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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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Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of fate

DOSMac OS1993protecteddemo4.2/5 point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is the second installment in the Legend of Kyrandia point and click adventure game series developed by Westwood Studios. It was released in 1993 as a sequel to The Legend of Kyrandia.The game's story revolves around Zanthia, a young alchemist who resides in the land of Kyrandia. The villainous jester, Malcolm, r...
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Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge

DOSMac OS1994protecteddemo4.2/5 point and click adventure
The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge is the third and final installment in the Legend of Kyrandia series. This point-and-click adventure game was developed and published by Westwood Studios, released in 1994. Unlike the first two games, where players assumed the role of a protagonist fighting against the villain Malcolm, Malcolm's Revenge take...
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Legend of the Sword

DOS19884/5 interactive fiction
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Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

DOS1987NSFW4.3/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first adventure of the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line. As a virgin male in his forties, your goal is to, well, find the woman of your dreams. In 1991 Sierra released a VGA remake.
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Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)

DOS1988NSFW4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals

DOS1989NSFW3.9/5 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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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW4.1/5 point and click adventure
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Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protecteddemoNSFW4.1/5 point and click adventure
Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail! is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It is the sixth installment in the Leisure Suit Larry series and was released in 1996. The game was designed by Al Lowe, the creator of the series, and it continued the humorous and adult-themed style that the series is known for. In Love for...
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Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.

DOS1991protected4.1/5 point and click adventure
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Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Loom

DOSLinuxMac OS1990protecteddemo4.3/5 point and click adventure
Loom is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now LucasArts). It was designed by Brian Moriarty and is known for its unique gameplay mechanics and emphasis on storytelling. Loom is distinctive for its interface, which revolves around musical notes and spells. The protagonist, Bobbin Threadbare, is a young weaver ...
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Lost in Time

DOS19933.9/5 point and click adventure
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Lure of the Temptress

DOS1992freeware4/5 point and click adventure
Lure of the Temptress is an DOS fantasy adventure game, developed by Revolution Software, designed by Dave Cummins and published by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Lure of the Temptress was the first game to use Virtual Theatre, a game engine also developed by Revolution Software. Lure of the Temptress was later released as freeware in 2003.
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Magnetic Scrolls Collection

DOS19914.1/5 interactive fiction
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
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Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac OS19894/5 point and click adventure
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Manhunter: New York

DOS19883.7/5 point and click adventure
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Maniac Mansion

DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected4.2/5 point and click adventure
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B-movie elements. Players can choose between several characters, each with unique abilities useful for solving various puzzle...
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Maniac Mansion Deluxe

Windows 10/112004freewareremake3.9/5 point and click adventure
Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the unofficial sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure game released by LucasFilm in 1987. Maniac Mansion Deluxe it's a fan-made adventure developed by LucasFans Games and released in 2004 and it's a complete remake of Maniac Mansion in every aspect, developed using the Adventure Game Studio engine.
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Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo4/5 point and click adventure
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
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Maupiti Island

DOS19914.2/5 point and click adventure
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Metropolis

DOS19873.8/5
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Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS19853.4/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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Mindshadow

DOSMac OS19853.6/5 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
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Mindwheel

DOS19853.2/5 interactive fiction
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Mission Critical

DOS1995protected3.8/5 point and click adventure
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Mission: Impossible

DOS19913.5/5
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Mixed-up Fairy Tales

DOS19914.2/5 point and click adventure
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Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS19874.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser