<s>
MacVenture	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
four	O
adventure	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
menu-based	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
by	O
ICOM	O
Simulations	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
four	O
games	O
were	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
including	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
,	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacVenture	B-Application
engine	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
1985	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Making	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
fit	O
together	O
with	O
system	B-Application
software	I-Application
on	O
two	O
400	O
k	O
single-sided	O
floppy	O
disks	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
quite	O
a	O
challenge	O
and	O
special	O
image	O
compression	O
routines	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
to	O
accomplish	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
handful	O
of	O
sequels	O
such	O
as	O
Beyond	B-Application
Shadowgate	I-Application
and	O
Shadowgate	B-Application
64	I-Application
were	O
later	O
made	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
background	O
story	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
the	O
MacVenture	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
MacVentures	B-Application
are	O
currently	O
maintained	O
by	O
Zojoi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
MacVenture	B-Application
"	O
name	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
loading	O
screens	O
and	O
about	O
boxes	O
–	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
releases	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
it	O
was	O
translated	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
MacVenture	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
of	O
these	O
used	O
for	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
series	O
in	O
other	O
contexts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacVenture	B-Application
team	O
had	O
the	O
following	O
contributors	O
to	O
all	O
four	O
titles	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
objects	O
can	O
be	O
selected	O
and	O
used	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
by	O
shift-clicking	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
even	O
a	O
"	O
Clean	O
up	O
"	O
command	O
which	O
sorts	O
out	O
the	O
inventory	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
Finder	B-Application
(	O
unlike	O
the	O
Finder	B-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
"	O
Mess	O
up	O
"	O
command	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacVenture	B-Application
games	O
use	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
's	O
built	O
in	O
widget	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
for	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
which	O
adds	O
to	O
the	O
feeling	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
regular	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Sierra	O
or	O
LucasArts	O
 '	O
classic	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
MacVentures	B-Application
are	O
played	O
in	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
MacVenture	B-Application
games	O
all	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
settings	O
common	O
to	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
are	O
hardboiled	O
detective	O
adventures	O
,	O
one	O
is	O
a	O
haunted	B-Application
house	I-Application
ghost	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fourth	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
quest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Possibly	O
to	O
counter	O
this	O
liberty	O
,	O
all	O
MacVenture	B-Application
games	O
have	O
some	O
kind	O
of	O
time	O
limit	O
woven	O
into	O
the	O
story	O
:	O
in	O
Shadowgate	B-Device
the	O
player	O
must	O
collect	O
torches	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
look	O
around	O
,	O
in	O
Uninvited	B-Device
evil	O
forces	O
gradually	O
take	O
control	O
and	O
create	O
visions	O
at	O
unexpected	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
the	O
character	O
has	O
been	O
injected	O
with	O
a	O
poison	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
limited	O
time	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
antidote	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
II	O
the	O
character	O
is	O
told	O
to	O
collect	O
money	O
or	O
he	O
will	O
be	O
killed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	O
are	O
shown	O
in	O
a	O
256×	O
171-pixel	O
window	O
and	O
,	O
although	O
interactive	O
,	O
remain	O
mostly	O
static	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Uninvited	B-Device
,	O
Shadowgate	B-Device
and	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
II	O
the	O
about	O
box	O
has	O
an	O
animated	O
presentation	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object	O
and	O
location	O
descriptions	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
recognizable	O
style	O
,	O
and	O
descriptions	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
can	O
be	O
quite	O
disparaging	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
looking	O
at	O
a	O
flower	O
vase	O
in	O
Uninvited	B-Device
,	O
you	O
are	O
told	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
looks	O
like	O
a	O
goldfish	O
bowl	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
vase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacVentures	B-Application
make	O
good	O
but	O
limited	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Mac	B-Application
's	O
sound	O
hardware	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
22	O
kHz	O
mono	O
digitized	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
effects	O
consist	O
mostly	O
of	O
door	O
creaks	O
and	O
other	O
noises	O
related	O
to	O
actions	O
,	O
but	O
Uninvited	B-Device
also	O
presents	O
some	O
ambient	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Winchester	O
Cathedral	O
"	O
sound	O
in	O
Uninvited	B-Device
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
music	O
in	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
MacVentures	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
and	O
Uninvited	B-Device
,	O
the	O
self	O
is	O
simply	O
an	O
oval	O
with	O
the	O
text	O
SELF	O
,	O
in	O
Shadowgate	B-Device
and	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
II	O
it	O
is	O
decorated	O
in	O
the	O
theme	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacVenture	B-Application
games	O
were	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	O
versions	O
use	O
the	O
320×200	O
4-color	O
CGA	B-Device
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
in	O
NES	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
the	O
player	O
is	O
prohibited	O
from	O
leaving	O
the	O
bathroom	O
without	O
having	O
looked	O
in	O
the	O
mirror	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Uninvited	B-Device
the	O
spells	O
were	O
turned	O
into	O
objects	O
with	O
names	O
directly	O
hinting	O
at	O
their	O
use	O
,	O
the	O
texts	O
were	O
also	O
explicated	O
to	O
relieve	O
players	O
of	O
unfolding	O
the	O
story	O
by	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Déjà	O
VuUninvitedShadowgateDéjà	O
Vu	O
IIMacintosh	O
1985198619871988Amiga1986198719871989Atari	O
ST19871987n/a1989DOS1987198719881990Commodore	O
6419871988n/an/aApple	O
IIGS1988198819881989NES199019891989n/a	O
+	O
MacVenture	B-Application
release	O
years	O
from	O
copyright	O
year	O
on	O
startup	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlisted	O
in	O
this	O
matrix	O
are	O
the	O
Game	O
Boy	O
Color	O
versions	O
of	O
Shadowgate	B-Device
and	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
two-games-in-one	O
cartridge	O
of	O
Déjà	B-Device
Vu	I-Device
I	O
and	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
ICOM	O
Simulations	O
made	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
MacVentures	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
(	O
the	O
previous	O
DOS	B-Device
ports	O
used	O
custom	O
controls	O
rather	O
than	O
Windows	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
were	O
completely	O
remade	O
(	O
save	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Winchester	O
Cathedral	O
"	O
record	O
in	O
Uninvited	B-Device
)	O
with	O
little	O
effort	O
to	O
adhere	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
environments	O
as	O
depicted	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remade	O
graphics	O
were	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Infinite	O
Ventures	O
releases	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zojoi	O
released	O
a	O
digital-only	O
remake	O
of	O
Shadowgate	B-Device
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
GOG.com,	O
and	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
remake	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
consoles	O
by	O
Abstraction	O
Games	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
of	O
2019	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
(	O
via	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
(	O
via	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacVenture	B-Application
series	O
sold	O
2	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
