Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Shadowgate

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1988 point and click adventure
Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture engine (Deja Vu, Uninvited). Shadowgate was later remade in an enhanced version for Windows 3.1.
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Amnesia

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected point and click adventure
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2

DOS1992NSFW point and click adventure
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Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS1990 point and click adventure
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Countdown

DOS1990 point and click adventure
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EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Rome: Pathway to Power

DOS1993
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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Beneath a Steel Sky

DOS1994freeware point and click adventure
Beneath a Steel Sky is a classic point-and-click adventure game released in 1994, developed by Revolution Software. Set in a dystopian, cyberpunk future, the game is renowned for its rich atmosphere and distinctive artwork. The game follows Robert Foster, who, after being abducted from his tribal home in the Outback, finds himself in Union Cit...
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Pepper's Adventures in Time

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Neuromancer

DOS1989 point and click adventure
The Neuromancer video game, released in 1988 by Interplay Productions, is an adventure/role-playing game loosely based on William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel Neuromancer (1984). It combines elements of science fiction, hacking, and RPG-style exploration in a digital world, set in a dystopian future dominated by artificial intelligence, corpora...
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

DOS1990 graphic adventure with text parser
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is an old DOS point and click adventure game designed by Christy Marx, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. As the title implies, Conquests of Camelot setting is based on the Arthurian legends.
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Sanitarium

Windows XP/98/951998protected point and click adventure
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Corruption

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Cruise for a Corpse

DOS1991 point and click adventure
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Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus

DOS1991 dungeon crawl, point and click adventure
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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Forbidden Castle

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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Inspector Gadget: Global terror!

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Jinxter

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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L.A. Crackdown

DOS1988
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Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Legend of the Sword

DOS1988 interactive fiction