Since their humble beginnings as text-based narratives, adventure games have come a long way.
Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Since their humble beginnings as text-based narratives, adventure games have come a long way.
It Came from the Desert is an action-adventure game by Cinemaware, inspired by 1950s "B" movies, initially released for the Amiga in 1989. Later it was ported to MS-DOS. With Defe...
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Neuromancer is a graphic adventure created for the C64 by Interplay, loosely based on the cyberpunk novel by William Gibson. The game was programmed and designed by Troy A. Miles with the help of other famous names such as Michael A.
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The Secret of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure game created by Ron Gilbert while at Lucasfilm Games and published in 1990 for the Amiga and DOS. It was ported to other systems in 1991, 1992, and 1993.
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Uninvited is a graphic adventure created by ICOM Simulations in 1986 for Macintosh, using the MacVenture engine. This eerie adventure showcased the studio’s knack for atmospheric...
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The Clue! (also known as Der Clou!) is a strategy and adventure game developed by Neo Software. It was published by Kompart UK in 1994 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and CD32. For the ones th...
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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers is a humorous graphic adventure created by Sierra On-Line. It is the fourth chapter of the popular Space Quest series; a saga start...
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DreamWeb is a cyberpunk adventure developed by Creative Reality and published by Empire Interactive in 1994. The game is drawing heavy influence from the 1986 fantasy-action film, Highlander.
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Waxworks is a dungeon crawler and roleplaying adventure game with elements of terror developed by Horror Soft and published by Accolade. The title was released for the Amiga and DOS in 1992.
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Superhero League of Hoboken is an adventure role-playing game created by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment in 1994 for DOS. This game is an amalgam of different play styles and genres, a match made in heaven.
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Star Trek 25th Anniversary is an adventure game and space combat sim based on the Star Trek universe. It was developed and published by Interplay for DOS and Amiga in 1992. Funnily...
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The Legend of Kyrandia 3: Malcolm’s Revenge is the third entry into the Legend of Kyrandia series. It was developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive in 1994 for MS-DOS.
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Torin's Passage is a point-and-click adventure designed by Al Lowe (the creator of Leisure Suit Larry series). It was published by Sierra On-Line in 1995 for PC and Mac. Unlike t...
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Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction/text-adventure and the most popular computer games ever created. ​Released in 1977 for the PDP-10 mainframe, Zork is a seminal tex...
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Das Stundenglas (in English, The Hourglass) is a text adventure developed by Weltenschmiede and published by Software 2000. It was released for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS in 1990. Th...
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