Abandonware DOS title

Abandonware adventure games

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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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

DOSMac OS1988 trivia / quiz
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Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe

DOS1993 trivia / quiz, puzzle adventure
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1986 trivia / quiz
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Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe edition

DOS1993 trivia / quiz
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition is an educational computer game released in 1992 by Broderbund Software. It's part of the popular Carmen Sandiego franchise, designed to teach players about geography and history. Players take on the role of a detective working for the ACME Detective Agency. The objective is to track Carmen S...
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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1985 puzzle adventure
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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?

DOS1989 trivia / quiz
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
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Wishbringer

DOS1985 interactive fiction
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Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW interactive fiction
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Yellow Kid: Giallo al Circo

DOS1994 point and click adventure
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Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

DOS1988protected point and click adventure
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games (now known as LucasArts). It was first released in 1988 for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, and others.The game follows the adventures of Zak McKracken, a tabloid newspaper reporter, as he uncovers a plot by a...
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Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

DOS1982 interactive fiction
Zork is one of the most popular text-adventures and one of the first interactive fiction games ever created. The first Zork was developed in the seventies and ported on various platform by Infocom in the early 80s. Infocom was one of the most prolific developers of text-adventures for home computers and created memorable interactive fiction ga...
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Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

DOS1983 interactive fiction
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Zork III: The Dungeon Master

DOS1984 interactive fiction
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Zork Nemesis

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected puzzle adventure
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Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle

DOS1988 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom

DOS1989 visual novel, interactive fiction
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Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS1989 interactive fiction
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Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected point and click adventure
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Zyll

DOS1984