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The most popular humor games

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.
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Superhero League of Hoboken

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected Legend Entertainment
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game,...
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Udoiana Raunes

DOS1998
Udoiana Raunes is one of those late-DOS curiosities that feels like it escaped from a developer’s hard drive by accident. It presents itself as a fantasy adventure, but quick...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected Sierra On-Line
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Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS1988 First Star Software
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Cirque de Zale

Windows XP/98/952004freeware
Cirque de Zale is a point-and-click adventure game released in 2004, developed by Rebecca Clements as a freeware title. Created using the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) engine, the ga...
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Dragon's Lair

DOS1989protected Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
By 1989, Dragon’s Lair had already become legendary in arcades, so its DOS port had a lot to live up to. Spoiler: it couldn’t quite match the arcade’s gorgeous la...
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Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
Douglas Adams, the twisted genius behind Hitchhiker’s Guide, brings you the most terrifying adventure of all: paperwork. Bureaucracy turns mundane modern life into a text-bas...
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Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy

DOS1993
Ultimuh MCMLXVII: Part 2 of the 39th Trilogy wins points immediately for its audacious title alone. This action-adventure leans heavily into sci-fi weirdness, combining philosophic...
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

DOS1988protected 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 p...
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Normality

DOS1996protecteddemo Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as t...
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Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

DOSWindows 3.x1991protected Sierra On-Line
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Teen Agent

DOS1995freeware Metropolis Software House
Teen Agent is a charming, tongue-in-cheek adventure about a teenager recruited to save the world because, well, why not? With its colorful art, witty dialogue, and delightfully abs...
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Homey D. Clown

DOS1993 Synergistic Software
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

DOS1991 Core Design
Trying to describe Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1991) as a “normal” game is impossible—because nothing about it is normal. It’s a fever dream in pixe...
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BC Racers

DOS1995freeware Core Design
Ever wondered what The Flintstones would look like if they got into illegal street racing? BC Racers is exactly that, with stone-age muscle cars, power-ups that make zero sense, an...
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Litil Divil

DOS1993protected Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Redneck Rampage

DOS1997protected Xatrix Entertainment
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Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back

DOS1988 Level 9 Computing
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Fish!

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Activision
Zork: Grand Inquisitor is the ultimate swan song for the series—and what a finale it is. Combining laugh-out-loud humor, point-and-click puzzles, and a talking lantern voiced...
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The Geekwad: Games of the Galaxy

DOS1993 Tsunami Media
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Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

DOS1990protected Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
In Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp (1990), Dirk doesn’t just fight dragons—he bungles his way through time itself. Want to rescue your wife Daphne? Prepare to stumble ...
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Scrooge

DOS1991 Leisuresoft
In Scrooge (1991), you play everyone’s favorite miser in a faithful retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—if Dickens had access to VGA graphics and MIDI carols....
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The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1994protectedremake Cyan Worlds
The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition (1994, Windows/Mac) is the kind of game that makes you feel like you’ve fallen into a dream. Created by the same minds behind Myst, it...
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Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected MicroProse Software
What if Leisure Suit Larry and Monkey Island had a love child in outer space, raised by gender-swapped aliens? You’d get Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender-Bender, a hilarious...
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The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Adventure Soft
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Xmas Lemmings

DOS1992freeware DMA Design
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Cannon Fodder 2

DOS1994protected Sensible Software
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Rolling Ronny

DOS1991 Starbyte Software