Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Lancelot

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Simon the Sorcerer

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protected point and click adventure
Simon the Sorcerer is adventure game designed by Simon Woodroffe, developed and published by Adventure Soft and released in 1993. Often overlooked, Simon The Sorcerer is one of the finest point & click adventure games ever des...
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Treasure Island

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.

DOS1991protected point and click adventure
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James Clavell's Shogun

DOS1989 interactive fiction
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is b...
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans

Windows XP/98/951998canceled point and click adventure
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Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Interactive fiction meets comic book in this spin-off, where you follow a fantasy story through illustrated panels and scripted choices. Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle feels like your dungeon master turned into a storyboard ...
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Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Hook

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

DOSWindows 3.x1991protected point and click adventure
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The Guild of Thieves

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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Bargon Attack

DOS1992 point and click adventure
Imagine stepping into a sci-fi fever dream written during a caffeine crash, and you’ll get Bargon Attack (1992). This French point-and-click adventure is stylish, surreal, and frequently confusing—but in a charming &ld...
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Noctropolis

DOS1994protected point and click adventure
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Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon

DOS1992 interactive movie
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Wishbringer

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Jack the Ripper

DOS1995 interactive fiction
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Shadow of the Comet

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected graphic adventure with text parser
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Frederik Pohl's Gateway

DOS1992 interactive fiction
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel ...
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Adventure in Serenia

DOS1982 interactive fiction
Before heroes had inventory screens and voice acting, there was Adventure in Serenia, the lovechild of a text parser and a fever dream. Released in 1982, this proto-graphic adventure gave players a taste of magic, mystery, and con...
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Spellbreaker

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Murders in Space

DOS1990protected
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Manhunter 2: San Francisco

DOSMac OS1989 point and click adventure
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Ween: The Prophecy

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former ...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected graphic adventure with text parser
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Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War

DOS1992protecteddemo point and click adventure
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is an adventure/role-playing game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The player takes on the role of the Hero, who has journeyed from the city of Shapeir to the savannahs and ...
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Return to Ringworld

DOS1994 point and click adventure
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Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom

DOS1993 point and click adventure
Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom looks like a cousin of Prince of Persia who dropped out of school to study magic mushrooms. You play a vaguely heroic dude exploring a crumbling kingdom full of traps, bats, and possibly regret. The platf...