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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Innocent Until Caught
DOS1993 point and click adventure
Inspector Gadget: Global terror!
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Jack the Ripper
DOS1995 interactive fiction
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS1985 interactive fiction
James Bond 007: Goldfinger
DOS1986 interactive fiction
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 of its later releases.This text adventure game is b...
Jewels of Darkness
DOS1986 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
Jinxter
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Journey: The Quest Begins
DOS1989 interactive fiction
KGB
DOS1992 point and click adventure
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 animated adventures), a step up from the classic gra...
King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne
DOS1985protected graphic adventure with text parser
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 ...
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 created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally re...
King's Quest 5: Absence makes the heart go yonder
DOSWindows 3.x1990protected point and click adventure
King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
DOSWindows 3.x1992protected point and click adventure
King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human
Windows 10/11Mac OS2011freewareremake point and click adventure
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Kingdom Without End
DOS2001freeware interactive fiction
Kingdom: The Far Reaches
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected point and click adventure
Knight Orc
DOSMac OS1987 interactive fiction
Knight Orc is a text-based adventure game released in 1987 by Level 9 Computing, a British game development studio renowned for creating interactive fiction during the 1980s. In Knight Orc, you play as Grindleguts the Orc, fl...
Kobayashi Naru
DOS1987 point and click adventure
Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox
DOS1993 point and click adventure
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 shoes of a tactical commander who never actually le...
LA Law: The Computer Game
DOS1992 interactive movie
LA Law: The Computer Game is an abandoned adventure game based on the popular TV series from the 80s and 90s. L.A. Law. LA Law was developed by Synergistic Software and released by Capstone in 1992. LA Law plays like a multiple ch...
Lancelot
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Last Half of Darkness
DOS1989 point and click adventure
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 the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a yo...
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS1986 interactive fiction