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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Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
DOS1996 interactive fiction
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...
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS1987 interactive fiction
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
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...
Caverns of Chaos
DOS1992 interactive fiction
Cirque de Zale
Windows XP/98/952004freeware point and click adventure
Cirque de Zale is a point-and-click adventure game released in 2004, developed by Rebecca Clements as a freeware title. Created using the Adventure Game Studio (AGS) engine, the game is heavily inspired by classic LucasArts adventure games like Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle. The game follows Zale, a snarky and reluctant young man who i...
Kingdom Without End
DOS2001freeware interactive fiction
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS1986 interactive fiction
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Farenheit 451
DOS1984 interactive fiction
The Tracer Sanction
DOS1985 graphic adventure with text parser
Earthrise
DOS1990 graphic adventure with text parser
Mindwheel
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics
DOS1985 interactive fiction, life simulation
Passengers on the Wind 2
DOS1987 interactive fiction, visual novel
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Kobayashi Naru
DOS1987 point and click adventure
SRAM
DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
Essex
DOS1985 interactive fiction
Holy Grail
DOS1984 interactive fiction
Syberia 2
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2004protected point and click adventure
Syberia 2 is an adventure game developed by Microïds and released in 2004 as a direct sequel to the critically acclaimed Syberia (2002). The story picks up where the first game left off, with Kate Walker leaving behind her corporate lawyer life in New York to accompany the eccentric inventor Hans Voralberg on his lifelong quest to find th...
The Golden Fleece
DOS1989 interactive fiction
Passengers on the Wind
DOS1986 interactive fiction, visual novel
Scrooge
DOS1991 interactive fiction
Scrooge is an abandoned interactive fiction graphic adventure game developed and released by Leisuresoft in 1991 for DO. Scrooge is based on the popular Christmas tale of the same name.