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It was released as the 3rd title in Kemco's adventure series, following Deja Vu (1988) and Shadowgate (1989). Like the previous 2 titles, it was changed into a command-selection adventure.
In the "Cross Review" of the game magazine Famitsu the four reviewers gave 7, 7, 7, and 6, for a total of 27 out of 40. Among the reviewers' comments were: "The art in Deja Vu felt gloomier, which was better" and "the area you can act in suddenly widens, so unless you settle down and work at it patiently I doubt it will hold your interest".
In other magazines, Marukatsu Famicom gave scores of 7, 7, 7, and 8, for a total of 29 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine, it scored 19.15 out of 30, as shown below.
Uninvited is a 1986 point-and-click adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Mindscape for the Macintosh as part of the MacVenture series.
The NES version was re-released in October 2017 for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in a package called "8-Bit Adventure Anthology" developed by Abstraction Games.
Macworld reviewed the Macintosh version of Uninvited positively, praising its "delightfully sarcastic commentary", "skillfully drawn and plentiful" graphics, and "intriguing and challenging plot", while noting that the puzzles were at times frustratingly difficult.
The 1987 Macworld Game Hall of Fame noted that Uninvited maintained Déjà Vus "graphic excellence and attention to detail—if not plot originality".
German magazine Data Welt praised the Amiga version's user-friendliness, good graphics and particularly the atmospheric sound, calling the game (translated): "excellent" and "even better than Deja Vu".
It was released as the 3rd title in Kemco's adventure series, following Deja Vu (1988) and Shadowgate (1989). Like the previous 2 titles, it was changed into a command-selection adventure.
It was released as the 3rd title in Kemco's adventure series, following Deja Vu (1988) and Shadowgate (1989). Like the previous 2 titles, it was changed into a command-selection adventure.
Macworld reviewed the Macintosh version of Uninvited positively, praising its "delightfully sarcastic commentary", "skillfully drawn and plentiful" graphics, and "intriguing and challenging plot", while noting that the puzzles were at times frustratingly difficult.
German magazine Data Welt praised the Amiga version's user-friendliness, good graphics and particularly the atmospheric sound, calling the game (translated): "excellent" and "even better than Deja Vu".
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