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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Bureau 13

DOS1995 board game, point and click adventure
Paranormal agents, conspiracy theories, and point-and-click puzzles that would make even a ghost sigh in frustration. Bureau 13 is like The X-Files if Mulder and Scully spent more time pixel-hunting. You choose your agents—o...
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Teresa: House Guest

DOS1993NSFW visual novel
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Metropolis

DOS1987
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Teen Agent

DOS1995freeware point and click adventure
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Border Zone

DOS1987 interactive fiction
Welcome to Border Zone (1987, DOS), where the Cold War is hot and your only weapon is your brain (and maybe a good map). This text-based espionage thriller from Infocom combines spy drama with multiple protagonists and a real-time...
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Amazon

DOS1984 interactive fiction
From the mind of Michael Crichton comes Amazon, a game that lets you live out your jungle explorer fantasies—without the bugs or dysentery. You’re off to the Amazon to recover a missing expedition and probably get into...
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Atlantis: The Lost Tales

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected puzzle adventure
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a graphic adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997. It is the first in a series of games set around the legendary lost city of Atlantis. You play as Seth, a young hero who ...
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The Final Battle

DOS1991 point and click adventure
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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
Zork: Grand Inquisitor is the ultimate swan song for the series—and what a finale it is. Combining laugh-out-loud humor, point-and-click puzzles, and a talking lantern voiced by Michael McKean, it’s a love letter to fa...
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Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom

DOS1992protecteddemo graphic adventure with text parser
Hugo III: Jungle of Doom is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1992. It is the third game in the Hugo adventure series, developed by David P. Gray for MS-DOS. Hugo and his girlfriend, Penelope, crash-land in a jungl...
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In the Dead of Night

DOS1995 point and click adventure
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS1991 interactive movie
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Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Ever wondered what would happen if The Phantom of the Opera got his hands on a time machine, a vengeful streak, and a point-and-click interface? In Return of the Phantom, you step into the well-shined shoes of Inspector Raoul Mont...
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Return to Doom

DOS1988 interactive fiction
Before Doom became the 3D gore-fest we all know, there was Return to Doom—and no, it has nothing to do with space marines. This 1988 title is more Choose Your Own Adventure than chainsaws and demons. You’ll type in com...
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The Shadows of Mordor

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans

Windows XP/98/951998canceled point and click adventure
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Fish!

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Jack the Ripper

DOS1995 interactive fiction
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Questprobe featuring The Hulk

DOS1984 interactive fiction
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The Scoop

DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
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Voodoo island

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Acheton

DOS1987 interactive fiction
Acheton (1987, DOS) is one of those text adventures where the game cheerfully tries to kill you every five minutes — and does so with words. You're tossed into a sprawling, brain-melting maze of puzzles so obscure they might...
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A Personal Nightmare

DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
A Personal Nightmare (1989) blends horror and detective work into one spooky little cocktail of 1980s DOS game design. You return to your hometown to find it overrun by demonic possession, creepy villagers, and enough red flags to...
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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...
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Manhunter: New York

DOS1988 point and click adventure
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The Usurper

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Berlin 1948

DOS1989
Berlin 1948 throws you into post-war Germany as a secret agent on a noir-flavored mission through a city drenched in trench coats and suspicion. It’s one part spy thriller, one part historical fiction, and three parts trying...
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Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo point and click adventure
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1992. The game is a sequel to The Colonel's Bequest and follows the adventures of the protagonist, Laura Bow, a yo...