a fast video card, I strongly recommend the Genoa 8500. It's a Cirrus Logic card, build in VESA bios (no TSR needed), extremely inexpensive, and is one of the fastest non-local bus DOS accelerators on the market! Here is some more insightful info about S3 chips from Shawn stleaf@fsh.mtu.edu (Leaf): First, I've got an Actix GE32 which is a 1 meg ISA-bus S3-86c801 graphics accelerator. I've found that the 801 is very close to Tseng ET4000 when it comes to SVGA graphics. The 7th Guest worked perfectly after using a UniVesa driver (flicker before...the built in VESA didn't support page flipping). (Oh, this card [ISA, mind you] gets 13M WinMarks on a 386/40.) The S3-86c805 is supposedly identical to the '801 except that it is for VL bus. These two have fantastic SVGA performance. The '911 and '924 are the two that are infamous for crummy SVGA support. The '928 is supposedly the same as the '805 except it uses VRAM instead of DRAM. Hopefully that helps clarify the S3's. (BTW, the '801 and '805 have been out for more than a year and by now represent the bulk the S3 cards--especially since they're very cost effective.) Some more S3 information from Tri Tran: tran@f18sun5.nwc.navy.mil I just wanted to share my experience with the Diamond Stealth Pro VLB card and T7G game. I recently found out the reason why I have been having lock-up problems with this game. It was because of an old buggy BIOS that I use to have on the card. But once I got an update from Diamond, the problem disapeared. So if you have this card and [2]If other games (like Seal Team, etc.) that use these drivers have the same problem, they can be corrected by this technique as well. Page 8 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu don't have the latest BIOS version, I suggest you call Diamond and get the latest free update ASAP. The funny thing about this was that it use to work for a week or so when I first got the game. Then one day, it just crashed and I have never got it to work again until I recently got the BIOS update. I've tried everything from getting the latest patch for the game (t7gfix3.zip) to booting clean without loading my too many TSRs. Hope this is of some good to someone else. tjioet@Maestro.com writes: This is just a brief letter to tell you that in some cases T7G will work in SVGA mode with cards utilizing S3 based cards. In my case, I have a very old Diamond Stealth VRAM card utilizing the S3 924 chip with BUILT IN VESA. At first T7G would lock up occasionally. But if one manages to free up every last K of memory - to about 620K of conventional memory, the game will play - albeit at a very flickery, and slow pace. However, in certain scenes - particularly those requiring much animation, the sound will cut-out briefly from time to time until the animation catches up. Still, it's a great thing to watch just the ending in SVGA at least once. To give you some idea of how slow the S3 cards really are in DOS, T7G setup reports this card as being "less than 1% of optimal." Lastly, I didn't even need the updates from the BBS even though I have version 1.1T of the game[3] (There was an addendum to the original manual on a seperate piece of paper, and on the top of it, it says: "The 7th Guest - Version 1.1T Release Notes") to use the S3 in SVGA mode. And indeed, the update does slow the game down slightly.[4] OS/2 INFO: ---------- ja55236@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu writes: Here are my settings for T7G under os2 2.99 Performance Beta: : Audio_Adapter_Sharing Required DOS_AUTOEXEC AUTOGEST.BAT DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION OFF DOS_BREAK OFF DOS_DEVICE DOS_FCBS 16 DOS_FCBS_KEEP 8 DOS_FILES 20 DOS_HIGH ON DOS_LASTDRIVE F (MY CDROM DRIVE) DOS_RMSIZE 640 [3]I've seen this "new" version of T7G. You get verison 1.24 of V.EXE with some notes about the changes in conventional memory, for example, from the original version. [4]You shouldn't get a slow down with this version. Try a version 1.30 of V.EXE and/or a new VESA driver. �� Page 9 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu DOS_SHELL nctuccca.edu.tw (SORRY BAD MAILER PROGRAM) DOS_SHELL nctuccca.edu.tw MISC INFO: ---------- Here are two suggestions by Virgin BBS callers: If you have a Sony CDU31A CD-ROM, read this: "At first I had trouble with the audio quality during the animated sequences of the game. However, I found a way to make the CD work a little faster. By adding /m:I with the undocumented /o:32 switch for the sony SLCD.SYS driver the audio quality during animated sequences is now perfect. Also using /m:d and /o:32 doesn't improve the perfor- mance on my system but may on someonelse's. I hope this helps people that are having performance problems with the CDU31A."[5] To all users of Creative's double speed/Omni CD: "The driver that shipped with Omni CD has been updated. The newer version corrects many problems. If you're having problems with T7G audio skipping with this CD, then download the driver from Creative Labs. A lot of users have said this fixes it. Their BBS number is 405 742-6660." Steve Hall writes: I kept getting "Memory Error" after the initial greeting screens finally figured out that I was out of environment space (forgot to put a "/" in front of the "E:" switch in my SHELL statement. BATCH FILE: ----------- Here is a batch file I made up for T7G. I'm using C: for the hard drive and D: for the CD ROM drive; if it differs for you, just change them accordingly. It will check if the 7th Guest disc is in the drive and put you back to the root directory when you exit the game. I put in the Smartdrive lines in to disable caching to the cd rom drive only while you use T7G: - - - - - - - - - - - - - SAW HERE - - - - - - - - - - - - @ECHO OFF if exist D:\T7G\GAMWAV.GJD goto start echo THE 7th GUEST disc not in drive! goto end :start C: cd \id\t7g [5] The /m:i and /m:d switches are for polling and DMA transfer modes respectively. Please refer to your manual and I/O board jumper settings to make sure you have a DMA channel correctly selected. Page 10 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu smartdrv D- v ! smartdrv D+ cd \ :end - - - - - - - - - - - - - SAW HERE - - - - - - - - - - - - YOU-GOT-ME'S: ------------- I'm adding this section for little quirks that are either totally unexplainable or just weird! 1) If you have a GUS, no matter which version of ultramid you use, there is ONE part in the game, the intro, where the line spoken is "...and the children started dying." The word "started" on my machine is said twice. This does not occur in the demo. **** UPDATE ** ** UPDATE ** ** UPDATE **** Well, I kinda solved this one. When I upgraded to a DX2-66MHz and a Mitsumi Double spin from my DX-33MHz and Mitsumi Single-spin, the problem went away. Since I upgraded both at the same time, I don't know which change did it. I suspect it was the new CD-ROM drive. The old Mitsumi would lose its "grip" of the CD ROM upon a quick access. (I noticed little "burps" in the animation playing Dragon's Lair with my ReelMagic, but that's another FAQ ;-) 2) If you see one frame of video with a messed up pallete occasion- ally, it's normal. I believe there are a few places around the house where you can re-create this (the card puzzle, leave (turn) to the left.) 3) If you look closely enough, you might notice a bit of redness around eye and hand icons; from what I'm told, it's normal. 4) Oh yeah, it's a DARK game...turn up the brightness/contrast and deal with it! ;-) IN CONCLUSION... ---------------- I am not a SYSOP, nor do I work for Virgin. This FAQ will solve 95% of the problems. If you have a fix for a problem that isn't obvious, and isn't mentioned here, please e-mail me a reply; don't send me private e-mail on the BBS, it's too expensive for me to call anymore. If you have Internet access, you can get the 1.24 and 1.30 fix from wuarchive.wustl.edu or ftp.cdrom.com. Please don't send me e-mail asking me how to ftp. Ask your net administrator. If you want to send me mail on the internet: al885@cleveland.freenet.edu. People on Compuserve and Fidonet can also reach me this way, ask your local SYSOP for more information. Remember, I am NOT Virgin's tech support, Page 11 T7G TECHNICAL FAQ Gerard J. Pinzone Version 1.17 - November 29, 1994 INTERNET: gpinzone@ic.sunysb.edu however, I believe this game IS good and 95% of the problems are with setup and inferior hardware, and not bad programming! I just wish it was a little easier to get answers. NOBODY should be deprived of playing this game because of a little 5k TSR! Can't wait for 11th Hour! See you at Stauf's house! Have fun! Gerard J. Pinzone King of all Tech Support P.S. Just use "finger -l gpinzone@engws1.ic.sunysb.edu" or use WWW software to reach http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain/games.html to get the latest copy of T7G Technical FAQ! Also, if anyone has ANY information on running T7G via OS/2, lemme know; this question always comes up. Page 12 Top of page \|

Hint for 7th Guest, The Dining Room: Cake Solve Matrix Remove six groups of five pieces: two skulls, two stones, one icing. 1.1 1.4 5.5 5.4 6.4 6.5 1.2 1.3 1.5 5.3 6.3 6.2 2.1 2.4 5.1 5.2 4.5 6.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.1 Library: Telescope Puzzle "THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY" Front Door:Spider Puzzle Start anywhere. Then always fill the spot you just vacated. Works like a charm. Kitchen Cans puzzle: �� Rearrange the letters to form the following sentence: "SHY GYPSY SLYLY SPRYLY TRYST BY MY CRYPT" Dungeon Maze: Turn right at the 10th intersection: (8th is L, 9R, 10R) Then Straight,R,R,R,L,R,S,R,L THEN COFFINS. Game Room: Queens ...Q.... ......Q. ..Q..... .......Q .Q...... ....Q... Q....... .....Q.. Bedroom: Bishops Puzzle First off, realize that the bishops on the black squares and the bishops on the white squares do not interact in any way. What I am about to write is a set of instructions for the white squares. Once you have done that, you will have to change the numbers 1-4 to 4-1 and repeat the process with the black squares. The grid is number/lettered as follows: 4 3 2 1 A B C D E Black moves White moves ----------- ----------- A2->B3 E2->D3->B1 B3->D1 E4->D3->C4 B1->A2 D1->C2->E4 C4->E2 A2->C4 E4->B1 A4->C2->E4 E2->D1 C4->B3->A4 B1->E2 D1->B3->A2 D3->E2 Doll Stage Room: ABC Blocks form the three words : GET BOY TAD 1) You're trying to make a sentence. 3 words, horizontal. Which means you don't have to make it read words up and down. 2) The sentence in question is given in the hint book. 3) I found that if I left the first column alone, shifted the second once and the third twice, and then did the same again, the puzzle half-solved itself. Again and it got to the point that a little tweaking worked it out. Champagne Bedroom: Coins 16 15 01 05 04 03 02 03 14 13 05 04 15 21 06 17 18 11 02 12 06 07 14 13 20 19 08 09 12 07 08 01 10 11 09 10 Magic Bedroom: Cards 13 12 11 10 01 03 04 14 02 13 02 01 08 09 03 04 05 06 05 10 11 12 14 07 08 09 07 06 Chapel : Bricks For the chapel or the brick puzzle, count three bricks to find that the third step is a purple brick. The third step must always be purple. Exit 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 Bedroom: Quilt Word Scramble - 3 to 5 steps to and fro THESKYISRUDDYYOURFATEIS*BLOODY! ATTIC: Dollhouse Lights \|10 9 First \|11 8 2nd \| 3rd \| Floor: \| 7 Floor: \| Floor: \| Rt. \| 6 5 \| \| Half \| 2 3 4 ___1\|____ __1\|___ \|__1_______ 1st left win. 1st left win. 2nd window Top of page \|

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Solution for 7th Guest, The Maps: [Blocks] [Knights]+---------+-------+ +----+ ++++-----+[bishops]\|[Blood \| \| \| \| \|Bath \| BED2 \| flow]+-------+ +----+--+-+ \| \| \| \| BED1 \|[Eight \| ++[Flip] \| \| +-+ ++--+ +---+---+ ++ Queen]\| \| Toy +----+ Game \| ++ room +----++ +----+----+ ++S +--++ ++-----+-+ +-------+ \| \| \|t \| \| \| +------------+ \|[Letters\|a \| \| \| \| Alter [Pit] \| on the \|i \| \| [Card] \| +-------+----+ [Coins]\| Bed]\|r \| \| BED5 \| \|Lab \| BED4 \| BED3 \|s +----------+ +----+ \| \| [Knifes] [MicroScope] +--------+--------+ +-----------+ +---------+ +----------+ \| [piano] \| \| [face] \| + [cans] + \| Music \| +---------+ + Kitchen + \| \| \| +------+--+ +----+----------+ +-----------+-+----+ +-+ \| \|Library ++ \| [cake] + \|stairs\| [Telescope]\| \|Dining Room +-----------+ \| + \| +-------------+ Stained +----------------------- Glass Window [Spider] +-------------------+ \| +----+ +----+ +----------- ----+ \| +----+ +----+ \| \| \| +----+ +----+ \| ---------+ \| \| +----+ +----+ \| \| \| \| +----+ +----+ +----------- \| \| +----+ +----+ \| \| E] \| [Crypt] \| +--------+ Z +-------------+ \| ++ A -------+ ++ \| ++ [M \| ++ ++ +-------- \| +-------+ \| \| \| -------+ ## ------- \| ## +------------- ## ------- [Grate] Telescope in the Library: 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 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. 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. +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| S1 \| H2 \| H2 \| S2 \| H3 \| S6 \| Note: This is one of at least +----+----+----+----+----+----+ two solutions! \| 1 \| H1 \| S1 \| S2 \| H3 \| S6 \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| 4 \| H1 \| H4 \| 2 \| S3 \| 6 \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| S4 \| S4 \| H4 \| 3 \| S3 \| H6 \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| H5 \| H5 \| S5 \| 5 \| S5 \| H6 \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ Eight queens that do NOT get along: 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. Solution: +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| QN \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| QN \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| QN \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| QN \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| QN \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| QN \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| QN \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| QN \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ Blood flow: �� 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. 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. +-----------------------------------------------------+ \| +--->---+ \| +---+-+-+\|+---+-+\|+-+---------------------------------+ \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \|\|\| \|+--->---+ \| \| + \| \| \|\|\| + \| \|\|\| \|\|+---+-+\|+-+---+-+------------- \| \| \| \| \| \|^\| \| \| \|V\| \|\|\| \| \|\|\| \|+-+\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \|\|\| \|^\| + \| \|V\| \|\|+\|\| +---------------+ \| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \|\|\| \|\|\| \| \| \|\|\| \|^\|V\| \|+---->---->---+\| \| \| \| \| +\|\| \| + \|\|\| +\|\| \| \| \|\|\| +\|\|\|\| \|\|+---+-+-+---+\|\| \| \| \| \| \|\| \| \|V\|+-+\| \| \| \|V\| \|\|\|\| \|^\| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \| \| +^\| \| + \|\|\|\|+ \| \| \| \|\|\| +^\|V\| +\|\| + + \| + + \|V\| \| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \|\|\|^\| \| \| \| \|\|\| \|\|\|\|\|+-+\| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \|\|+\|\| \| \| + \|\|+-+\|\|\|+\|+ \| \| + \| + \| \|\|+- \| \| \| \| \|\|\| \| \| \|+-+\| \| \| \|+->-+\|+-+\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|+-->Exit to Basement \| \| \| +-+\|+-+ +-+---+-+ +---+-----+---+-+-+ +-+-+ +-+--- \| \| \| +------<---------<---------<---------<---------B3 2 E2->D3->B1 Note: I wish to thank 3 B3->D1 4 E4->D3->C4 whomever devised 5 B1->A2 this solution! 6 D1->C2->E4 7 C4->E2 8 A2->C4 9 E4->B1 10 A4->C2->E4 11 E2->D1 12 C4->B3->A4 13 B1->D3 14 D1->B3->A2 15 D3->E2 Two White and Two Black Bishop's should now be switched. # Black Moves # White Moves -- -------------- -- -------------- 16 A3->B2 17 E3->D2->B4 18 B2->D4 19 E1->D2->C1 20 B4->A3 21 D4->C3->E1 22 C1->E3 23 A3->C1 24 E1->B4 25 A1->C3->E1 26 E3->D4 27 C1->B2->A1 28 B4->D2 29 D4->B2->A3 30 D2->E3 All Bishop's should now be swapped. Crypt in the basement: 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. 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. Starting layout +----+----+----+----+----+ \| BL \| BL \| BL \| BL \| WH \| +----+----+----+----+----+ \| BL \| BL \| BL \| WH \| WH \| +----+----+----+----+----+ BL = Black Knight \| BL \| BL \| \| WH \| WH \| WH = WHite Knight +----+----+----+----+----+ \| BL \| BL \| WH \| WH \| WH \| +----+----+----+----+----+ \| BL \| WH \| WH \| WH \| WH \| +----+----+----+----+----+ Legal Moves for a Knight +----+----+----+----+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| --+--+-+-- \| \| \| \| + \| \| + \| \| +----+----+--+-+----+----+ +----+-+--+----+--+-+----+ \| + \| \| \| \| \| + \| \| --+-+--+--+-+--+-+-- \| +-+--+----+--+-+----+-+--+ +----+-+--+--+-+--+-+----+ \| +--+----+-KN-+----+-+ \| \| \| +--+-KN-+--+ \| \| +-+--+----+-+--+----+-+--+ +----+-+--+-+--+--+-+----+ \| + \| \| \| \| \| + \| \| --+-+--+-+--+--+-+-- \| +----+----+-+--+----+----+ +----+-+--+----+--+-+----+ \| \| --+-+--+-- \| \| \| \| + \| \| + \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+ Card Shark: OBJECTIVE: Flip over all the cards. Only cards adjacnet too or in line on a row/column over already flipped cards can be flipped. +--++--++--++--+ +--+ \| 1\|\| 8\|\| 7\|\| 6\| \|14\| +--++--++--++--+ +--+ +--+ +--+ +--++--++--+ \| 9\| \|10\| \| 3\|\| 2\|\| 1\| +--+ +--+ +--++--++--+ +--+ +--+ +--++--++--++--++--+ \|13\| \|14\| \|12\|\| 4\|\|13\|\| 8\|\| 9\| +--+ +--+ +--++--++--++--++--+ +--+ +--+ +--++--++--+ \|12\| \|11\| \| 5\|\| 6\|\| 7\| +--+ +--+ +--++--++--+ +--++--++--++--+ +--+ +--+ \| 2\|\| 3\|\| 4\|\| 5\| \|11\| \|10\| +--++--++--++--+ +--+ +--+ Through the Microscope: 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. Starting Layout: +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| BL \| \| \| \| \| \| GR \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| GR \| \| \| \| \| \| BL \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ This solve was given to us by one of the users of the Virgin Interactive BBS his name is, Cerasus Carpere. Thanks to him we now have a solve for one of the hardest puzzles. Here is a winning game move listing for the Microscope Puzzle in The 7th Guest. You will, perhaps, have to restart the puzzle a few times before Stauf makes the correct opening moves. This was just the game I recorded. After the first three moves have been played as listed, the playing algorithm in the programming will make sure that green keeps playing this game. I tested it, and it happened on my computer (486DX/33)... and I am confident that the program performs a best move search to a specified depth. But I can not be absolutely sure, therfore it may play differently on much slower or faster computers. For this listing, label the files of the puzzle board A to G (from left to right), and the ranks of the board from 1 to 7 (bottom to top). Like a chessboard, with the last file and rank missing. Like so: 7 X X X X X X X 6 X X X X X X X 5 X X X X X X X 4 X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X 2 X X X X X X X 1 X X X X X X X A B C D E F G Follow the moves as listed, from-to, and you will finish with a comfortable lead. Move Ego Stauf # (Blue) (Green) 1. G1-F1 G7-G6 2. G1-G2 G6-G5 3. G2-G3 G5-G4 4. G2-F4 G6-F5 5. G3-F3 F5-E4 6. F1-E3 G6-E5 7. G4-F6 F4-G4 8. G7-G6 F3-F2 9. E5-D4 F2-D3 10. E5-D5 D3-C4 11. E4-F2 E5-E4 12. F2-E2 C4-D2 13. F6-E6 E2-G2 14. D5-C4 D2-C3 15. D5-C5 F2-E2 16. C4-C2 E2-C4 17. D2-E2 G2-F1 18. D2-E1 C5-D6 19. A7-C6 E6-F7 20. D6-E7 C3-D1 21. D3-C3 A1-B1 22. D2-C1 A1-B2 23. C4-B3 A1-A2 24. C5-A3 E4-C5 25. E3-E4 C6-D7 26. B3-B4 C6-B5 27. A3-A4 C6-A5 28. D5-C6 A5-B7 29. D7-C7 A5-B6 30. A3-A5 B7-A6 31. A4-A3 B7-A7 Score: 26 23 This solve was only tested on a 486/33mhz. From what we have heard the way that the AI works, the moves by the computer will be vary on faster or slower machines. This is the PIT's: 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 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. (Next Picture) B1 B2 B3 +----+----+----+ B12 \| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| B4 +----+----+----+ (Next Picture) B11 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| B5 (Previous picture) +----+----+----+ B10 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| B6 +----+----+----+ B9 B8 B7 (Previous Picture) 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. 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 \| +---+---+---+ 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. 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. 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 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. +----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| 4 \| 5 \| +----+----+----+----+ \| \| 2 \| 3 \| \| +----+----+----+----+ \| \| 1 \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| 8 \| 9 \| \| 15 \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| 7 \| 10 \| 11 \| 14 \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| 5 \| 6 \| \| 12 \| 13 \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| 4 \| 3 \| 2 \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+ +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| 25 \| 24 \| \| 10 \| 9 \| 8 \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| 22 \| 23 \| \| 11 \| 12 \| 7 \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| 20 \| 21 \| \| 15 \| 14 \| 13 \| 6 \| 5 \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| 19 \| 18 \| 17 \| 16 \| \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 \| \| \| +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ Top of page \|

Solution #2 for 7th Guest, The The Semi-Official Run-Through For The Seventh Guest (worked out with much rejoicing (yaaaaayyy) by D. Melanson) Note: Yes, it's called a run-through in this case, not a walk-through. Would you really want to WALK through this house? 1.> Watch the introduction. Or else. Not like you have any choice if you're just starting. Note how the first guest's face turns to a skull for just a second? Cool, huh? Okay, after that's all over, turn left twice (or right twice) and click where the drama mask is. Watch the scene with Dutton reading the note. Get the feeling this Stauf guy isn't the nicest, friendliest guy in the universe? NAAAAHHH, nothing like that! Okay, turn around again and head to the area to the right of the stairway. Go through the door on the right wall into the Library. This is a fun place. There's a book on the table; a book of hints. Try and avoid using it if you can. Try clicking on the glass doors. Now walk over to the left corner of the room (walk around the couch to the left), then over to the statue mounted on the wall. Click on itand watch the scene; I'm not quite sure what it is, but it's neat. Now for the real challenge... 2.> Click on the telescope. You'll get an image of the planet Mars. The object is to create a semi-sentence using the letters on the planet, and each letter must be connected to the next by a canal. Start with the "T" at the bottom of the screen, then left and up to the "H," straight up and slightly right to "E," straight down to "R," way up and a little right to "E," left and down to "I," straight up and slightly right to "S," down and left to "N," left and up to "O," straight up along the edge to "P," keep following edge to "O," keep following edge to "S," keep following edge to second "S," keep following edge to "I," up and left to "B," straight down to "L," down and left to "W," down and left to "A," then straight right to "Y," spelling "THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY." You'll get an animated sequence featuring a poem by the wondrous Mr. Stauf. Happy happy, joy joy. Exit the library, go past the staircase, and go to the double doors into the dining room. 3.> When you walk inside, you get another little ghostly dramatic scene. Click on the cake; this is the second puzzle. You have to divide it into six equal portions, each touching on a side of the cake and each having the same symbols, namely two skulls and two stones. Okay, for this one, I've made a diagram of the cake as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Divide the cake as follows: Piece 1: 6,12,18,24,30. Piece 2: 25,26,27,28,29 Piece 3: 5,11,17,23,22 Piece 4:3,4,10,16,15 Piece 5: 1,2,7,8,9 Piece 6: The remaining sections. The cake will reappear afterwards and you'll get another scene with Martine and Edward only (changing into a skull and exploding head, respectively). For something really neat, once that ends, click the chattering teeth icon on the table. Okay, so exit the dining room and take the door to your left into the kitchen. 4.> Now you get another scene, this one featuring Elinor Knox and Stauf's voice again. Then Julia Heine shows up and starts doing something with the cupboard, then disappears again. Guess what. Click on the cupboard for the next puzzle. You've got to rearrange the cans into a sentence...sort of. You have to switch the cans around. The solution is "SHY GYPSY SLYLY SPRYLY TRYST BY MY CRYPT" Try this method: Switch the following cans: (using the diagram below) 0 with 25, 14 with 1, 13 with 3, 5 with 21, 27 with 6, 28 with 8, 16 with 9, 11 with 15, 12 with 28, 15 with 24, 18 with 26, 18 with 13, 19 with 14, 30 with 19, 20 with 23, 23 with 31, and 29 with 22. That should do it. (Note: This diagram probably scrolls offscreen to the right) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Now you'll get a brief scene with Julia Heine again. Check the stove for another fun little scene from Stauf. Next, go to the door to the right of the cupboard and walk through it into the basement. Oh, joy. Now things get REALLY eerie. 5.> Now there's a grate puzzle in your way; you've got to rearrange it so the hole is opened so you can go through it. Here's the diagram of the grate pieces... 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click on the grate pieces in this order: 5,6,3,2,5,6,3,2,1,4,5,6,3,2,5,4,1,2,3,6,5. That'll open the hole and you can go through. Now head through the hole and keep going. You wind up in a maze. This was a gigantic pain in the ass, by the way, especially when I found out later that the rug on the floor of the Knox's Bedroom is a map to the maze! But, since you've got this guide, here's how to get through it fairly quickly... 6.> The maze path: Go straight. Take your FIFTH right. Follow that to the wall, turn right, go down and take your first right. Follow this to the end, turn left, walk to the wall, turn left again, take your first right, walk to the wall, turn left, walk to the wall, turn right, walk straight and take your first right, follow that to the wall, turn left and follow that to the wall, turn left again, follow that to the wall, turn right, to the wall, right again, to the wall, left, to the wall, left, take your first right, go to the wall, left, to the wall, right, to the wall, right, to the wall, left, and out! That wasn't so bad, now was it? Except of course, that you come out...into a crypt. Now things start getting rather complex in terms of puzzle solving (it's been EASY so far!) 7.> The idea here, as Stauf hints at, is to get all the coffins closed. Which ones are open is completely random (oh, joy). Clicking on each coffin affects that coffin and other coffins around it. The trick is to get them all closed. Each coffin does certain things. Rather than outline all the possibilities, here's a neat little trick: To change each individual coffin from open to closed, click on the coffins in this order, given that the coffins are arranged as such: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Closing Coffin 1: Click on 1,2,3,4,5,7 (in that order) Closing Coffin 2: Click on 2,4,6,7,9 Closing Coffin 3: Click on 1,2,3,5,6,9 Closing Coffin 4: Click on 2,3,4,8,9 Closing Coffin 5: Click on 2,4,5,6,8 Closing Coffin 6: Click on 1,2,6,7,8 Closing Coffin 7: Click on 1,4,5,7,8,9 Closing Coffin 8: Click on 1,3,4,6,8 Closing Coffin 9: Click on 2,5,6,7,8,9 After you beat this puzzle, you'll automatically go downstairs and witness a scene of the truly weird, including the death of Edward Knox at the hands of Hamilton Temple...and Martine's VERY weird transformation. But don't be too surprised...it gets weirder. When they disappear, examine the casket you're standing in front of-it'll lead you to a secret passage back to the kitchen, where you'll see an unusual scene featuring Julia Heine and proof that soup ain't good food. 8.> Exit the kitchen and you're back in the foyer again. Walk up to the stained glass door-it's now become a puzzle. The object is to send one spider to each side of the star except one. Given that, and numbering the points 1 to 8, starting at the top with 1 and proceeding clockwise, do the following moves: Send #5 to point #8, then #2 to #5, then #7 to #2, then #4 to #7, then #1 to #4, then #6 to #1, and finally #3 to #6. Then you get another ghostly scene with the boy, Tad, trying to open the door. Nope, he's not gonna manage it. Not just YET! Head back to the Library, wonderful place that it is, and walk over to the fireplace. There's a secret passage here; go right on through it, and you'll wind up in the upper hallway. Behind you is a door, but it's locked right now. Ahead is another door, which is also locked. Wander around until you find the stairway and the painting across the hall from the staircase. Click the chattering teeth icon on the painting. Okay, go ahead, tell me you don't find what happens decidedly COOL! Keep going down the hall in the direction you were going when you found it, and open the door up ahead. You'll be in the Game Room now. 9.> Hamilton Temple appears and has a little scene. For a good Stephen King joke, click on the balloon. Then go check out the chess board; it's the "Queen's Dilemna," the object of which is to position eight queens on the board with none able to capture any of the others. You've got to understand chess to get this one. I've shown the necessary placement in the diagram below ("X" indicates place a queen here) X X X X X X X X After this is complete, you get another scene with Temple and Tad, where Temple realizes both that Tad is the 7th guest and what it is that has to be done...all in all, it's pretty confusing. Time doesn't quite work correctly in this game; the ghost scenes are far from connected in terms of time of valves until you can get a clear path from the heart to the other side, then click on the heart and blood spills out onto the carpet, telling you "you win." Okay, click on the following valves IN THIS ORDER: 1: Closest To The Exit (bottom row, first column from right). 2: Second column from right, second from top. 3: Second column from right, closest to top. 4: Fourth column from right, second from top. 5: Second column from left, topmost. 6: First column from left, topmost. 7: Second column from left, second from top. 8: Third column from left, second from top. 9: Fourth column from left, third from top 10: Second column from left, third from top 11: 1st column from left, third from top. 12: 1st column on left, second from top. Hit the heart to make it start! Temple and Tad appear, and shortly afterward, you witness the death of Hamilton Temple by Julia Heine. Not happy. Leave the room and head back towards the stairway. A figure in white should beckon you down the hall. Click to get the dramatic scene with Edward and Martine going into Martine's bedroom...now things get REALLY weird. Go through the door they went through; the room shifts for a moment...now walk over to the bed. 11.> Now on the bed, there's another puzzle. You've got to get it to spell out another semi-comprehensible sentence. The trick here is to move forward and back either three or five spaces on the path, and end each word with a star! In case this confuses you, try this. +3, select T, +5 to H, -3 to E, -3 to , +5 to S, -3 to K, +5 to Y, +3 to , +3 to I, +3 to S, -5 to , +3 to R, -5 to U, +3 to D, +3 to D, +3 to Y, +3 to , +5 to Y, -3 to O, -3 to U, -3 to R, +5 to , +3 to F, +3 to A, +5 to T, +3 to E, -5 to , +3 to I, -5 to S, -5 to *, +3 to B, +3 to L, +5 to O, -3 to O, +5 to D, +3 to Y, +3 to ! In other words, "The sky is ruddy, your fate is bloody!" Great. Makes you feel really secure, doesn't it? Now a...REAAAALYY interesting scene occurs. WOOF. That Martine is pretty hot after all! Exit the room after this and go into the door across the hall; this is the Knox's bedroom. 12.> Elinor appears and points out the map on the floor-a map of that maze. What a surprise. Check out the floor with the checkered section; it's yet another puzzle (getting to be less of a surprise every time, isn't it?) Well, the object of this one is to switch the positions of the black and white bishops, and just as in real chess, they can only move diagonally. Well, given that the board is arranged as follows: A4 B4 C4 D4 E4 A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 Execute the following moves: E2 to D3, A2 to B3, D3 to B1, B3 to C4, A4 to D1, D1 to E2, B1 to C2, C2 to A4, E4 to C2, C4 to A2, E2 to C4, C2 to D1, A2 to B1, B1 to E4, C4 to D3, D1 to B3, B3 to A2, D3 to E2, E3 to D2, A3 to B2, D2 to B4, B2 to C1, A1 to D4, D4 to E3, B4 to C3, C3 to A1, E1 to C3, C1 to A3, E3 to C1, C3 to D4, A3 to B4, B4 to E1, C1 to D2, D4 to B2, B2 to A3, D2 to E3. That's that one solved. Now take a look at the painting over the fireplace. Once again, we find a really...friendly...picture. Really friendly indeed, mmm-hmmm. Before you leave the room, check the mirror. Then go. 13.> Now that that's over with, head back to the Library, where a scene with all six occurs...note the growing bloodstain on Dutton's chest? Hmmmm....well, we'll see that again soon enough. Now go through that secret passage again, and head for the door straight ahead; this time you can go in; it's Dutton's bedroom. Check out the champagne bottle. Now check the briefcase on the bed to find the next puzzle. The idea of this one is this: once a coin is turned over, only the coins along the column above and below or on the row to the right or left of it can be flipped. It's a two-part puzzle, and here's how to do each part: �� Part 1: Flip the coins in the order shown: 1 2 3 15 4 5 14 13 6 7 12 11 8 10 9 Part II: Flip the coins in the order shown: 20 19 1 2 3 13 14 9 8 21 12 16 4 15 10 11 7 6 5 18 17 After this one finishes, you get another scene with Dutton, including a section in which Dutton walks through the closet door, revealing it as a secret room. Well, guess where you're going...through the closet door. You wind up in a medium-sized chapel...hmmm, considering what else has happened in this house, what can you expect from a chapel? Especially one with a black altar and blood-red cloth? HMMMMMM.... 14.> Well now, you'll see another scene with Dutton and a gargoyle. Now when you try to go to the altar, you'll note there's another puzzle in the floor...a pit. When you step on a stone, it drops partway into the pit, and when you step off it, it goes all the way in; in other words, you can't go back...so don't screw this up. The only other rule is that every third stone you step on must be purple! So here's how you go... From the starting step, go diagonal right & up (the only one available), diagonal right & up again, diagonal left & up straight up, straight up, diagonal left & up, diagonal right and up, diagonal right and up, diagonal left & up, diagonal right and up, diagonal right & down, diagonal right & down straight up, diagonal right & down, diagonal right and up. Now you've got another scene with Dutton and Stauf and the almost-sacrifice of a baby. After that's over, check out the organ...nice musician, eh? Now you know where the cover of CD #1's illustration comes from. Okay, now head over to the confessional and go through into the laboratory. 15.> Now THIS is sick! Hamilton Temple shows up with a little scene. Also check out the bucket on the floor, which just happens to have a human brain in it, and another wonderful scene occurs. If you want, check out the microscope. I would actually suggest you skip this puzzle, as there is no consistent way to defeat it; it's actually a game. You control the blue microbes, and Stauf controls the green ones. Whenever you move in any direction one square, the cell splits in two. You can also jump over a space, but the cell doesn't split when you do so. When a blue cell hits a green one, it changes the color, and vice versa. The only suggestion I have is that there's a secret passage in the iron gate on the side that leads to the library. If you can't stand it anymore, visit the book in the library three times and it'll be solved. However, since you don't NEED to solve this puzzle, and nothing more happens if you do, you might as well forget about it. Whenever you decide to leave, exit through the gate to the Library and then turn right to go into the music room. 16.> Look at the piano; neat little scene occurs here. Look at it again; now it's a puzzle (with a bad pun..."STAUFWAY?") Here, you're supposed to play "Simon," basically, and eventually repeat 18 notes. Hope you're a musician. If you are, here's the solution in musical form, low B (the octave Stauf plays it on), then upper B, down to F#, up to G, down to E, down to D#, up to E, up to F#, back down to E, down to low B, up to high B, up to C, down to high B, down to A, down to G, down to F#, down to E, and back up to F#. That's it for that one. Then you get a wonderful scene with Dutton, Tad, Martine, Edward...oh, boy. As a matter of fact, here's where Dutton gets killed...by Edward. Things get really weird now. Go over to the potted plant and click on it; you'll wind up "climbing" it, back into Dutton's room. So now, leave and go into the doorway across the hall to the right. You're in the bathroom. Amazing! Just like in Dark Seed, there's no toilet in the bathroom! Oh well. 17.> Well, look at the tiled floor. Guess what; another chess puzzle! ARRRGH! Okay, here's the idea: switch the places of the black and white knights. Note there's only ONE free square at any time. This is NOT easy. Well, here we go again. Assuming the board is layed out as follows: A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 A4 B4 C4 D4 E4 A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 Click on the following knights in the following order and you'll reverse the pattern, as you're supposed to: A2,C1,B3,A1,C2,E3,D5,B4,C2,A3,C4,E5,D3,C5,E4,C3,B5,D4,C2,E1,D3,C1 ,B3,A5,C4,A3,C2,E3,C4,E5,D3,B2,A4,C5,B3, D2,E4,C5,B3,D2,B1,C3,E2,D4,B3,D2,E4,C3,D1,E3,D5,C3,D1,B2,A4,C5,E4 ,C3. That should do it. EEK! Oh fun. Now the shower curtain disappears and we see Martine in the bubble bath; I like this girl! Of course, she does die now, sucked under the water. So much for another guest. Check out the sink; this scene is AWESOME! You wind up back in the Library again. Well then, I ask you, what's next? Whose room haven't we visited yet? Head out of the library, up the steps, turn right, walk to the end of the hall and enter Hamilton Temple's bedroom. 18.> Examine the cards on the table next to the bed; it's yet another puzzle. Flip over the cards in order, from Ace to Joker in each case, and you can ONLY select a card that is either in the same row or column as the last selected card. Like the coin Top of page \|

Solution #3 for 7th Guest, The 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 -------------- 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 ---------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------- 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 PAGE: IV Maps: [Blocks] [Knights]+---------+-------+ +----+ ++++-----+[bishops]\|[Blood \| \| \| \| \|Bath \| BED2 \| flow]+-------+ +----+--+-+ \| \| \| \| BED1 \|[Eight \| ++[Flip] \| \| +-+ ++--+ +---+---+ ++ Queen]\| \| Toy +----+ Game \| ++ room +----++ +----+----+ ++S +--++ ++-----+-+ +-------+ \| \| \|t \| \| \| +------------+ \|[Letters\|a \| \| \| \| Alter [Pit] \| on the \|i \| \| [Card] \| +-------+----+ [Coins]\| Bed]\|r \| \| BED5 \| \|Lab \| BED4 \| BED3 \|s +----------+ +----+ \| \| [Knifes] [MicroScope] +--------+--------+ +-----------+ +---------+ +----------+ \| [piano] \| \| [face] \| + [cans] + \| Music \| +---------+ + Kitchen + \| \| \| +------+--+ +----+----------+ +-----------+-+----+ +-+ \| \|Library ++ \| [cake] + \|stairs\| [Telescope]\| \|Dining Room +-----------+ \| + \| +-------------+ Stained +----------------------- Glass Window [Spider] +-------------------+ \| +----+ +----+ +----------- ----+ \| +----+ +----+ \| \| \| +----+ +----+ \| ---------+ \| \| +----+ +----+ \| \| \| \| +----+ +----+ +----------- \| \| +----+ +----+ \| \| E] \| [Crypt] \| +--------+ Z +-------------+ \| ++ A -------+ ++ \| ++ [M \| ++ ++ +-------- \| +-------+ \| \| \| -------+ ## ------- \| ## +------------- ## ------- [Grate] PAGE: 1 Telescope in the Library: 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 shap