Abandonware DOS title

Graphic adventure with a text parser

There's a fine line between a "text adventure" (also called interactive fiction) and a graphic adventure. Before point and click adventure games such as Monkey Island, Gabriel Knight ore Day of the Tentacle, developer companies first attempted to create adventure games with graphics, but with a text-based interface. The one company that took advantage of this kind of adventure was Sierra On-Line with it's King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry and Space Quest series.

Most popular graphic adventure with text parser games

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A Personal Nightmare

DOS19893.8/5 Horror Soft
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Altered Destiny

DOS1990protected3.8/5 Accolade
Altered Destiny is a sci-fi themed point and click adventure game designed by Michael Berlyn, developed and released by Accolade in 1990. Altered Destiny runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga.
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Code-name: Iceman

DOS19894.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail

DOS19904/5 Sierra On-Line
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is an old DOS point and click adventure game designed by Christy Marx, developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. As the title implies, Conquests of Camelot setting is based on the Arthurian legends.
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Earthrise

DOS19903.4/5 Interstel Corporation
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Fuck Quest

DOS1998freewareNSFW3.7/5
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Gold Rush!

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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Hugo 2: Whodunit?

DOS1991protecteddemo3.4/5 Gray Design Associates
Hugo 2: Whodunit? is an old school graphic adventure game designed by David P. Gray, developed by Gray Design Associates and released in 1991 for MS-DOS only. Hugo 2: Whodunit? is the second installment of the Hugo game series.
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Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom

DOS1992protected3.8/5 Gray Design Associates
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Hugo's House of Horrors

DOS19903.9/5 Gray Design Associates
Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by David P. Gray and released in the early 1990s. The game is a text-based adventure with simple graphics, and it gained popularity for its witty and often tongue-in-cheek approach to the horror genre.The story of the game revolves around the main character, Hugo, who receives a letter from his...
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Jewels of Darkness

DOS19864.2/5 Level 9 Computing
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King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown

DOS19844.3/5 Sierra On-Line
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic graphical interactive fiction of the time. The player can use the keyword both to move the character around the game world ...
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King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne

DOS1985protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
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King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human

DOSMac1986protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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.
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Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards

DOS1987NSFW4.3/5 Sierra On-Line
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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Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals

DOS1989NSFW4/5 Sierra On-Line
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals is a comedic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1989 as the third installment in the Leisure Suit Larry series, created by Al Lowe.In Larry 3, players once again control the lovable loser Larry Laffer, who is on a quest to find tru...
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Les Manley in: Search for the King

DOS1990protected4/5 Accolade
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Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS19853/5 Sierra On-Line
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Mindshadow

DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
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Mixed-up Mother Goose

DOS19874.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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Planet of Lust

DOS1989NSFW4.1/5 Free Spirit Software
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Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

DOS19874.3/5 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is a classic adventure game designed by Jim Walls, developed and released by Sierra On-Line in 1987 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II. Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is the first chapter in the Police Quest series.
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Police Quest 2: The Vengeance

DOS1988protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
Police Quest 2: The Vengeance is a graphical point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line. It was released in 1988 as the second installment in the Police Quest series, which was created by former police officer Jim Walls.In Police Quest 2, Sonny Bonds is now a sergeant with the Lytton Police Department, and the gam...
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Shadow of the Comet

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected3.9/5 Infogrames
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Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter

DOSMac19864.2/5 Sierra On-Line
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...
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
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SRAM

DOS19873.5/5 ERE Informatique
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The Black Cauldron

DOS1986freeware3.7/5 Sierra On-Line