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
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.
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...
Metropolis
DOS1987
Mixed-up Mother Goose
DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Passengers on the Wind 2
DOS1987 interactive fiction, visual novel
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS1987 interactive fiction
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, ...
Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge
DOS1987protected graphic adventure with text parser
SRAM
DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
Stationfall
DOS1987 interactive fiction
Supernova
DOS1987freeware interactive fiction
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 ...
The Guild of Thieves
DOS1987 interactive fiction
The Lurking Horror
DOS1987 interactive fiction
The Three Musketeers
DOS1987 graphic adventure with text parser
Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 point and click adventure
20000 Leagues under the sea
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
A Dudley Dilemma
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Corruption
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Dream Zone
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Fish!
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams
DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
Gnome Ranger 2: Ingrid's Back
DOS1988 interactive fiction
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected graphic adventure with text parser
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected interactive fiction
Jinxter
DOS1988 interactive fiction
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...
L.A. Crackdown
DOS1988