Abandonware DOS title

The best 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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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 trivia / quiz
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, designed to teach players about geography and history. Players take on the role of a detective working for the ACME Detective Agency. The objective is to track Carmen S...
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Rendezvous with Rama

DOS1985 interactive fiction
Rendezvous with Rama is an interactive fiction (text adventure) game released in 1984. Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, was known for producing narrative-driven games based on popular literary works. This adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's novel is one of the earlier attempts to translate a science fiction classic into an interactive for...
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Scapeghost

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS1993 point and click adventure
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Starcross

DOS1982 interactive fiction
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Dylan Dog: Through the Looking Glass

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Fuck Quest

DOS1998freewareNSFW graphic adventure with text parser
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Troll's Tale

DOS1984
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Essex

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Silicon Dreams

DOS1986 interactive fiction
Silicon Dreams by Level 9 Computing is a trilogy of interactive fiction (text adventure) games released in the mid-1980s. The trilogy includes three separate games: Snowball, Return to Eden, and The Worm in Paradise. Each game combines elements of science fiction with puzzle-solving and exploration. All three games are text-based, relying on d...
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Explora 2

DOS1989 point and click adventure
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Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics

DOS1985 interactive fiction, life simulation
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Mystery of the Mummy

DOS1988 point and click adventure
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Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected point and click adventure, interactive movie
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Bargon Attack

DOS1992 point and click adventure
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Star Trek: First Contact

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Borderworld

DOS1996 point and click adventure
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King's Quest III Redux: To Heir is Human

Windows 10/11Mac OS2011freewareremake point and click adventure
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Adventure in Serenia

DOS1982 interactive fiction
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African Adventure

DOS1997remake interactive fiction
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Mindshadow

DOSMac OS1985 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
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Earthly delights

DOS1984 interactive fiction
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 interactive fiction
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Castle Elsinore

DOS1992 interactive fiction
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Igor Objective Uuklaonia

DOS1995 point and click adventure
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Borrowed Time

DOS1985 interactive fiction
Borrowed Time is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. It was released in 1985 for various platforms, including the Apple Macintosh, Apple II, DOS, and Atari ST. The game is notable for its early use of digitized photos and a noir-style detective narrative.The game's story is set in the 1930s and foll...
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Free D.C.!

DOS1991 point and click adventure