The 13th Doll, developer Attic Door Productions officially licensed follow-up to cult classic spooky CD-ROM adventure The 7th Guest, is, after a rather long delay, finally ready for release, and will be making its way to PC this Halloween.

The 7th Guest, for those too young and fresh-faced to recall it, was considered to be one of the CD-ROM format's earliest "killer apps" alongside Myst when it launched in 1993 - largely thanks to its wonderfully atmospheric pre-rendered FMV visuals, enabling players to roam the halls of a spooky old mansion from a first-person perspective in lavishly presented detail.

The 13th Doll has been designed as a direct follow-up to original developer Trilobyte's seminal haunted house adventure, rather than its divisive 1995 sequel, The 11th Hour, and sees Tad, the unwitting seventh guest of the first game, now fully grown and preparing to return to evil toymaker Henry Stauf's sinister home in order to confront his past.

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