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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The Colonel's Bequest

DOS1989protecteddemo4.1/5
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. The game was created by Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line.The game is part of the "Laura Bow" series, with the full title being "Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequ...
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The Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction
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The Dame Was Loaded

DOS1996protected4/5 point and click adventure, interactive movie
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The Dig

DOSMac OS1995protecteddemo4.1/5 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 Windows. The game is known for its atmospheric storytelling, puzzle-solving gameplay, and collaboration with renowned science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. The Dig inv...
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The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected3.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
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The Final Battle

DOS19913.8/5 point and click adventure
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The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
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The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure
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The Golden Fleece

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction
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The Guild of Thieves

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac OS1984freeware4.2/5 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
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The Hobbit

DOS19834/5 interactive fiction
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
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The Island of Dr. Brain

DOS19923.7/5 puzzle adventure
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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo4.1/5 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 Journeyman Project series is set in a future where time travel has been discovered and is regulated by a temporal security agency called the Temporal Security Annex (TSA). Players...
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The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected4.2/5 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 Saunders and published by Red Orb Entertainment in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh.
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The Kristal

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Last Express

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo4.1/5 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 World War I, the game offers an intricate and immersive narrative that unfolds in real-time.In the game, players assume the role of Robert Cath, an American doctor with a tro...
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The Lurking Horror

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
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The Manhole: CD-ROM Masterpiece Edition

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1994protectedremake3.4/5 point and click adventure
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The mist

DOS19854/5 interactive fiction
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The Orion Conspiracy

DOS19953.6/5 point and click adventure
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The Pawn

DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
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The Quest for the Time-bird

DOS19893.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Scoop

DOS19893.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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The Secret of Monkey Island

DOS1990protecteddemo4.3/5 point and click adventure
The Secret of Monkey Island is perhaps the most popular point and click adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and designed by the trio Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer. In Monkey Island you're the would-be pirate Guybrush Threepwood on a quest to become a fearsome pirate in the Caribbean. Monkey Island uses one of the most friendlie...
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The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.8/5 interactive fiction