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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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Ooze: Creepy Nites

DOS1989 interactive fiction
With a title like Ooze: Creepy Nites (1989, DOS), you’d expect something slimy and unsettling—and the game absolutely delivers. A hybrid of action and puzzle elements, ...
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Passengers on the Wind

DOS1986 interactive fiction, visual novel
Passengers on the Wind is a 1986 graphic adventure inspired by the acclaimed comic series, transporting players into an engaging historical narrative filled with exploration, dialo...
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Passengers on the Wind 2

DOS1987 interactive fiction, visual novel
Passengers on the Wind 2 continues the historical adventure established by its predecessor, expanding the story with new locations, fresh mysteries, and additional opportunities to...
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Scrooge

DOS1991 interactive fiction
In Scrooge (1991), you play everyone’s favorite miser in a faithful retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—if Dickens had access to VGA graphics and MIDI carols....
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Soul Crystal

DOS1992 interactive fiction
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The Three Musketeers

DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
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The Tracer Sanction

DOS1985 graphic adventure with text parser
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Morphman

Windows XP/98/951993
Morphman is a quirky puzzle game built around transforming shapes and manipulating objects to overcome increasingly inventive challenges. The central mechanics encourage experiment...