THE 11TH HOUR (COMPUTER GAME)

'''The 11th Hour''' is a 1995 puzzle computer game with a horror setting. It is the sequel to the 1992 game ''The 7th Guest''. It was developed by Trilobyte and used a new graphic engine to render the game images, named the "Groovie" engine. Like its predecessor game, ''The 11th Hour'' features the music of George "The Fat Man" Sanger and Team Fat.

Contents

Description

Release

Awards

Trivia

External links

Description

The game takes place 70 years after the events of the first game. Robin Morales, a big time TV producer, comes to the village of Harley on Hudson to investigate the early happenings at the Stauf mansion. Upon entering the house, however, she becomes trapped in yet another of Stauf's games. Her boyfriend, Carl Denning, will strive to rescue Robin and will be controlled by the player.
Overall, the game plays exactly like its predecessor with the same puzzle-based game play structure. However, the game took on a radically new direction in terms of story and adult themes. Scenes depicting Robin Morales's romantic involvement with Denning are present as well as other violent, gruesome, and disturbing shots. The game has a much darker and mature atmosphere in comparison with the first game.

Release

''The 11th Hour'' was very late to market and failed to meet sales expectations upon its release. Also, at the time, Microsoft Windows had become the standard gaming platform for PCs however, the first release of this game was made specifically for MS-DOS resulting in many customers being unable to play it properly. Early into its development, a port to the 3DO was planned, but this was ultimately cancelled.

Awards

''The 11th Hour'' won the following awards:

★ 1995 New Media Invision Awards- Gold-Games Strategy/Puzzle

★ 1995 New Media Invision Awards- Bronze-Consumer Interactive Movies

★ 1995 International Cindy Competition- Honorable Mention - Consumer Games

★ 1995 CD-ROM Today "Rommie" Awards- Best Graphic Adventure

Trivia

★ Stauf is an anagram for Faust.

★ The makers of the game originally intended for it to contain more adult content in its cut scenes; the script for the game (published as part of a walk-through guide) included several R-rated sex scenes. Rumors immediately surfaced that an "uncut" version of ''11th Hour'' existed, leading to the game makers announcing that the R-rated sequences, though planned, were never filmed.

External links

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★ The rise and fall of Trilobyte - Detailed article on the company, including the making of ''The 11th Hour''.

★ The Stauf Mansion - Detailed information on ''The 11th Hour'', the planned third part of the series, and rare company test footage.

★ The 13th Doll - the third part in the adventure series of the 7th guest and the 11th hour,