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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Goblins 3

DOS1994protecteddemo point and click adventure
Goblins 3 (also known as Goblins Quest 3) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1993 as the third installment in the Gobliiins series. The game was created by Pierre Gilho...
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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
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...
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Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected graphic adventure with text parser
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Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac OS1989 point and click adventure
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Mario is Missing!

DOSMac OS1992
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Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo 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 ta...
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected point and click adventure
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Normality

DOS1996protecteddemo point and click adventure
Normality is a first-person adventure video game developed by Gremlin Interactive and released in 1996. The game is set in a dystopian future where a totalitarian regime known as the One True Government (OTG) controls the city of ...
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Once Upon a Forest

DOS1995 point and click adventure
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Police Quest 3: The Kindred

DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure
Police Quest 3: The Kindred is an adventure video game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. It is the third installment in the Police Quest series, which was designed by former police officer Jim Walls. Known for its...
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Profezia

DOS1991NSFW visual novel
Profezia is an adventure video game developed by the Italian company Trecision and released in 1991. It was available on both the Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. The game is notable for its multiple-choice interface, where the storyli...
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Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

DOS1996 interactive fiction
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Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Seastalker

DOS1984 interactive fiction
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Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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Softporn Adventure

DOS1981freewareNSFW interactive fiction
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Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance

DOS1991protectedNSFW interactive fiction
Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance is an adventure game released in 1991, developed by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment. It’s the second installment in the "Spellcasting" series. In Spellcast...
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Stationfall

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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The Golden Fleece

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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The Summoning

DOS1992protected dungeon crawl
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The Witness

DOS1983 interactive fiction
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 trivia / quiz
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The Hobbit

DOS1983 interactive fiction
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Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero

DOS1989protected point and click adventure
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected 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 spe...