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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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Windows XP/98/951991protected4.1/5 interactive movie
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Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS19923.8/5 point and click adventure
noctropolis-05

Noctropolis

DOS1994protected4/5 point and click adventure
sherlockholmesbow-1

Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS19853.5/5 interactive fiction
maniac-mansion-deluxe-05

Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Windows2004freewareremake3.8/5 point and click adventure
Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the unofficial sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure game released by LucasFilm in 1987. Maniac Mansion Deluxe it's a fan-made adventure developed by LucasFans Games and released in 2004 and it's a complete remake of Maniac Mansion in every aspect, developed using the Adventure Game Studio engine.
hook-04

Hook

DOS19924.2/5 point and click adventure
borderworld-02

Borderworld

DOS19963.3/5 point and click adventure
shannara-09

Shannara

DOS1995protected4/5 point and click adventure
9-princes-in-amber-02

9 Princes in Amber

DOS19854.1/5 interactive fiction
lane-mastodon-02a

Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS19884/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
romanticdome-1

Romantic encounters at the dome

DOS19883.9/5 interactive fiction
stationfall-01

Stationfall

DOS19873.9/5 interactive fiction
journey-adv-03

Journey: The Quest Begins

DOS19894.1/5 interactive fiction
feeble-files-05

The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected3.9/5 point and click adventure
igor_objective_uuklaonia-02

Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS19953.5/5 point and click adventure
sherlockvatican-1

Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
tasstimestonetown-1

Tass Times in Tonetown

DOS19863.9/5 interactive fiction
xanth-1

Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected3.8/5 point and click adventure
scrooge-04

Scrooge

DOS19913/5 interactive fiction
Scrooge is an abandoned interactive fiction graphic adventure game developed and released by Leisuresoft in 1991 for DO. Scrooge is based on the popular Christmas tale of the same name.
demonsforge-1

Demon's Forge

DOS19873.1/5 interactive fiction
castleelsinore-1

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 interactive fiction
earthlydelights-1

Earthly delights

DOS19843.6/5 interactive fiction
farehneith451-04

Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 interactive fiction
snoopy-and-peanuts-02

Snoopy and Peanuts

DOS19904/5
teen-agent-02

Teen Agent

DOS1995freeware3.9/5 point and click adventure
la-crackdown-06

L.A. Crackdown

DOS19884/5
mindshadow-05

Mindshadow

DOSMac OS19853.6/5 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
mystery-of-the-mummy-02

Mystery of the Mummy

DOS19883.6/5 point and click adventure
psycho-02

Psycho

DOS19883.4/5
earthrise-07

Earthrise

DOS19903.4/5 graphic adventure with text parser