Abandonware adventure games sorted by year, newest first
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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The Third Courier
DOS1989
The Third Courier is an abandoned (atypical) adventure / role playing game set in Berlin during the cold war era and, of course, it's a spy game. The Third Courier was developed by Manley Associates and released by Accolade in 198...
The Usurper
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS1989 trivia / quiz
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sa...
Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom
DOS1989 visual novel, interactive fiction
More illustrations, more intrigue, more doom. The Crystal of Doom continues the hybrid of comic-style storytelling and light role-playing with just enough choices to make you feel clever (or guilty). This time, you’re chasin...
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
DOS1989 interactive fiction
With Zork Zero, Infocom decided to throw everything into the cauldron: graphics, mouse support, and a jester who won’t shut up. A prequel to the original trilogy, it’s stuffed with puzzles, jokes, and deeply Zorkian no...
20000 Leagues under the sea
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Based loosely on Jules Verne’s famous tale, this game lets you live your steampunk submarine dreams with all the elegance of a DOS interface. You command the Nautilus, explore the ocean depths, and encounter strange sea crea...
A Dudley Dilemma
DOS1988 interactive fiction
A Dudley Dilemma (1988) sounds like the title of a children’s book, but it’s actually a very British text adventure for DOS where the stakes are politely quirky and mildly confusing. You play as Dudley, a man with prob...
Corruption
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Dream Zone
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Fish!
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected interactive fiction
Jinxter
DOS1988 interactive fiction
King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella
DOS1988protecteddemo point and click adventure
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally re...
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...
Lancelot
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Legend of the Sword
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
DOS1988NSFW graphic adventure with text parser
Manhunter: New York
DOS1988 point and click adventure
Mortville Manor
DOS1988 point and click adventure
Mystery of the Mummy
DOS1988 point and click adventure
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 ...
Psycho
DOS1988
Return to Doom
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Romantic encounters at the dome
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Shadowgate
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1988 point and click adventure
Shadowgate is an abandoned fantasy-themed adventure game developed by ICOM Simulations and released by Mindscape in 1988 for Macintosh, DOS, and also for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, NES. Shadowgate uses the ICOM MacVenture e...
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
DOS1988 interactive fiction