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...
Gumboots Australia
DOS1990
Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Inspector Gadget: Global terror!
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Jinxter
DOS1988 interactive fiction
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...
Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Les Manley in: Search for the King
DOS1990protected graphic adventure with text parser
Manhunter 2: San Francisco
DOSMac OS1989 point and click adventure
Mario is Missing!
DOSMac OS1992
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...
Mean Streets
DOS1989protected point and click adventure
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 ...
Once Upon a Forest
DOS1995 point and click adventure
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...
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...
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
DOS1996 interactive fiction
Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch
DOS1992 point and click adventure
Seastalker
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos
DOS1986 interactive fiction
Softporn Adventure
DOS1981freewareNSFW interactive fiction
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...
Stationfall
DOS1987 interactive fiction
The Golden Fleece
DOS1989 interactive fiction
The Summoning
DOS1992protected dungeon crawl
The Witness
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?
DOSMac OS1988 trivia / quiz
The Hobbit
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Quest for glory 1: So you want to be a hero
DOS1989protected point and click adventure
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...