Uninvited (NES) - Gaming Historian
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- On this special Halloween episode, Gaming Historian is going to talk about a spooky game on the NES, Uninvited! Originally a PC game, Kemco ported it over to the Nintendo Entertaintment System. Is it worth picking up?
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The NES trilogy of MacVenture ports are still amazing to this day. Just so much character to them, plus those awesome soundtracks!
What soundtracks...there was no music I'm the game...nes was better
I AM ALL THE WAY SPOOKED!!
We have achieved maximum spookocity!
I played this game as a kid and i couldn't remember much other than opening a door and a creepy skeleton lady appearing its so cool to figure out it was a real game.
I had this as a 5 year old.
Awesome box art...
Unplayable to a youngling.
Hiroyuki Masuno's soundtrack is excellent. The music is one of my favorite parts of these games.
I really like this guy. I can't believe I didn't watch his videos before. Finally something in the recommended that isn't shit!
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Greasemonkey6507 his name is the gaming historian. He is a wonderful reviewer. A bit of a change of pace from the rest.
He is like not-a-man-child version of AVGN.
Calm and educated. Much like James when he did Cinemessacare.
I honestly can’t watch most other reviewers, they all think they’re hysterical and feel the need for a pop culture joke every 30 seconds. This guy is no nonsense and super knowledgeable
"well what do you know, it's a giant spider" oh god the sass is unreal
That ruby! Took my a while to figure out what kept killing me at random..
Me too. I've played this game before and when I first played it, I had picked up the red ruby and I never did realized why the red skull kept appearing on the screen, then I finally realized the red ruby had something to do with it.
I played this game when I was little, it scared the shit out of me. I saw the lady in the hallway who turned out to be a skeleton, and although now it seems like a joke, i was terrified at the time.
being a kid playing video games was awesome, resident evil 1 scared me so bad, now, not so much scares me, but i remember how i was always unsure what was around the next corner :)
Stephen Mehlo Then you need no ghost
Shadowgate bothered me as a 7 year old i hated when I died cause the grim reaper sprite was terrifying.
@@Bjorick I wasn't allowed to play any horror games growing up, but when I got a psp I acquired silent hill on it. Had to play it before bed so that my parents didn't know I had it. Many sleepless nights not spent playing the game, but ruminating on it. Good times. It would take a lot for a game to get me in the head space again.
HOW IS THIS ALMOST 6 YEARS OLD?!
And soon it will be 7...
@@abrahammaldonadobarrios3393 wrong. it's 10 now
This guy needs to create more videos. The content of his videos is fantastic. I have been subbed since I watched the first vid.
There's something about NES horror that makes it scarier than some modern day horrors. Especially that Macintosh series to NES. Still, it's one of those games that you watch in TH-cam "all death scenes in -insert video game here-" because there's so many weird ways to die.
I rented this when I was about 10 years old. It scared the crap out of me. I wonder how I would've felt after playing resident evil biohazard back then
The first time I saw The Uninvited, it felt like I'd seen its play style somewhere before. It was like deja vu.
I'm here from the future to tell you that people of our time still find this pun amusing
I'd like to see him do a history of Sweet Home, the direct inspiration for Resident Evil.
+OneTrueBelmont I thought Alone In The Dark was the inspiration for Resident Evil?
+Ian Williams Not as much as Sweet Home. Even more interesting it's a game based off a Japanese movie and apparently the game is better. Also? Would be considered a M-rated 8 bit game.
+Ian Williams A bit of both I think. Sweet Home did the "gigantic spooky mansion with traps" thing better. As well as having a team wandering around in there rather than one character.
+OneTrueBelmont I was actually about to comment about the Famicom to NES port of Sweet Home! I loved the movie, and I loved the game!
FYI, Sweet Home, while being a logical predecessor to Resident Evil, isn't a direct inspiration. Gameplay-wise, inspiration was mostly Alone in the Dark. But Resident Evil, in its earliest form, was to be a sequel/remake of Sweet Home for PS1.
Back in 1992, my stepdad randomly chose to rent the NES version for me. I was 8 years old at the time, and was traumatized by Monster Party's ending a few months earlier. I was already uneasy starting the game, but the minute I woke up in the car and heard that creepy music, I shut it off and refused to play it anymore.
Well i consider that dodging a childhood trauma bullet, because in the year 2000, I'd retry it upon discovering how to use NES emulators and roms. I got to Scarlett O' Hara, was instantly met with that horrific face and vivid death description, and was chilled to the bone with fright despite now being 15. I sat there in silence -- realizing that if my 8 year old self had continued playing...
The OST for this game is short but absolutely fantastic. To this day I still have songs from the ost in my game music playlist.
I don't know about YOU, but I thought Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups for Atari 2600 was fucking scary as hell!
Switching body parts!
Uninvited, Shadowgate & Dejevu were three of my favorite games of all time.
I had this game. I was able to complete it around 1999... Took me 9 years to complete it....
My mom beat Shadowgate before me. That was embarrassing.
Jason X
Lol that’s kind of adorable
Yeah, same, I was never able to get very far in Shadowgate, mostly because I just wasn't used to this style of gameplay, it was quite a departure from most nes games.
Deja Vu and Shadowgate are two of my favorite NES games of all time and I literally just found out there was a third game in the quasi-series thanks to this video. MUST. PLAY. IT.
Seriously, Deja Vu was fucking awesome. Most adventure games today can't compare to the story in that game. Shadowgate was more "out there" with magic spells and trolls, but Deja Vu felt like real life, something very, VERY few video games accomplished back then. Games with a modern setting were always some of my favorites and when ranking them, Deja Vu is right up there with the Squaresoft Action/RPGs on the SNES (Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Evermore etc.) and Earthbound. I can't wait to see how this one ranks on this list.
Another thing that deserves mentioning is the music. The soundtracks in both games were epic, pure and simple. IIRC, nearly every room in Shadowgate had its own tune, and they all kicked major ass. Deja Vu was a little light in the audio department, but still just as memorable. If you've never played Shadowgate, search on here for songs from it and tell me they aren't some of the best work in the history of the NES.
Deja Vu and Uninvited were the shit. Some of the best atmospheres in an NES game.
Hey, you'll be VERY happy to know the original team that made these games has made a new 2014 edition of Shadowgate! It is MINDBLOWING how cool the new version is! Look on TH-cam for Shadowgate 2014 and I can guarantee you'll thank me! The soundtrack alone is worth the money and the painted style is remarkable! Also, the makers of these games are planning remakes of the other mac venture games as well!
carla brooks Well, you were right... I'm thanking you. :D
+Rein Engel I couldn't agree more!
+Rein Engel Amen to that! I didn;t own a pc as a kid, so these games were the closest thing I could get to an actual adventure game. I wasn't disappointed, even with the limitations of using a controller these games sucked me in and did't let me go until I completed them. And you are correct, the music(especially Shadowgate) was incredible...they really made that 8-bit chip sing...I still find myself humming these tunes to this day, it just gets stuck in your head.
Loved this game and Shadowgate for the NES
Is cool to watch how the production values increase as you watch the channel from earlier videos to modern ones
I cannot remember if it was Shadowgate, Deja Vu or Unintivted but if you hit select you can quick jump between the action map, game screen/menu and action buttons.
Made the game a little less tedious, also Shadowgate was first on the NES :)
Speaking of Shadowgate, in Uninvited if get to the screen with the Phonograph if you try to play it the music will change to a very distorted remix of Shadowgate's main music theme :)
I wanted to see a review of the game. But I didn't feel welcomed.
nitramletnan Must have been lost in the mail...
nitramletnan uu
I got trapped by that Bitch Skeleton too. I mean come on the music goes all upbeat and jolly when she appears.
As a 9 year old in 89, these games fascinated me. Still does even today😂
I loved these games so much. I really wanted more of these, and was sad there were never anymore made. Even thought the controls were less than ideal, it was like nothing else for the NES.
I think the time limit makes it scarier. It's not as doable in the NES version to have one, however I think that the looming threat of death if you don't gtfo fast enough is a good thing.
Cool to see this video I actually still have my copy of uninvited for the nes and remember it fondly.
"You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady"
then the music changes. This reminds me a lot of Left4Dead when you get noticed by a witch. Music changes and it starts following you.
Oh the music really takes me back.
I enjoyed playing all 3 of these Kemco Seika games. The music is what made this one 'eerie'.
WOW I didn't know you created a video on this game!
This game is amazing. Simple graphics yet good music and captivating atmosphere. If it weren't for the slow scrolling it wouldn't have been a problem that the game was a little too cryptic.
Sometime after I saw this video, I was over at my grandma's house for Thanksgiving where we found a bunch of NES games that were lost somewhere during their move a few years ago, in that pile I was quite surprised to find this game. I did forget about the ruby though, and picked it up.
I remember playing this game as a kid. This game scared the shit out of me back then and still does today. I’ve grown up on silent hill and resident evil but to this day uninvited is the scariest game I’ve ever played.
Shadowgate, Deja vu and Uninvited three of my favorite NES point and click adventures with awesome music besides Maniac Mansion and Tombs and Treasure. Tombs and Treasure don't forget about Tombs and Treasure easily in the same caliber as the three Icom games in sheer difficulty on first play through and great music.
This game did have some good, early jump scares.
Watching this for the first time 2 years late
Ratmus1 four years for me then
Looks like I'm at the bottom of the shit pile here. Story of my life.
Ratmus1 make that four
+Kyle Desrochers You mean five?
reading your comment for the first time, 2 years late :P
You deserve more subscribers. Quality production, well done!
I'm one of the rare few that knew of Uninvited but yet while i knew about uninvited back in high school, I didn't know about Sweet Home x.x
You're a bit too harsh about the lack of mouse. For many of us, the mouse did not exist until Mario Paint, so gameplay felt normal with the D-pad.
This guy is the opposite of "harsh", snowflake.
One of my favorite adventure/point and click games
Shadowgate scared the crap outta me as a kid
Nick W Same here lol
I would rent that game all the time and I never ended up beating it.
Yup, that shit was pretty scary to my 7 year old self.
Uninvited is scary for sure. But I played Shadowgate on the NES when I was young and I am still frightened by that game to this day. I remember playing it when I was 6 with my brother, it was getting dark outside and the room was dark. He died in the game while our doorbell rang, so he went out to answer the door. I was sitting there alone with the scary death theme and watching the reaper face. That image is still in my brain even to this day!
The charm of these three games was discovering all the fun ways you can die (or go to jail in the case of Deja Vu). They are prime examples of trial-and-error gameplay at its finest, as standard logic seldom applies.
The game was only as scary as your imagination to be fair. Games like this were always fun though, it seemed like there were new things to discover all the time. Maniac mansion come to mind.
I freaking loved this game. Scared the beejeezus out of my 5 year old self
Great game.
I find that some of the music that was added to the NES port makes the game scarrier than the Mac port, as it can be quite eerie and moody. The music that plays when you're about to die (and then while dying) is fitting terrifying.
All of the music in the game is great.
I thought the publishing sequence for the NES was Shadowgate, Deja Vu, then Uninvited.
as i watch all your videos at work, i always feel like going home "sick" and play my nes and snes.
Shadowgate was pretty freakin sweet
Lots of Nintendo games had to have all kinds of things censored like references to death and such, so it's funny to see a line make it into an NES game like, "You realize with sadness that one day you too shall die."
Imagine some parents buying this game for their little kid without knowing the content. Quite a conversation starter of a line.
An option to use the zapper to point and click might have been cool.
That lavender town soundtrack at the start scared the bajeezus out of me.
Interesting, I love point and click adventure games.
somebody ported this to DOS too... it looks more like the NES version, but it's still got the time limit.
I actually prefer the NES ports of Deja Vu and Uninvited over their DOS and Windows ports. The NES ports were censored (unfortunately), but they featured awesome music that was completely absent in the computer ports.
1ex1uger : the best versions are the Mac, Amiga and AtariST versions.....
Nice video! I was a fan of Deja Vu and Shadowgate as a kid, but never really got into Uninvited, probably because of how late it came out. All those games had great atmosphere though, I still find them really enjoyable today!
I could say the exact same thing, man!
Had Shadowgate as a kid and spend so much time learning every little thing so I could beat it.
dejavu and shadowgate are great, specially dejavu, that's one of my favorite games ever.
Yeah, this game freaks me out. I have a very vivid imagination.
I had some old old memories of my 2 brothers playing this game when I was around 5 or 6 yrs old. For the longest time I remembered this game but didn't remember its name so when I looked it up I couldn't find anything like it. After a while, I assumed that those vague memories were simply memories of a dream about playing a game. It wouldn't be the first time I've dreamt as if I'm in a game or playing a game.
It's incredible to finally know that those old memories were real. This game must have made quite the impression for me to remember them so long. It's funny what you do remember vs what you don't from your childhood.
Abandonware is not technically “legal” to download and distribute. It's just unlikely that anyone will actually enforce copyright.
This, plus the fact you can buy the mac version of the game on Steam (and it's playable on PC too).. you can pick up the trilogy mentioned for a decent price, though I did get them myself during a past sale.
Sites offering thousands of abandonware as a direct download aren't even getting sued. If the developer doesn't offer a legal, or any, alternative to obtain it, they very well may have no case at all, even if they take you to court.
Please do a review of shadowgate :)
This game gave me a fear of ghosts that has survived for over 30 years
These point-and-click games that you couldn't play with a mouse or touch screen (like Professor Layton or Ace Attorney) have always driven me nuts but this still looks really well done for an NES port.
1:50 Shadowgate was released before DejaVu. I remember that since I was eager to play DejaVu after playing Shadowgate.
I just bought this game today, which makes it my 600th NES game to own.
No, I went back to school and am living off of student loans now, so I cannot afford to buy more games at the moment.
That's a lot of games. I have 117 NES games but about half of those are downloaded on the Wii. The other half are cartridges. I'm also collecting SNES games and accessories for both the NES and SNES.
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That is what you think. I get great enjoyment out of collecting and they are definitely not smelly pieces of plastic but are actually part of gaming history.
Chaoitcme There are a few unknowns about digital media, owning harder copies of things might outlast certain disasters such as a CME, or other things in the future such as warfare with EMP. Cartridges have other advantages and disadvantages as well. There is also the added bonus of having something of actual value, as opposed to the Nintendo store just not supporting downloads at a future point, or having actual original licensing problems with creators of the work itself.
I am talking about long term storage of media, not common everyday use. Most removable media are fragile with constant use, and indeed some games have been lost completely due to companies simply biting the dust.
I also would be an advocate of a better form of digital distribution that is practical and legal for all video-games of the past, unfortunately we are not there yet.
This all being said, i am not against emulators or roms in the slightest.
Great vid! But I think the scariest part is that Virtual Boy lurking in the shadows behind you. Ghastly!
This game isn't scary.
Now Clock Tower, that game is scary.
One of your best reviews, i really love these Halloween themed episodes , reminds me of the Avgn Halloween Episodes. Thanks for this,can't wait to see many more.
Owned DeJaVu and played the crap out of Shadowgate back in the day. Had no clue there was a third one for the NES.
What... how has this video hid from me for 9 years?!
I love the Kemco MacVenture ports.
So... who else got this in their recommended after watching the GameGrumps play it? 👀
If you keep the Ruby on your person throughout the game it infects you and finally drives the character mad
i love how pokemon's lavender town is the coolest halloween music.
I immediately remembered shadowgate.
Man I remember my first play thru of shadowgate. I got to the sphinx when I ran out of torches! Made little 8 year old me frustrated to have to start over again. Damn good memories
Great episode! Just remember that abandonware is not a legal term - the copyright still exist. Only, it is such an old game its 99% likely the author dont care at all anymore about it
You have to renew those. Dig up George Romero and ask him. He lost the rights to Night of the Living Dead and now it's public domain.
@@brutallyhonest123 I know this is four years late but George Romero got shafted by a mistake that instantly released his movie to the public domain, not from a failure to renew. Copyright law has had major overhauls since then, there are no renewals and the NLD situation wouldn't have happened today.
The box art scared the shit out of me when I was little
Shadowgate! That was an awesome game.
To be fair who hasn't been tempted to open a jar with an axe at some point
I had this game as a kid on the nes couldn't remember the name of it so thank u I'm not on the hunt to find and purchase this game
The original Mac version was literally the first game I ever played, at least that I can remember. I was something of an early reader, one of my earliest clear memories was when I was about 2 and I was so freakin' proud of myself cause I read all of "The Phantom Tollbooth" in only a couple of evenings and it was around the same age I spotted mum playing this on her 'puter and at first I thought it was odd that my mother would be reading a picture book on her 'puter and so I asked her and she explained to me it wasn't a picture book, it was a game and I was like "How can reading a picture book be a game" then she just let me hop on up and try despite her warnings of "It might scare ya" and I was immediately hooked. I found a love of text based adventure games right there, in fact my first encounter with The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy wasn't the radio show original, the book that most people think is the original, or the corny but fun 80s TV version (The mediocre American movie wasn't a thing yet.) but that in-fucking-furiating text adventure which made me say my first swear and get grounded.
So yeah, this game is nostalgic to me. I never played the NES version and admittedly when I read the title of the video and saw the thumbnail art, which at a distance looked less like a skeleton lady and more like a scarecrow reaching out from a giant pumpkin or something so I assumed it was a different game. Also I will say even though I understand and even to an extent agree the game is creepier without a soundtrack, I admit that the music you played from the game is _awesome._ Seriously it's got a really good goddamn soundtrack. =) Also, isn't replacing a pentagram with a star a little... well.... pointless? I know that pentagrams actually _show_ the lines used to make the star intersecting and what not, but it's still a freakin' star and you see regular stars in the same type of occult stuff, they shoulda made it a funky circle or something. That's like putting in a painting of "The Nude Maja" in a game then porting it to the NES where they decided to just put Maja in a pair of pants. Yeah, you can't see the pubes anymore but her breasts are still on full display. Then you feel even dumber because you realize there's a version of the painting where she's in a snazzy dress.
Now you can play all 3 on ps4 for just 7 bucks for them bundled together can't love it enough.
I need to checkout this game along with Shadowgate. Another great survival horror is Sweet Home for the NES. I got my repo cart a few years back.
Shadowgate is my favorite of the 3 Kemco point and click games on the NES.
That music in the begin.... Chills
Thank you all for gathering here today.
Reminds me of ''Silent Hill'
I used to love playing this game when I was a kid
It doesn't actually say anywhere in the game that the player character is male, just that your sister has disappeared.
Shadowgate was some spooky shit for me in 80's. Loved that game!
Oh, what a neat game! I've never heard of it. I'll be searching for a cart of it, thank you!
Got a new subscriber!
Now I'm imagining someone not being able to open a cookie jar and grabbing an ax and smashing the shit out of the jar lmao
1:02 most relatable line in the video
I used to play the Amiga version of this game. Now THAT was a blast compared to the other versions.
I remember as a kid being scared to play Castlevania III, of course living across the street from one of the biggest cemeteries in NYC did not help either!
@4:24 I thought my dog got loose and was running around lol
Norm is love. Norm is life.
This game and Shadowgate were two of my favorite games for NES. Thanks for this video.
There's a good hack of Uninvited that restores much of what Nintendo censored.
Is it in English?
Purple Piano, Of course it is, Uninvited is an American made game.
This game used to scare the sh*t out of me when I was by myself in my room and no one was home. One time the game froze, but the music kept playing (so creepy!) so I ran downstairs and out the front door... and then I realized my brother was missing...