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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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected4/5 point and click adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected4/5 point and click adventure
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The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
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The Golden Fleece

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction
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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo4/5 puzzle adventure
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Presto Studios, released in 1995 as a sequel to The Journeyman Project. The Journeyman Project series is set in a future where time travel has been discovered and is regulated by a temporal security agency called the Temporal Security Annex (TSA). Players...
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The Summoning

DOS1992protected4/5 dungeon crawl
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The Witness

DOS19834/5 interactive fiction
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Transylvania

DOS1986freeware4/5 interactive fiction
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Voyeur

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSDOS1993demoNSFW4/5 interactive movie
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS19884/5 trivia / quiz
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Beneath a Steel Sky

DOS1994freeware4/5 point and click adventure
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Cruise for a Corpse

DOS19914/5 point and click adventure
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Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus

DOS19914/5 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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Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure
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King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne

DOS1985protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Sex Olympics

DOS1990NSFW4/5 point and click adventure
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Countdown

DOS19904/5 point and click adventure
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Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals

DOS1989NSFW4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals is a comedic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 as the third installment in the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe.In Larry 3, players once again control the lovable loser Larry Laffer, who is on a quest to find tru...
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Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5 interactive fiction
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Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1999protected4/5 puzzle adventure
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy is a fantasy/steampunk adventure video game developed by Virtual Studio and released by Microids in 1999 for Windows, Mac and Playstation platforms. Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy is an adventure video game developed by Microïds and released in 1999. The game was created by Benoît Sokal, a Belgi...
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Daughter of Serpents

DOS19924/5 point and click adventure
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Castle of Dr. Brain

DOS19914/5 puzzle adventure
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Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
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Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Noctropolis

DOS1994protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Snoopy and Peanuts

DOS19904/5
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The Pawn

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

DOS19974/5 point and click adventure