Uninvited (video Game) - NES Version

NES Version

As with the other NES MacVenture games, Uninvited now had music and elements of the written narration and storyline were altered, including these:

• In the NES version, if the player uses the phonograph in the Game room (Rec room in original versions), you'll hear a broken-record version of the main theme from Shadowgate, another NES-ported game in the MacVenture series. (A similar gag appears in another point-and-click game, Maniac Mansion.)
• As mentioned above, the sibling trapped in the mansion is changed from a younger brother to an older sister in the NES version.
• In the NES version, the player does not have a time limit unless it picks up the ruby in one of the bedrooms. Even then, the player can drop the ruby and the time limit is terminated.
• As with the other NES ports, the game texts were severely simplified, in some cases also adding hints or elucidations for the gameplay. As an example, a hallway picture reads as follows in the NES version: It's a small, (sic) painting of a young fellow.
• In the original game, the address was, "Master Crowley, 666 Blackwell Road, Loch Ness, Scotland". However, at the time the game was released, Nintendo had stringent policy necessitating the removal of any remotely offensive material. Rather than create a new address, it was simply shortened to "Master Crowley". This is likely a reference to occultist Aleister Crowley, but Nintendo (perhaps unknowingly) allowed the name to remain in the game. Other changes that may relate to censorship issues, are pentagrams turned into stars (or, in one case, a ruby) and a cross into a chalice (while another cross that only served as decoration was removed altogether).
• Beyond the game texts being simplified for the NES port, some of the death texts were edited or altered due to their rather graphic descriptions.