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Uninvited was originally released as part of the “MacVentures” series of point-and-click titles for Apple Macintosh back in 1986 the following year, it was ported to a variety of other home platforms including Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. The Famicom version, which made a few sacrifices in the text department due to lack of memory but which added an atmospheric musical soundtrack, first appeared in 1989, and a localised NES version - seen in the Grumps’ video - showed up in 1991. In Uninvited, you take on the role of a character whose sibling (brother in the home computer versions, sister in the NES version) has disappeared after a car crash. The only clues you have to go on are the spooky old mansion nearby - and the fact that a storm is coming. Of course it isn’t, but that’s half the fun. While the writing in the home computer versions is undoubtedly superior to the somewhat cut-back NES version, the NES version remains fondly regarded for its presentation, atmosphere and largely successful attempts to bring a genre typically associated with home computers to a TV-connected console. The NES version is available for modern platforms as part of the 8-Bit Adventure Anthology on Steam and PlayStation, while a port of the MacVenture original is also available on Steam.The idea for Game Grumps proper came from an argument between Arin and Jon, who were having a debate about the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl and whether or not the character Wolf was a clone of Fox. A friend of theirs said they should make a podcast where they talk it out, and Arin came up with the name Game Grumps. This idea evolved into both the Game Grumps channel and Let's Play series. On August 22, 2012, Game Grumps VS, a spin-off of Game Grumps, debuted. The show is virtually the same as Game Grumps with the exception that the Game Grumps play two-player versus games. The show shares the same time slot as Game Grumps. In September 2012, Barry took over the role of editing Game Grumps videos from Jon. On June 25, 2013, it was announced that Jon would be leaving Game Grumps in order to focus on his own show JonTron, and that Arin's friend Danny from Ninja Sex Party would be serving as his replacement. In October 2013, Ghoul Grumps, a cosmetic change for Halloween, debuted. The only differences between Ghoul Grumps episodes and regular Game Grumps episodes are branding and generally the games played on the show are Halloween or scary-themed.
Unlike Game Grumps VS episodes, Ghoul Grumps episodes are still considered to be Game Grumps episodes and not their own show. In December 2013, a similar Christmas-themed Jingle Grumps debuted. In February 2014, Valentine's Day-themed Date Grumps debuted, with Arin's wife Suzy appearing in place of Danny. Late in 2014, Kevin was announced to be taking over the role of editor of Game Grumps from Barry. On April 1st 2015, Arin and Ross introduced a currently single-episoded spin-off called Toon Grumps. As it was April Fools' Day, they were fibbing that they canceled Game Grumps and Steam Train, in order to go back making animated videos.