Abandonware DOS title

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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Infidel

DOS1983 interactive fiction
In Infidel, you play a not-so-noble adventurer whose moral compass is spinning like a broken ceiling fan. As a treasure-hungry explorer poking around an ancient Egyptian tomb, you ...
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Innocent Until Caught

DOS1993 point and click adventure
Innocent Until Caught throws you into a sci-fi noir universe where your protagonist, a perpetually broke thief, stumbles from one disaster to the next with a mix of charm, sarcasm,...
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Inspector Gadget: Global terror!

DOS1992 point and click adventure
Inspector Gadget: Global Terror! takes everyone’s favorite bionic klutz and hands him a globe-trotting mission to stop M.A.D.—which is roughly as risky as giving a todd...
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Jack the Ripper

DOS1995 interactive fiction
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James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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James Clavell's Shogun

DOS1989 interactive fiction
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one o...
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Jewels of Darkness

DOS1986 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
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Jinxter

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Journey: The Quest Begins

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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KGB

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown

DOS1984 graphic adventure with text parser
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first an...
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King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne

DOS1985protected graphic adventure with text parser
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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 su...
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King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo point and click adventure
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series creat...
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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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King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo point and click adventure
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King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human

Windows Vista/7/8Mac OS2011freewareremake point and click adventure
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Kingdom of Hamil

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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Kingdom Without End

DOS2001freeware interactive fiction
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Kingdom: The Far Reaches

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected point and click adventure
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Knight Orc

DOSMac OS1987 interactive fiction
Knight Orc (1987, DOS/Mac) flips the fantasy script: you’re not the hero, you’re the orc. Tired of being slaughtered by noble knights, you decide it’s payback tim...
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Kobayashi Naru

DOS1987 point and click adventure
In Kobayashi Naru (1987, DOS), you’re not saving the world—you’re solving it. This sci-fi puzzle adventure drops you in a mysterious facility filled with logic te...
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Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS1993 point and click adventure
What if the Nazis won? Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox (1993, DOS) takes that nightmare seriously. You play a time traveler trying to fix history, navigating through an oppressive, Orwe...
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L.A. Crackdown

DOS1988
Welcome to Los Angeles, where crime runs rampant and your job is to bring the chaos down with nothing but surveillance skills and a stern attitude. L.A. Crackdown puts you in the s...
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LA Law: The Computer Game

DOS1992 interactive movie
Based on the hit TV series, LA Law: The Computer Game (1992) lets you live out legal drama without needing a law degree—though it certainly helps. You manage cases, interview...
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Lancelot

DOS1988 interactive fiction
Lancelot (1988) is an action-adventure that draws loosely from Arthurian legend and very tightly from the difficulty school of “good luck.” You guide the famous knight ...
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Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Last Half of Darkness

DOS1989 point and click adventure
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Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo point and click adventure
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows ...