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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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
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Voodoo island

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom

DOS1992protected graphic adventure with text parser
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Return of the Phantom

DOS1993protecteddemo point and click adventure
Return of the Phantom is adventure game set in France, designed by Raymond Benson, developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1993 for DOS only. Return of the Phantom is a third-person adventure game based on the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
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Return to Doom

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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The Shadows of Mordor

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon

DOS1993protected point and click adventure
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In the Dead of Night

DOS1995 point and click adventure
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The Crack of Doom

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Amazon

DOS1984 interactive fiction
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Fish!

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Jack the Ripper

DOS1995 interactive fiction
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The Scoop

DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
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A Personal Nightmare

DOS1989 graphic adventure with text parser
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Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Manhunter: New York

DOS1988 point and click adventure
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Berlin 1948

DOS1989
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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 young investigative journalist.In the game, the Dagger of Amon Ra is a valuable Egyptian artifact rumored to have mystical...
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Acheton

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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Nippon Safes, Inc.

DOS1992freeware point and click adventure
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The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS1992 puzzle adventure
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Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans

Windows XP/98/951998canceled point and click adventure
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Wishbringer

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS1991 interactive movie
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Bargon Attack

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Borrowed Time

DOS1985 interactive fiction
Borrowed Time is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. It was released in 1985 for various platforms, including the Apple Macintosh, Apple II, DOS, and Atari ST. The game is notable for its early use of digitized photos and a noir-style detective narrative.The game's story is set in the 1930s and foll...
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Fuck Quest

DOS1998freewareNSFW graphic adventure with text parser
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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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Holy Grail

DOS1984 interactive fiction