Abandonware DOS title

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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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS1994protected point and click adventure
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The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protecteddemo puzzle adventure
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The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protected puzzle adventure
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The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian

DOS1992freeware graphic adventure with text parser
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The adventures of Willy Beamish

DOS1991 point and click adventure
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The Beverly Hillbillies

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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The Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware graphic adventure with text parser
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The Colonel's Bequest

DOS1989protecteddemo
The Colonel's Bequest is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. T...
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The Crack of Doom

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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The Curse of Monkey Island

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
The Curse of Monkey Island is the third installment in the iconic Monkey Island point-and-click adventure series developed by LucasArts. Released in 1997, it introduced a new visua...
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The Dame Was Loaded

DOS1996protected point and click adventure, interactive movie
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The Dig

DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It was originally released in 1995 for MS-DOS and later for other platforms, including Mac OS and ...
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The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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The Final Battle

DOS1991 point and click adventure
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The Fourth Protocol

DOS1987 interactive fiction
The Fourth Protocol is a 1985 interactive fiction video game inspired by Frederick Forsyth's 1984 Cold War spy novel of the same name. Developed by the Electronic Pencil Company an...
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The Gene Machine

DOS1996 point and click adventure
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The Golden Fleece

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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The Guild of Thieves

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac OS1984freeware interactive fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The ...
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The Hobbit

DOS1983 interactive fiction
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS1992 puzzle adventure
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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo puzzle adventure
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Presto Studios, released in 1995 as a sequel to The Journeyman Project. The Journeyma...
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The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected puzzle adventure
The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time is the third chapter in The Journeyman Project series. It's a science fiction adventure game developed by Presto Studios, designed by Phil ...
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The Kristal

DOS1989 point and click adventure
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The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo point and click adventure
The Last Express, released in 1997, is a unique adventure game designed by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Set on the Orient Express in July 1914, just before Worl...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo

DOS1996 point and click adventure
Released in 1996 for DOS, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo brings you back to foggy Victorian London, where murders, morphine, and moustaches abound. ...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel

DOS1992 point and click adventure
Back in 1992, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel set the bar for pixelated deduction. A famous actress is dead, and every gentleman in London seems...
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The Lurking Horror

DOS1987 interactive fiction
From 1987’s text adventure golden age, The Lurking Horror proves you don’t need graphics to be terrified. You’re a student trapped on a snowy university campus du...