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The best humor games

What makes you laugh? The LucasArts humor of Monkey Island or the crass jokes of Leisure Suit Larry? Are you a fan of Terry Pratchett's Discworld? Do you prefer the clumsiness of the hero of the Dragon's Lair series? Humor in video games has always been something that gamers appreciated.
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Constructor

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1997protected System 3
Constructor is a simulation and strategy video game developed by System 3 and first released in 1997. In the game, players take on the role of a property developer with the goal of building and managing a city while dealing with various adversities like tenants, rival developers, and even local criminal elements. In 2017, a remastered version ...
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Return to Zork

DOS1993 Activision
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Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected Sensible Software
Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...
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Asterix and Obelix

DOS1996 Infogrames
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Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp

DOS1990protected Sullivan Bluth Interactive Media
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Action Soccer

DOS1995 UBI Soft
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Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected Legend Entertainment
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Day of the Tentacle

DOSMac OS1993protected LucasArts
Day of the Tentacle is a point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1993 as a sequel to the game Maniac Mansion. The storyline revolves around three main characters: Bernard Bernoulli, Hoagie, and Laverne. The trio becomes entangled in a time-traveling escapade caused by the Purple Tentacle, an e...
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Cobra Mission

DOS1992NSFW MegaTech Software
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Knights of Xentar

DOS1994NSFW MegaTech Software
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Innocent Until Caught

DOS1993 Divide by zero
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Discworld 2: Mortality Bytes!

DOS1996 Perfect Entertainment
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Magnetic Scrolls Collection

DOS1991 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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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

DOS1988protected LucasArts
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). It was first released in 1988 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, and others.The game follows the adventures of Zak McKracken, a tabloid newspaper reporter, as he uncovers a plot by a...
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Discworld

DOS1995 Perfect Entertainment
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Lucky Luke

Windows XP/98/951997 Infogrames
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Grim Fandango

Windows XP/98/951998protecteddemo LucasArts
Grim Fandango is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1998 and is known for its unique setting and distinctive art style. The game was directed by Tim Schafer, who also co-wrote the script.The story is set in the Land of the Dead and follows the protagonist, Manny Calavera, a travel agent working for the Depart...
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Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protecteddemo Sierra On-Line
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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

DOSWindows 3.x1993protectedNSFW Sierra On-Line
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Nuclear War

DOS1989 New World Computing
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...
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3 Skulls of the Toltecs

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected Revistronic
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Simon the Sorcerer

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protected Adventure Soft
Simon the Sorcerer is adventure game designed by Simon Woodroffe, developed and published by Adventure Soft and released in 1993. Often overlooked, Simon The Sorcerer is one of the finest point & click adventure games ever designed for DOS. In an era dominated by LucasFilm Games (later renamed LucasArts) and Sierra, Adventure Soft (the guys beh...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected Sierra On-Line
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Lemmings 95

Windows XP/98/951994 DMA Design
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Snoopy and Peanuts

DOS1990 The Edge
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Jones in the Fast Lane

DOS1991 Sierra On-Line
Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...
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Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2

DOS1992NSFW Infocom