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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Wayne's World
DOS1993 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.
Ballyhoo
DOS1986 interactive fiction
Altered Destiny
DOS1990protected point and click adventure, graphic adventure with text parser
Altered Destiny is a sci-fi themed point and click adventure game designed by Michael Berlyn, developed and released by Accolade in 1990. Altered Destiny runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga.
Sam and Max Hit the Road
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Sam & Max Hit the Road is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 and is based on the characters Sam and Max created by comic artist Steve Purcell. The game follows the titular characters, Sam, a detective canine, and Max, a hyperkinetic rabbity thing, as they embark on a bizarre and humoro...
Zyll
DOS1984
Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon
DOS1992 interactive movie
Manhunter: New York
DOS1988 point and click adventure
Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire
DOS1990protecteddemo point and click adventure
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire is the second installment in Sierra On-Line's Quest for Glory series, blending classic adventure gameplay with RPG elements in a world inspired by Middle Eastern folklore. Released in 1990 for Amiga and DOS, it was developed by Lori and Corey Cole.At the start of the game, players must choose a class from one of th...
Les Manley in: Search for the King
DOS1990protected graphic adventure with text parser
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
DOS1996 point and click adventure
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
DOS1988protected point and click adventure
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...
The Guild of Thieves
DOS1987 interactive fiction
B.A.T.
DOS1990 point and click adventure
B.A.T. is a cyberpunk-themed adventure game released in 1989 by UBI Soft for various platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and later the Commodore 64. It blends adventure, role-playing, and simulation elements in a futuristic setting. You play as an agent of B.A.T. (Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters), a secret intergalactic organization...
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
DOS1993protected point and click adventure
Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989protected point and click adventure
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Goblins 3
DOS1994protecteddemo point and click adventure
Goblins 3 (also known as Goblins Quest 3) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1993 as the third installment in the Gobliiins series. The game was created by Pierre Gilhodes and features a unique combination of puzzle-solving and humor.Gameplay in Goblins 3 revolves around controlling a te...
Full Throttle
DOS1995protecteddemo point and click adventure
Castle of Dr. Brain
DOS1991 puzzle adventure
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a humorous point-and-click adventure game from 1993 developed by Sierra On-Line and co-designed by Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Josh Mandel. Set in the Old West, Freddy Pharkas is a blend of comedy and Western tropes. The game follows Freddy Pharkas, a former gunslinger who left his gun-sli...
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Guilty
DOS1995 point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred
DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred is an adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. It is the third installment in the Police Quest series, which was designed by former police officer Jim Walls. Known for its realistic portrayal of police procedures, Police Quest 3 shifts slightly toward a darker narrative compared to its pred...
Lost in Time
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge
DOSMac OS1989
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.
Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
DOSWindows 3.x1991protected point and click adventure
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1985 puzzle adventure
Future Wars: Adventures in Time
DOS1990 point and click adventure
3 Skulls of the Toltecs
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected point and click adventure
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
DOS1987 interactive fiction