The spooktacular 1992 game The 7th Guest was one of the first mainstream PC titles to make extensive use of full-motion video and a full digital soundtrack. The massive amounts of data couldn’t comfortably be fit on mere floppy disks and necessitated that PC gamers upgrade to CD-ROM drives as the game was only released in that format.

To get the full 7th Guest experience, however, developers from Virgin Games recommended to players that the following items be installed as well:

• Really creepy pumpkin.
• Local community theatre actors to whisper scary things in the player’s ears during cutscenes.
• Serial-port-powered incense burner.
• MIDI-enabled theremin.
• Goblet in place of usual beverage container.
• Feline (preferably all-black).
• Blacklight and fluorescent-paint posters purchased from local head shop or Spencer Gifts.
• Claw-shaped mouse.
• Chains with hooks hanging from the ceiling.
• A long parallel printer cable tied into a noose.
• Windows 3.1.