Welcome to the walkthrough for Uninvited. If you are reading this, chances are you have Uninvited. So let╒s get down to business.
LOOKOUT! Hmm... wonder what that black shape was. Anyway, your car╒s a wreck, your brother╒s gone, and I think I smell gas. What a way to start the day. Speaking of gas, I╒d get out of the car.
Boom! Oh well, you can╒t win ╒em all. Your brother is probably inside that creepy mansion. But don╒t go in yet. Open the mailbox and read the mail. You don╒t need the letter (just keep track somehow of what it said), but hang on to the amulet. Now open the door, and go through.
This place is not exactly a comfy environment, but no time to worry about that now. You must be exhausted; why don╒t you have a seat. (Try everything you can sit on.) Ouch! Something sharp must be in that chair. But since we can╒t open it yet, you╒ll have to leave it alone. Now that you have a choice of two exits, take the door on the right.
This small room isn╒t too important, but that book is. Take down the definitions inside (if you╒re curious, those words are Latin), and leave. Now that you╒re back here in this entrance hall, take the door on top (from now on, exits will be referred to by their position in the Exits window).
Though it doesn╒t look it at first, this would be a good place to save your position. Why? You╒ll see in a minute. Open any of the doors except the one on the top right (that╒s the one you just came through). Voila! A Scarlett O╒Hara lookalike. But definitely not a Scarlett O╒Hara actalike, as you╒ll notice very shortly. Now do anything. Whoops! That Scarlett╒s a killer. We╒ll deal with her shortly, but for now open that saved game (you DID save your game before this, didn╒t you?) and go upstairs.
Welcome to what is known as a six-way junction. There╒s quite a bit to explore up here, so let╒s go one door at a time, starting at the lower right door. Open it up and go through.
Well, well, well, a storage closet. Who╒d store anything in this place, anyway? In any case, most of this stuff is pretty useless, but examine the things to find out what you need.
What╒s this, a bottle of No-Ghost? Well, we DO have a ghost to kill downstairs, but for now, just open it up and hang on to it. Also keep the Spider Cider handy. Now you can leave the same way you came in, and use the next door, on the middle right.
That axe may be very useful, if you╒re a psychotic, or you want to finish the game, so drag it into the inventory. Don╒t go up the stairs, but if you must, save your game here and climb up those stairs. Open the cell door and go inside. Uh-oh... Time to open that saved game, and leave the way you came.
Now we go through the door on the top right. But since the radio doesn╒t work, there╒s no time to sleep, and the star in the dresser will soon be superseded by a better model, we might as well leave.
Next, the top left door. Well, here╒s a book for us to read! Let╒s read it... Not much interesting there, but what about this nightstand? Examine it. ╥The solid-looking nightstand makes a hollow ring when you knock on it.╙ I wonder why... Maybe it is hollow! Try opening it. That cigar-type object is really a scroll. Open that too and examine it. Those six words should sound familiar. They╒re in that book we read some turns back! If you wrote down the definitions (and I hope you did), you will be able to translate those words as ╥Talking head╙ and a magic word, and ╥Instant light╙ and a magic word. Those are spells that can be cast on objects. But you just need to know the words, so leave the scroll where it is and use the door in the top right corner.
Hmm, no toilet in this bathroom. Maybe it was used for something else... But anyway, examine the various objects in here, specifically that funny-looking light on the ceiling. Looks grippable, the game says. Maybe we can open it... but we can╒t reach it right now, so just go back out into the upstairs hallway.
Now we╒ll go through the final unused door on the bottom left. Look, another book! (Hey, that rhymes!) Open it up and take down what╒s inside. ╥My servant sealed his star inside my hingeless box.╙ Hmm.. where╒s the box? ╥I╒ve hidden the key, a chair knows where.╙ And if you interpreted that correctly, you should know where, too. But at this point, open that cabinet. Or rather, try. It seems to be locked, but we know where the key is, so go out and head back downstairs.
Now in the hall, go back to the entrance hall (the door on the top right, remember?). We can now open the chair, but not by Opening it. We have to hack it up. Operate the axe on the chair, and presto! a key. Drag that into the inventory. But wait, there╒s a head here. Maybe it talks. Try saying that talking head spell (Specan Heafod Abraxas) to the head. ╥Find your brother!╙ Wow, quite useful, but don╒t despair. That╒s not the only talking head around here. At this point go to the hall and open one of the doors.
There╒s Scarlett again. But this time we╒re ready to kill that ghost once and for all. Operate the open bottle of No-Ghost on her. That worked quite well, and you can drop the No-Ghost, since it╒s empty. Remember the locked cabinet upstairs? We now have a key! So head on upstairs back into the master bedroom.
Now that we╒re here, unlock the cabinet and pop it open. Well, what╒s this? Two scrolls, a bottle and a box! First open the scrolls, read them and keep track of what╒s on ╒em.
Try examining that bottle. The liquid inside seems to be in one piece. Ever see any liquids that act like that? I╒ll give you a hint. It╒s in thermometers... right, it╒s mercury! And the bottle has a gold cap. Recalling one of the scrolls, ╥Gold, silver, and mercury. Together they form a key.╙ But wait, first of all you have no silver, and second of all if you did, there would be no way to put them all together. The ╥key╙ mentioned is not what you think.
Let╒s take a look at the box. Seems to be airtight. Maybe we can open it... then again, maybe not. Notice there are no hinges on this box, so it╒s a ╥hingeless box╙. Sound familiar? But we can╒t open it... yet, so just drag it into the inventory.
By now you╒ll have noticed a couple of things which haven╒t been addressed here, so I╒ll address them. The first is that skull which pops out of nowhere. The game gives you a certain number of turns in which to finish. If you don╒t finish by then, you╒re finished for sure. The skull just is a reminder of how long you have left.
Also, you most likely have seen a little creature run across the screen waving a key. Unfortunately, you can╒t do anything while he╒s there, so anything you do to him must be set up beforehand. And yes, that key is useful, but not now.
Now it╒s time to head for the hall. We can go several directions here, so you might want to explore the various exits. But there╒s no time to lose, your brother╒s in danger!
Uninvited is copyright 1986 by Mindscape, Inc.
This walkthru has not been copyrighted yet by Kiran S. Kedlaya, but this walkthru may be distributed freely, provided that it is distributed in its entirety, including this notice.
