The best abandonware adventure games

Adventure games

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  Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus

  DOS19914.1/5 Horror Soft

  Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is an abandoned horror adventure/RPG hybrid game with elements of dark fantasy, developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade for DOS in 1991. Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus is also part of the Elvira series of games, each of one based on the popular movie/TV personality Elvira.

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  Sorcerer

  DOS19844.1/5 Infocom
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  The Colonel's Bequest

  DOS1989protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line

  Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest is adventure game designed by Roberta Williams, developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1989 for DOS. The titular character is one of the lesser known of Sierra On-Line but she got its own sequel in 1989 called Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra.

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  Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

  Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4.1/5 Access Software

  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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  Innocent Until Caught

  DOS19934.1/5 Divide by zero
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  Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True

  DOS19874.1/5 ICOM Simulations
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  KGB

  DOS19924.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
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  Shannara

  DOS1995protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
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  Day of the Tentacle

  DOS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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  I have no Mouth and I Must Scream

  DOS1995protected4.1/5 The Dreamers Guild
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  Sanitarium

  Windows XP/98/951998protected4.1/5 DreamForge Intertainment
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  The 11th Hour

  Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 Trilobyte
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  Police Quest 3: The Kindred

  DOS1991protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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  The Third Courier

  DOS19894.1/5 Manley Associates

  The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.

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  Simon the Sorcerer

  DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1993protected4.1/5 Adventure Soft

  Simon the Sorcerer is adventure game designed by Simon Woodroffe, developed and published by Adventure Soft and released in 1993. Often overlooked, Simon The Sorcerer is one of the finest point & click adventure games ever designed for DOS. In an era dominated by LucasFilm Games (later renamed LucasArts) and Sierra, Adventure Soft (the guys beh...

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  Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

  DOS19894.1/5 Infocom
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  Rome: Pathway to Power

  DOS19934.1/5 Millennium Interactive

  Rome: Pathway to Power (also known as Rome AD 92) is an abandoned isometric adventure game with strategy elements set in ancient Rome. Rome was developed by Millennium Interactive and released in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms.

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  Code-name: Iceman

  DOS19894/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Martian Memorandum

  DOS1991protected4/5 Access Software
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  Operation Stealth

  DOS19904/5 Delphine software
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  Lancelot

  DOS19884/5 Level 9 Computing
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  Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals

  DOS1989NSFW4/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance

  DOS1991protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
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  Magnetic Scrolls Collection

  DOS19914/5 Magnetic Scrolls

  Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...

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  Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

  DOS19934/5 Broderbund
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  The adventures of Willy Beamish

  DOS19914/5 Dynamix
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  Pepper's Adventures in Time

  DOS19934/5 Sierra On-Line
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  Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative

  DOS19854/5 Micromosaics
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  Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

  DOS19944/5 Stormfront Studios
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  Follow the Reader

  DOS19924/5 Disney Software