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.
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor is a text-based adventure game developed and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released for MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 128, and Macintosh.
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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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Martian Memorandum is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Access Software in 1991 for MS-DOS. The North American company, founded in Utah, was famous for several sp...
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The Guild of Thieves is a text adventure with images created by Magnetic Scrolls and released in 1987 for several home computers. Thanks to the portable game engine, the adventure ...
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Geisha is a graphic adventure for adults, created by Tomahawk and published by Coktel Vision in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. Set in futuristic Japan, the game designed...
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Galactic Empire is a sci-fi first-person adventure game created by Coktel Vision and published by Electronic Zoo in 1990. It was released for Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The game is the predecessor to A.
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Die Drachen von Laas is a fantasy text-adventure with graphics created by attic Entertainment and published in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game was designed and progr...
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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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Another Lifeless Planet and Me With No Beer is a rare interactive fiction/text adventure game that was released in 1989 for DOS. The game written by Dennis Drew takes place on a hostile alien planet where you have crashed your ship.
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James Clavell's Shogun is the computer game adaptation of the famous novel Shogun by James Clavell. The game was created by Infocom and released in 1989 for Amiga. Apple II, MS-DOS, and Macintosh.
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Gnome Ranger is a text adventure with graphics created by Level 9 Computing and released in 1987 on several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms. Releases include Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and others.
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Lenny's Music Toons is an educational musical adventure developed and published by Paramount Interactive for Windows 3.1 and released in 1993. Interacting with Lenny the Penguin an...
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