Abandonware action-adventure games
Action-adventure video games combine elements of both the action and adventure genres, offering a mix of fast-paced gameplay and exploration within a narrative-driven context. These games often feature a central storyline, character development, and a world for players to explore. The genre encompasses a broad range of gameplay styles and settings.
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Alone in the Dark
DOS1992protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure
Alone in the Dark 2
DOS1993protected4/5 third-person action-adventure
Alone in the Dark 3
DOS1994protected4.1/5 third-person action-adventure
Another World
DOS1991protected4.1/5 platform
Asterix: Operation Getafix
DOS19894/5
Batman: the Caped Crusader
DOS19884/5
Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure video game released in the late 1980s. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and was available on various home computer systems of that era, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and, of course, DOS. The game was a graphic action-adventure that combine...
Below The Root
DOS19843.8/5 platform, metroidvania
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.
Beverly Hills Cop
DOS19903.2/5 racing: car, platform
The Beverly Hills Cop video game by Tynesoft is an action-adventure game based on the popular film franchise starring Eddie Murphy. It was released in 1990 for various home computer platforms, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.In the game, players take on the role of Axel Foley, the wise-cracking detective played by Murphy in...
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
DOS19854/5 maze
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
DOS19904/5
Cadaver
DOS19903.9/5 isometric action-adventure
Cadaver: The Payoff
DOS19913.8/5 isometric action-adventure
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS19883.9/5 space exploration
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon.The game is set in a futuristic universe, where players take on the role of Captain Blood, a human abducted by an alien race known as the Thiiny. The gameplay revolves a...
Captain Comic 2: Fractured Reality
DOS1990freeware4/5 metroidvania
Captain Comic, The Adventures of
DOS1988freeware3.9/5 metroidvania
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware4.2/5 interactive fiction, dungeon crawl
Castle master
DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure
Castle master 2
DOS19904/5 first-person action-adventure
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS19843.9/5 maze
Castlevania
DOS19903.9/5 metroidvania, platform
Castlevania, originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, was developed and published by Konami. The game was known in Japan as Akumajo Dracula (Devil's Castle Dracula) and was later renamed Castlevania for its North American release. In Castlevania, players take on the role of Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter from the Bel...
Caves of Thor
DOS19893.7/5 maze
Cosmic Spacehead
DOS19933.3/5 platform
Creatures Village
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected3.9/5
D/Generation
DOS19914/5 isometric action-adventure
Dark Side
DOS19883.3/5 first-person action-adventure
David Wolf: Secret Agent
DOS19893.4/5 first-person action-adventure, racing: car, flight simulation
Dizzy
DOS19873.9/5 platform
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk
DOS19934.2/5 platform
Driller
DOS19874.2/5 first-person action-adventure
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
Dungeon of Shalan
DOS19883.5/5