Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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The Pawn

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
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Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 point and click adventure
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Lure of the Temptress

DOS1992freeware4/5 point and click adventure
Lure of the Temptress is an DOS fantasy adventure game, developed by Revolution Software, designed by Dave Cummins and published by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Lure of the Temptress was the first game to use Virtual Theatre, a game engine also developed by Revolution Software. Lure of the Temptress was later released as freeware in 2003.
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Mission Critical

DOS1995protected4/5 point and click adventure
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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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Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

DOS1988protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former police officer Jim Walls.In Police Quest 2, Sonny Bonds is now a sergeant with the Lytton Police Department, and the gam...
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Udoiana Raunes

DOS19984/5 point and click adventure
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BloodNet

DOS1993protected4/5 point and click adventure
BloodNet is a blend of point & click adventure (it has puzzles and an adventure style dialogue system) and RPG (player statistics, combat, random encounters), set in a dark cyberpunk New York. BloodNet was developed and published by MicroProse software in 1993. You are Ransom Stark who's goal in the game is to defeat a vampire called Van Helsin...
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Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor

DOS19874/5 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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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac19873.9/5 interactive fiction
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Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected3.9/5 point and click adventure
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Once Upon a Forest

DOS19953.9/5 point and click adventure
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge

DOSMac19893.9/5
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge is an abandoned adventure game set in the Star Trek TNG universe designed by Ron Martinez, developed by TRANS Fiction Systems and released by Simon & Schuster Interactive in 1989. Star Trek: TNG - The Transinium Challenge was developed for DOS and Mac.
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Neuromancer

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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Dragon's Lair 3: The Curse of Mordread

DOS1992protected3.9/5 interactive movie
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Flight of the Amazon Queen

DOS1995freeware3.9/5 point and click adventure
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Spellbreaker

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction
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Stationfall

DOS19873.9/5 interactive fiction
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The Hobbit

DOS19833.9/5 interactive fiction
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The mist

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction
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Knight orc

DOSMac19873.9/5 interactive fiction
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Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS19843.9/5 interactive fiction
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Perry Mason

DOS19853.9/5 interactive fiction
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Zyll

DOS19843.9/5
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Escape from delirium

DOS19953.9/5 point and click adventure
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Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon

DOS1993protected3.9/5 point and click adventure
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Wayne's World

DOS19933.9/5 point and click adventure
Wayne's World is an abandoned point and click adventure game based on the movie of the same name. In Wayne's World you control both the characters of Wayne and Garth (created by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) in a quest to save their TV show. Wayne's World was developed and released by Capstone in 1993.