Abandonware DOS title

Games with humorous content sorted by title, from Z to A

What makes you laugh? The LucasArts humor of Monkey Island or the crass jokes of Leisure Suit Larry? Are you a fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld? Do you prefer the clumsiness of the hero of the Dragon's Lair series? Humor in video games has always been something that gamers appreciated.
zork-grand-inquisitor-05

Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected4/5 Activision
zakmckracken-1

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

DOS1988protected4.1/5 LucasArts
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). It was first released in 1988 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, and others.The game follows the adventures of Zak McKracken, a tabloid newspaper reporter, as he uncovers a plot by a...
xmas-lemmings-01

Xmas Lemmings

DOS1992freeware4/5 DMA Design
wheretimecarmensandiego-1

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19894.1/5 Broderbund
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
carmen-sandiego-world-01

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19854.2/5 Broderbund
waynesworld-3

Wayne's World

DOS19933.9/5 Capstone
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.
viz-4

Viz

DOS19912.6/5
ugh-3

Ugh!

DOS19924.2/5 Egosoft
udoiana-raunes-02

Udoiana Raunes

DOS19984/5
toonstruck-02

Toonstruck

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4.1/5 Virgin Interactive
themepark-3

Theme Park

DOS1994protected3.9/5 Bullfrog
themehospital-2

Theme Hospital

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4.1/5 Bullfrog
3stooges-1

The Three Stooges

DOS1987freeware3.6/5 Cinemaware
the-simpsons-04

The Simpsons

DOS19913.8/5 Konami
monkey1-2

The Secret of Monkey Island

DOS1990protecteddemo4.3/5 LucasArts
The Secret of Monkey Island is perhaps the most popular point and click adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by the trio Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer. In Monkey Island you're the would-be pirate Guybrush Threepwood on a quest to become a fearsome pirate in the Caribbean. Monkey Island uses one of the most friendlie...
manhole-masterpiece-03

The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac1994protectedremake3.1/5 Cyan Worlds
lostvikings-1

The Lost Vikings

DOS19934.2/5 Silicon & Synapse
The Lost Vikings is an old DOS platform-puzzle game, developed by Silicon & Synapse and published by Interplay Productions in 1993. In The Lost Vikings you have to solve puzzles by controlling three characters (glorious vikings!), each with a single skill of its own.
thehumans-2

The Humans

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Imagitec Design
hitchhikerguide-1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
genemachine-1

The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 Divide by zero
geekwad-games-of-the-galaxy-1

The Geekwad: Games of the Galaxy

DOS19933.7/5 Tsunami Media
feeble-files-05

The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected3.9/5 Adventure Soft
beverly-hillbillies-01

The Beverly Hillbillies

DOS19933.4/5 Synergistic Software
willybeamish-2

The adventures of Willy Beamish

DOS19914.1/5 Dynamix
teen-agent-02

Teen Agent

DOS1995freeware3.9/5 Metropolis Software House