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The Hobbit
DOS19833.9/5 Beam Software
Below The Root
DOS19843.7/5 Dale Disharoon, Inc.
Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
Farenheit 451
DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
ICON: Quest for the Ring
DOS19843.6/5 Macrocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom
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...
9 Princes in Amber
DOS19854.1/5 Telarium
Rendezvous with Rama
DOS19853.7/5 Telarium
The mist
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
The Wizard of Oz
DOS19853.9/5 Windham Classics
Treasure Island
DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions
The Fellowship of the Ring
DOS19864.1/5 Beam Software
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS19874.2/5 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer systems of the time, such as the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The game was released in 1987.
Mixed-up Mother Goose
DOS19874.1/5 Sierra On-Line
The Fourth Protocol
DOS19874/5 The Electronic Pencil Co.
The Hunt for Red October
DOSMac19874.1/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
20000 Leagues under the sea
DOS19883.8/5 Coktel Vision
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Journey to the Center of the Earth
DOS19883.5/5 Chip
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software
Alice in Wonderland
DOS19893.3/5
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS19894/5 Infocom
Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism
DOS1989NSFW4/5 Coktel Vision
James Clavell's Shogun
DOS19894.2/5 Infocom
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is based on James Clavell's novel "Shogun" and follows the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes invol...
Neuromancer
DOS19893.9/5 Interplay Productions
Red Storm Rising
DOS19894/5 MicroProse Software
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
The Crack of Doom
DOS19893.7/5 Beam Software
War in Middle Earth
DOS19893.9/5 Synergistic Software
War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...
Circuit's Edge
DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...