Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware adventure games sorted by release date

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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Ooze: Creepy Nites

DOS19893/5 interactive fiction
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Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Scapeghost

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction
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Sex Vixens from Space

DOS1989NSFW4/5 interactive fiction
spaceace-1

Space Ace

DOS19894.1/5 interactive movie
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Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon

DOSMac1989protected3.9/5 point and click adventure
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge

DOSMac19893.9/5
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.
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The Colonel's Bequest

DOS1989protecteddemo4.1/5
The Colonel's Bequest is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game was created by Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line.The game is part of the "Laura Bow" series, with the full title being "Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequ...
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The Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction
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The Golden Fleece

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
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The Kristal

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Quest for the Time-bird

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Scoop

DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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The Third Courier

DOS19893.9/5
The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.
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The Usurper

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
wheretimecarmensandiego-1

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19894.1/5 trivia / quiz
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
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Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom

DOS19893.8/5 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction
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Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected3.8/5 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.
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B.A.T.

DOS19903.9/5 point and click adventure
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

DOS19904/5 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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Countdown

DOS19904/5 point and click adventure
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Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS19904.2/5 point and click adventure
dragons-lair-2-1

Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

DOS1990protected4.1/5 interactive movie
earthrise-07

Earthrise

DOS19903.4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Future Wars: Adventures in Time

DOS19904.1/5 point and click adventure
geisha-2

Geisha

DOS1990NSFW3.9/5 point and click adventure