Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware adventure games sorted by title, from Z to A

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 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protected4.2/5 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 Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95MacWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo4/5 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 Island of Dr. Brain

DOS19923.7/5 puzzle adventure
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The Hound of Shadow

DOS19893.8/5 interactive fiction
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The Hobbit

DOS19833.9/5 interactive fiction
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 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 Guild of Thieves

DOS19874.1/5 interactive fiction
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The Golden Fleece

DOS19894/5 interactive fiction
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The Gene Machine

DOS19963.8/5 point and click adventure
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The Fourth Protocol

DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
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The Final Battle

DOS19913.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
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The Feeble Files

Windows XP/98/95Mac1997protected3.9/5 point and click adventure
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The Dig

DOSMac1995protecteddemo4.1/5 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 Dame Was Loaded

DOS1996protected4.2/5 point and click adventure, interactive movie
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The Crack of Doom

DOS19893.7/5 interactive fiction
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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 Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware3.7/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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The Beverly Hillbillies

DOS19933.4/5 point and click adventure
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The adventures of Willy Beamish

DOS19914.1/5 point and click adventure
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The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian

DOS1992freeware3.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser
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The 7th Guest

Windows XP/98/951993protected3.9/5 puzzle adventure
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The 11th Hour

Windows XP/98/951995protected4.1/5 puzzle adventure
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4/5 point and click adventure
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Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1996protected4/5 point and click adventure
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive is the sequel to Under a Killing Moon and the 4th game in the Tex Murphy series. The Pandora Directive is a first-person 3D adventure game set in a dark sci-fi version of the U.S.A., more specifically in a futuristic San Francisco. The Pandora Directive was developed by Access Software and released in 1996 for...
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Teresa: House Guest

DOS1993NSFW3.9/5 visual novel
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Teen Agent

DOS1995freeware3.9/5 point and click adventure
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Tass Times in Tonetown

DOS19863.9/5 interactive fiction
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Syberia

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected4.1/5 point and click adventure
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Suspended

DOS19833.9/5 interactive fiction