Graphic adventure with a text parser
There is a fine line between "text adventures," also known as interactive fiction, and graphic adventure games. Before the advent of point-and-click adventure games such as "Monkey Island," "Gabriel Knight," or "Day of the Tentacle," developers initially experimented with creating adventure games that featured graphics but still used a text-based interface.
One company that excelled in this hybrid approach was Sierra On-Line. Sierra's pioneering work in the genre included iconic series such as "King's Quest," "Leisure Suit Larry," and "Space Quest." These games combined rich graphical environments with text commands, allowing players to interact with the game world visually while retaining the depth and complexity of text-based input.
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A Personal Nightmare
DOS19893.7/5 Horror Soft
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.
Code-Name: Iceman
DOS19894.2/5 Sierra On-Line
Code-Name: Iceman is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line in 1989. Designed by Jim Walls, known for his work on the "Police Quest" series, "Code-Name: Iceman" blends elements of adventure, puzzle-solving, and espionage in a Cold War-era setting.In the game, players assume the role of John Westland, a United States Navy...
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.
Earthrise
DOS19903.4/5 Interstel Corporation
Fuck Quest
DOS1998freewareNSFW3.7/5
Gold Rush!
DOS1988protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Hugo 2: Whodunit?
DOS1991protecteddemo3.5/5 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.
Hugo 3: Jungle of Doom
DOS1992protected3.8/5 Gray Design Associates
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...
Jewels of Darkness
DOS19864.3/5 Level 9 Computing
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 ...
King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne
DOS1985protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
King's Quest 3: To Heir is Human
DOSMac OS1986protected4.1/5 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.
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.
Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
DOS1988NSFW4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
DOS1989NSFW3.9/5 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...
Les Manley in: Search for the King
DOS1990protected4/5 Accolade
Mickey's Space Adventure
DOS19853.4/5 Sierra On-Line
Mindshadow
DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Mixed-up Mother Goose
DOS19874.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Planet of Lust
DOS1989NSFW4.3/5 Free Spirit Software
Police Quest 1: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
DOS19874.3/5 Sierra On-Line
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, ...
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...
Shadow of the Comet
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1993protected3.9/5 Infogrames
Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter
DOSMac OS19864.3/5 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...
Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge
DOS1987protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
SRAM
DOS19873.5/5 ERE Informatique
The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian
DOS1992freeware3.2/5 Game Crafters
The Black Cauldron
DOS1986freeware3.8/5 Sierra On-Line
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