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The most popular detective, mystery games

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.
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1893: A World's Fair Mystery

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.6/5
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Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 Dalali Software
Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1996protected4/5 Access Software
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
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Deadline

DOS19823.8/5 Infocom
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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS19894.1/5 Broderbund
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 Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
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Mean Streets

DOS1989protected4/5 Access Software
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Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas

DOS19904.2/5 ICOM Simulations
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The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Smoking Car Productions
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Sleuth: A Murder Mystery

DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software
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The Dame Was Loaded

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Beam Software
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Escape from delirium

DOS19953.9/5 Virtual X-Perience
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Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy

Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Trecision
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Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
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Corruption

DOS19884/5 Magnetic Scrolls
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James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
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Murder by the Dozen

DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank
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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.
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Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
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Crime City

DOS19934/5
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Mortville Manor

DOS19883.8/5 Lankhor
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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...
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Perry Mason

DOS19853.9/5 Paisano Productions
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The Third Courier

DOS19893.9/5 Manley Associates
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 1989 for DOS, but it was also published for Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST platforms.
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The Witness

DOS19834/5 Infocom
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Mystery of the Mummy

DOS19883.6/5 Time Warp Software
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Earthly delights

DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
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Sherlock Holmes: Another bow

DOS19853.5/5 Magicom Multimedia