Abandonware DOS title

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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Kobayashi Naru

DOS1987 point and click adventure
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Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

DOS1987NSFW graphic adventure with text parser
Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first adventure of the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line. As a virgin male in his forties, your goal is to, well, find the woman of your dreams. In 1991 Sierra released a VGA remake.
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Maniac Mansion

DOSLinuxMac OS1987protected point and click adventure
Maniac Mansion is one of the most famous point-and-click adventure games developed by Lucasfilm Games, designed by Ron Gilbert (who later created Monkey Island) and Gary Winnick. The story is a blend of old sci-fi and horror B-movie elements. Players can choose between several characters, each with unique abilities useful for solving various puzzle...
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Metropolis

DOS1987
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Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
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Passengers on the Wind 2

DOS1987 interactive fiction, visual novel
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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS1987 interactive fiction
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Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is an adventure game released in 1987 by Sierra On-Line, designed by former police officer Jim Walls. It's the first installment in the Police Quest series and is known for its realistic portrayal of police procedures.In the game, you play as Sonny Bonds, a police officer in the fictional city of Lytton, ...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected graphic adventure with text parser
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SRAM

DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
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Stationfall

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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Supernova

DOS1987freeware interactive fiction
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The Fourth Protocol

DOS1987 interactive fiction
The Fourth Protocol is a 1985 interactive fiction video game inspired by Frederick Forsyth's 1984 Cold War spy novel of the same name. Developed by the Electronic Pencil Company and published by Hutchinson Computer Publishing, the game was released on platforms such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and IBM PC (in 1997). Designed as a ...
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The Guild of Thieves

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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The Lurking Horror

DOS1987 interactive fiction
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The Three Musketeers

DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
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Uninvited

DOSMac OS1987 point and click adventure
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20000 Leagues under the sea

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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A Dudley Dilemma

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Corruption

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Dream Zone

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Fish!

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
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Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy

DOS1988protected interactive fiction
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Jinxter

DOS1988 interactive fiction
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King's Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella

DOS1988protecteddemo point and click adventure
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is an adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. It is the fourth installment in the popular King's Quest series created by Roberta Williams. The game was originally released for MS-DOS and Apple II computers and later ported to other platforms.The story of King's Quest IV follows Prince...
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L.A. Crackdown

DOS1988