Since their humble beginnings as text-based narratives, adventure games have come a long way.
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Since their humble beginnings as text-based narratives, adventure games have come a long way.
Hugo II: Whodunit is an adventure game for MS-DOS designed by David P. Gray and released in 1991. Created using the same engine as Hugo's House of Horrors, it was followed by Hugo III: Jungle of Doom which was released in 1992.
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Hugo's House of Horrors is an adventure game developed by Gray Design Associates and published in 1990 for PC MS-DOS. The mechanic resembles Sierra-style adventures (such as King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown).
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GamesNostalgia pays a small tribute to Sir Roger Moore with James Bond 007: A View to a Kill, an interactive fiction created by Angelsoft. The game was released for Apple II, DOS, and Macintosh in 1985.
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Eagle Eye Mysteries is a first-person detective educational game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by EA*Kids in 1993 for PC MS-DOS only. It combines mystery-solving wi...
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Chronomaster is a graphic adventure developed by DreamForge and published by Capstone in 1995 for PC. The game was written by famous novelist Roger Zelazny, known for winning sever...
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Eagle Eye Mysteries in London is the sequel to Eagle Eye Mysteries, a first-person detective educational game developed by Stormfront Studios. It was published by EA*Kids in 1994 for PC.
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Deadline is a text adventure published by Infocom in 1982. It was written by Marc Blank, one of the principal authors of Zork: The Great Underground Empire. The game was initially released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and TRS-80.
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Dark Seed 2 is a horror point-and-click adventure based on the work of the artist H. R. Giger. The game was created by Cyberdreams and released in 1995 for Windows 3.x, three years later the release of the first Dark Seed.
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Frederik Pohl's Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics created by Legend Entertainment and published in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is based on the famous Frederik Pohl's sci-fi novels.
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Companions of Xanth is an adventure game published in 1993 by Legend Entertainment. Making a video game based on a book is really a risk. The title is not judged by its quality as ...
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Goblins 3 is a puzzle adventure game developed by Cocktel Vision and released in 1993 for MS-DOS and Amiga. Created by Pierre Gilhodes, this third installment in the Goblins series...
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Death Gate is a graphic adventure officially based on the Death Gate cycle, a series of novels by Margaret Weis e Tracy Hickman. The game was developed by Legend Entertainment and released for PC in 1994.
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Gobliins 2 is the second chapter in the series of adventure-puzzle games developed by Coktel Vision. Sierra On-Line released it in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST MS-DOS. Making a funny game is not an easy task.
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Bioforge is an action adventure game set in a dark sci-fi atmosphere. Published and developed by Origin Systems, under the direction of Ken Demarest, the game set itself apart from other similar games on the market.
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