The most popular 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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Time and Magik: The Trilogy
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Udoiana Raunes
DOS1998 point and click adventure
Myth
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Trinity
DOS1986 interactive fiction
The Witness
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Breakers
DOS1986 interactive fiction
In Breakers, you're a high-tech wrecking crew with a mission: break stuff. Computers, walls, enemy morale—whatever gets in your way. Released in 1986, it feels like a mutant crossbreed of action game and low-budget sci-fi movie. The graphics scream "I tried my best," and the gameplay is chaotic in the most lovable way. Perfect for those days ...
Mortville Manor
DOS1988 point and click adventure
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS1986 interactive fiction
GrailQuest
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Les Manley in: Search for the King
DOS1990protected graphic adventure with text parser
Cutthroats
DOS1984 interactive fiction
The Feeble Files
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
LA Law: The Computer Game
DOS1992 interactive movie
LA Law: The Computer Game is an abandoned adventure game based on the popular TV series from the 80s and 90s. L.A. Law. LA Law was developed by Synergistic Software and released by Capstone in 1992. LA Law plays like a multiple choice adventure game where you have to build up cases and bring them to court.
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...
Starcross
DOS1982 interactive fiction
A Dudley Dilemma
DOS1988 interactive fiction
A Dudley Dilemma (1988) sounds like the title of a children’s book, but it’s actually a very British text adventure for DOS where the stakes are politely quirky and mildly confusing. You play as Dudley, a man with problems that range from the mundane to the absurd, depending on your choices and sense of direction - both literal and narr...
Infidel
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Metropolis
DOS1987
Martian Memorandum
DOS1991protecteddemo point and click adventure
Martian Memorandum is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Access Software. It was released in 1991 and is the sequel to the game Mean Streets. The game is set in a dystopian future on Mars, where players take on the role of Tex Murphy, a private investigator with a sarcastic and humorous demeanor.The story begins with Tex Mu...
Plague of the Moon
DOS1994 point and click adventure
L.A. Crackdown
DOS1988
Welcome to Los Angeles, where crime runs rampant and your job is to bring the chaos down with nothing but surveillance skills and a stern attitude. L.A. Crackdown puts you in the shoes of a tactical commander who never actually leaves the office. Instead of shooting bad guys, you send your team to do the dirty work while you squint at maps and wond...
The Three Musketeers
DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
ShadowForce
DOS1994
Suspended
DOS1983 interactive fiction
Dragon World
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Troll's Tale
DOS1984
Forbidden Castle
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Farenheit 451
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Caverns of Chaos
DOS1992 interactive fiction