Abandonware DOS title

The most popular abandonware adventure games

Adventure games focus on cracking enigmas and exploring and contemplating the game world in a narrative-driven scenario. In order to progress within the story arc, the player has to interact with different items, the environment itself, and other non-playing characters (NPC in short).
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Dreamweb

DOS1994freeware4.1/5 point and click adventure
Dreamweb is a top-down point and click adventure set in a dark, cyberpunk city. You play as Ryan who has strange, violent, dreams. A top down perspective and the sheer number of items your character can pick up are just two of the peculiarities of this game. Dreamweb was developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive for DOS in 1...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Neuromancer

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
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Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

DOS1992protected4.1/5 point and click adventure
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In the Dead of Night

DOS19953.8/5 point and click adventure
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Starcross

DOS19823.7/5 interactive fiction
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Fuck Quest

DOS1998freewareNSFW3.7/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Spellcasting 301: Spring Break

DOS1992protected4.1/5 interactive fiction
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LA Law: The Computer Game

DOS19924/5 interactive movie
LA Law: The Computer Game is an abandoned adventure game based on the popular TV series from the 80s and 90s. L.A. Law. LA Law was developed by Synergistic Software and released by Capstone in 1992. LA Law plays like a multiple choice adventure game where you have to build up cases and bring them to court.
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Return to Doom

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction
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Mystery of the Mummy

DOS19883.6/5 point and click adventure
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Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the girls

DOS1990protected4.1/5 interactive fiction
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected4/5 point and click adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
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Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo4/5 point and click adventure
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
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Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS19873.9/5 interactive fiction
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Forbidden Quest

DOS19833.8/5 interactive fiction
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
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Guilty

DOS19954.2/5 point and click adventure
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GrailQuest

DOS19893.3/5 interactive fiction
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A Personal Nightmare

DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Free D.C.!

DOS19913.6/5 point and click adventure
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Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire

DOS1990protected4.2/5 point and click adventure
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire is a the second chapter in the Sierra beloved Quest for Glory series. Trial by Fire is an adventure game with RPG elements (at the very start the player must choose a class from the three available: fighter, wizard, thief) set in a fantasy setting inspired by Middle East lore. It was developed ad released by Sierra ...
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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

DOS19924.2/5 puzzle adventure
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Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

DOS1991protected4.2/5 point and click adventure
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Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance

DOS1991protected4/5 interactive fiction
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Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
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Transylvania 3: Vanquish the Night

DOS19903/5 interactive fiction