Abandonware DOS title

Games involving detective work, murder mysteries, etc. sorted by title, from Z to A

A murder to solve! A criminal to apprehend! Detective and mistery games have the recipe for a perfect crime story. Police investigations, finding clues, mysterious killings, a noir atmosphere are all ingredients that makes a good detective / mystery game worth playing. The Police Quest series, the Tex Murphy series, games based on Sherlock Holmes are just some of the most popular detective games ever published in the last century.
nightlong-02

Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Trecision
mystery-of-the-mummy-02

Mystery of the Mummy

DOS19883.6/5 Time Warp Software
murdersvenice-1

Murders in Venice

DOS19904/5 CobraSoft
murdersinspace-4

Murders in Space

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Hitech Productions
Murder_on_The_Zinderneuf-03

Murder on the Zinderneuf

DOS19843.3/5 Free Fall Associates
murder-in-the-atlantic-02

Murder in the Atlantic

DOS19883.2/5 CobraSoft
murder-club-01

Murder Club

DOSWindows XP/98/9519914.1/5 Riverhill Soft
murder-by-the-dozen-01

Murder by the Dozen

DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank
mortville-manor-02

Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
mindshadow-05

Mindshadow

DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
meanstreets-1

Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
maupiti-island-02

Maupiti Island

DOS19914.3/5 Lankhor
martianmemo-2

Martian Memorandum

DOS1991protecteddemo4/5 Access Software
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
magnetic-scrolls-collection-02

Magnetic Scrolls Collection

DOS19914.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
legends-of-murder-04

Legends of Murder: Volume 1 - Stonedale Castle

DOS1989protected3.5/5 Softdisk Publishing
laurabow2-2

Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra

DOSWindows 3.x1992protecteddemo3.8/5 Sierra On-Line
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...
la-abadia-del-crimen-03

La Abadia del Crimen

DOS19874.2/5 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
la-crackdown-06

L.A. Crackdown

DOS19884/5 Nexa Corporation
jamesbondview2kill-1

James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
jack-the-ripper-01

Jack the Ripper

DOS19953.8/5 Intergalactic Development
in-the-dead-of-night-08

In the Dead of Night

DOS19953.8/5 Trecision
igor_objective_uuklaonia-02

Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS19953.5/5 Péndulo Studios
hugo2-02

Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo3.5/5 Gray Design Associates
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.
gumboots-australia-02

Gumboots Australia

DOS19904/5 Reckon Software
fish-01

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
felony-02

Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
fascination-4

Fascination

DOS1991NSFW3.8/5 Coktel Vision
escapedelirium-5

Escape from delirium

DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience
earthlydelights-1

Earthly delights

DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
eagle-eye-mysteries1-01

Eagle Eye Mysteries: The Original

DOS19933.8/5 Stormfront Studios