Abandonware DOS title

Interactive fiction: text-based adventure games sorted by title, from Z to A

Interactive fiction games (or text adventures) are adventure games in which the player gives textual commands in order to act within the given story. The story itself is told both using text and static pictures or with no graphics of any kind, just text. The genre's stepping stones are Adventure (developed in 1975) and the Zork series. Infocom, Legend Entertainment and Magnetic scrolls were some of the most popular interactive fiction developers of the 80s.
grail-quest-01

GrailQuest

DOS19893.3/5 Artworx Software
gnome-ranger-2-02

Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back

DOS19883.8/5 Level 9 Computing
gnomeranger-1

Gnome Ranger

DOS19873.7/5 Level 9 Computing
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.
gateway2_home_000

Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment
gammaforce-1

Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS19883.8/5 Tom Snyder Productions
gateway1-3

Frederik Pohl's Gateway

DOS19924.1/5 Legend Entertainment
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.
forbiddenquest-1

Forbidden Quest

DOS19833.8/5 Pryority software
forbidden-castle-03

Forbidden Castle

DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
fish-01

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
farehneith451-04

Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
essex-02

Essex

DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
ericunready-1

Eric the Unready

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Legend Entertainment
enchanter-1

Enchanter

DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
earthlydelights-1

Earthly delights

DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
dream-zone-02

Dream Zone

DOS19884.2/5 Naughty Dog
dragon-world-01

Dragon World

DOS19844.2/5 Telarium
demon-tomb-02

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS19893.3/5 Silhouette Software
demonsforge-1

Demon's Forge

DOS19873.1/5 Mastertronic
deadline-2

Deadline

DOS19823.8/5 Infocom
cutthroats-02

Cutthroats

DOS19843.3/5 Infocom
corruption-0002

Corruption

DOS19884/5 Magnetic Scrolls
circuitsedge-2

Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
Circuit's Edge is a single-player science fiction blend of adventure game and RPG, developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1990. Circuit's Edge is based on George Alec Effinger's cyberpunk novel "When Gravity Fails".
castleelsinore-1

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
castle-adventure-04

Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware4.2/5
bureaucracy-02

Bureaucracy

DOSMac19873.9/5 Infocom
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.
brimstone-1

Brimstone

DOS19853.4/5 Synapse Software
breakers-1

Breakers

DOS19864.1/5 Synapse Software
borrowed-time-04

Borrowed Time

DOS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Borrowed Time is a graphic adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. It was released in 1985 for various platforms, including the Apple Macintosh, Apple II, DOS, and Atari ST. The game is notable for its early use of digitized photos and a noir-style detective narrative.The game's story is set in the 1930s and foll...
border-zone-01

Border Zone

DOS19873.8/5 Infocom