Abandonware adventure games sorted by release date
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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Hollywood Hijinx
DOS19863.3/5 interactive fiction
James Bond 007: Goldfinger
DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
Jewels of Darkness
DOS19864.2/5 graphic adventure with text parser, interactive fiction
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human
DOSMac OS1986protected4.1/5 graphic adventure with text parser
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is a fantasy adventure game designed by Roberta Williams, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1986 for DOS and for other platforms such as Apple 2, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh. King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human is also part of the King's quest series.
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS19864.2/5 interactive fiction
Moonmist
DOS19863.8/5 interactive fiction
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man
DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is an abandoned text-based adventure game designed by Scott Adams, developed and released by Adventure International in 1986 for DOS but was also published for Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum, MSX. Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is part of the Questprobe game series, the ...
Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos
DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
Silicon Dreams
DOS19863.6/5 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...
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5 interactive fiction
Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter
DOSMac OS19864.3/5 graphic adventure with text parser
Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line, released in 1986. It was created by the duo of Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, who later became known as the "Two Guys from Andromeda". The game is renowned for its humor and engaging story set in a science fiction universe.In Space Quest I playe...
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac OS19864/5 interactive fiction
Tass Times in Tonetown
DOS19863.9/5 interactive fiction
The Black Cauldron
DOS1986freeware3.8/5 graphic adventure with text parser
The Fellowship of the Ring
DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
The Pawn
DOS19864/5 interactive fiction
Transylvania
DOS1986freeware4/5 interactive fiction
Trinity
DOS19864.1/5 interactive fiction
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS19863.9/5 trivia / quiz
Acheton
DOS19873.7/5 interactive fiction
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
Border Zone
DOS19873.8/5 interactive fiction
Bureaucracy
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 interactive fiction
Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True
DOS19873.8/5 point and click adventure
Demon's Forge
DOS19873.1/5 interactive fiction
Gnome Ranger
DOS19873.7/5 interactive fiction
Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the sequel Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back.
Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients
DOS19874/5 interactive fiction
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS19873/5 interactive fiction
Knight orc
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 interactive fiction
Kobayashi Naru
DOS19873.4/5 point and click adventure