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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Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected interactive fiction
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1986 trivia / quiz
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Transylvania

DOS1986freeware interactive fiction
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Syberia

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2002protected point and click adventure
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Death Gate

DOS1994protected point and click adventure
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The Wizard of Oz

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Universe

DOS1994 point and click adventure
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Last Half of Darkness

DOS1989 point and click adventure
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Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo graphic adventure with text parser
Hugo 2: Whodunit? is an old school graphic adventure game designed by David P. Gray, developed by Gray Design Associates and released in 1991 for MS-DOS only. Hugo 2: Whodunit? is the second installment of the Hugo game series.
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Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS1984 interactive fiction
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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 trivia / quiz
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Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation

DOS1993protected point and click adventure
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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo 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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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
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Gnome Ranger

DOS1987 interactive fiction
Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.
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Morphman

Windows XP/98/951993
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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Follow the Reader

DOS1992 puzzle adventure
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected point and click adventure
daughter-of-serpents-01

Daughter of Serpents

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Jinxter

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected point and click adventure
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Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon

DOS1992 interactive movie
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Berlin 1948

DOS1989
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Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.

DOS1991protected point and click adventure
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Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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The Twilight Zone

DOS1988 graphic adventure with text parser
The Twilight Zone is an abandoned sci-fi themed adventure game based on the popular TV series of the same name. The Twilight zone released in 1988 by First Row Software Publishing for DOS and Amiga. At it's core, The Twilight Zone is a text adventure, so you have to type in commands, but it's supported by the graphics.
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WaxWorks

DOSMac OS1992protecteddemo dungeon crawl
Waxworks was a horror-themed first-person role-playing game developed by Horror Soft, a subsidiary of Adventure Soft, published in 1992. The game is set in a wax museum where players must travel through different historical periods, each represented by a wax exhibit. Each exhibit serves as a portal to a different time and place, featuring vari...