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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Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

DOS1983 interactive fiction
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Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Corruption

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected puzzle adventure
Amerzone is like stepping into a dream where logic is optional and atmosphere is everything. You play a journalist unraveling the mystery of a dying explorer’s last journey, which involves a lost civilization, mystical eggs, and a whole lot of lush, surreal landscapes. The gameplay leans heavily on point-and-click exploration with puzzles tha...
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Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness

DOSWindows 3.x1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness is an adventure role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1993 as the fourth installment in the Quest for Glory series. The game was designed by Lori Ann Cole and Corey Cole, who were also responsible for the previous entries in the series.The game is set in the dar...
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London

DOS1994 point and click adventure
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Companions of Xanth

DOS1993protected point and click adventure
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BloodNet

DOS1993protected point and click adventure
BloodNet combines vampires, cyberspace, and noir in a cocktail so strange it probably shouldn’t work but somehow does. You are a hacker who just got bitten by a vampire and now you must juggle your thirst for blood with your desire to not completely lose your mind. The game world is dense, filled with dark alleys, gothic hackers, and more dia...
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Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge

DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge is the third and final installment in the Legend of Kyrandia series. This point-and-click adventure game was developed and published by Westwood Studios, released in 1994. Unlike the first two games, where players assumed the role of a protagonist fighting against the villain Malcolm, Malcolm's Revenge take...
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Superhero League of Hoboken

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected first-person party-based RPG
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, set in a post-apocalyptic world where New Jersey (specifically Hoboken) becomes the epicenter for a team of second-rate superheroes. Your job is to complete various...
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Star Trek: Judgment Rites

DOS1993protected point and click adventure
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Castle of Dr. Brain

DOS1991 puzzle adventure
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Atlantis: The Lost Tales

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected puzzle adventure
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of Atlantis. You play as Seth, a young hero who becomes entangled in the political and mysterious happenings of the city. Seth is tasked with finding the missing queen,...
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King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human

DOSMac OS1986protected graphic adventure with text parser
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is a fantasy adventure game designed by Roberta Williams, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1986 for DOS and for other platforms such as Apple 2, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh. King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is also part of the King's quest series.
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The Twilight Zone

DOS1988 graphic adventure with text parser
The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing for DOS and Amiga. At it's core, The Twilight Zone is a text adventure, so you have to type in commands, but it's supported by the graphics.
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King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder

DOSWindows 3.x1990protected point and click adventure
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Blue Force

DOS1993 point and click adventure
Blue Force is a police procedural adventure game developed and released by Tsunami Games in 1993. Blue Force is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the protagonist, Jake Ryan, a rookie police officer. The gameplay revolves around solving various crimes, gathering evidence, and engaging in police procedures. The game is set in th...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected graphic adventure with text parser
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Gobliiins

DOSMac OS1991protected point and click adventure
Gobliiins is a peculiar adventure game designed by Pierre Gilhodes, developed by French company Coktel Vision and released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for DOS, Mac, Amiga and Atari ST. In Gobliiins, you control multiple goblins and you must find a way to progress to the next area by solving typical adventure puzzles. The story is almost non-exis...
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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...
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Bureau 13

DOS1995 board game, point and click adventure
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Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected point and click adventure, graphic adventure with text parser
In Altered Destiny, a perfectly average guy named P.J. Barrett gets sucked into a bizarre alien dimension because he answered a phone call. Seriously. What follows is a classic point-and-click adventure filled with weird puzzles, stranger characters, and the kind of surreal landscapes that make Salvador Dalí look restrained. Packed with humo...
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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
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Cruise for a Corpse

DOS1991 point and click adventure
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Inspector Gadget: Global terror!

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993 point and click adventure