Abandonware DOS title

Games made with the Z-machine engine, by Infocom

The Z-machine was developed by Infocom and used in its interactive fiction games. Z-machine is a virtual machine that allows a developer to easily develop text-adventures for multiple platforms without much hassle. A number of interpreters exists so you can play both old and new text adventures on dead platforms as well as recent ones: Glulx, Inform, TADS, etc.

Most popular Engine: Z-machine games

Bureaucracy
adventureDOS, Mac OS
_amfv_001

A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOSMac OS1985 Infocom
ballyhoo-1

Ballyhoo

DOS1986 Infocom
border-zone-01

Border Zone

DOS1987 Infocom
bureaucracy-02

Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.
cutthroats-02

Cutthroats

DOS1984 Infocom
deadline-2

Deadline

DOS1982 Infocom
enchanter-1

Enchanter

DOS1983 Infocom
hollywoodhij-1

Hollywood Hijinx

DOS1986 Infocom
infidel-1

Infidel

DOS1983 Infocom
journey-adv-03

Journey: The Quest Begins

DOS1989 Infocom
leather-goddesses-of-phobos-04

Leather Goddesses of Phobos

DOS1986 Infocom
moonmist-1

Moonmist

DOS1986 Infocom
planetfall-1

Planetfall

DOS1983 Infocom
plunderedhearts-1

Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
seastalker-01

Seastalker

DOS1984 Infocom
sorcerer-1

Sorcerer

DOS1984 Infocom
spellbreaker-02

Spellbreaker

DOS1985 Infocom
starcross-01

Starcross

DOS1982 Infocom
stationfall-01

Stationfall

DOS1987 Infocom
suspect-01

Suspect

DOS1984 Infocom
suspended-01

Suspended

DOS1983 Infocom
hitchhikerguide-1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

DOSMac OS1984freeware 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...
lurkinghorror-1

The Lurking Horror

DOS1987 Infocom
the-witness-01

The Witness

DOS1983 Infocom
trinity-01

Trinity

DOS1986 Infocom
wishbringer-1

Wishbringer

DOS1985 Infocom
zork1-2

Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

DOS1982 Infocom
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...