Deja Vu / Shadowgate / Uninvited, end of hiatus
DEJA VU (NES)
10 tracks, 9:35. Samples-
Originally released for the Macintosh in 1985 and then ported to the NES in 1990, Déjà Vu is the first title in what’s often considered a trilogy of adventure games for the NES.
This game puts you in control of detective Ace Harding, a man who is tasked with regaining his memory and proving his innocence. Déjà Vu is credited for inspiring subsequent point and click games from other companies, like Maniac Mansion.
SHADOWGATE (NES)
14 tracks, 12:34. Samples-
Although released in 1989 for the NES, prior to Déjà Vu, this version was ported from the Macintosh title which came out in 1987, making it a sequel of sorts.
In shadowgate, the protagonist must traverse through a castle to defeat the Warlock Lord, before he summons Behemoth and brings doom upon the world.
As a follow-up to Déjà Vu, the soundtrack includes a flute sound which borrows the opening melody from “Joe’s Bar”.
Wikipedia entry on Shadowgate.
13 tracks, 14:15. Samples-
Uninvited was the third and final of these titles to come out for the NES in 1991, but second amongst the Macintosh originals.
In this title, the protagonist wakes up from a car crash outside of a creepy old mansion. His younger sister is missing, and you must guide him through the haunted establishment in order to rescue her.
This is a very nostalgic title for me, I grew up with this game on the Amiga. I preferred having a mouse and the interface was much better than on the NES, but it only had SFX! No music! I also thought the box art made the game seem much more scary, and this game probably wouldn’t have given me the spooks if I was more used to the silly Nintendo artwork. Here’s the original. But the music is great in the NES game, so any complaints I’d have are redeemed.
Uninvited includes a broken phonograph that plays a skipping and dissonant loop from Shadowgate’s “Entryway”.
And with that, this marks the end of my hiatus on explod. Starting Monday the 1st, there’ll be 4 soundtracks posted every other Monday again. Huzzah!
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