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.
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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Ween: The Prophecy (or just Prophecy in the US) is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1992 for Amiga, DOS, and Atari ST. ...
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Lure of the Temptress is a fantasy adventure game developed by Revolution Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in 1992. It was the debut game for Revolution S...
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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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Tau Ceti is a mix of action, adventure, and space simulation initially developed for the ZX Spectrum by Pete Cooke in 1985. The game was also ported to Atari ST, C64, and MS-DOS. A...
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Die Kathedrale (The Cathedral) is a German-only text adventure with graphics created by Weltenschmiede and published by Software 2000 in 1991. The game was released for PC and Amiga.
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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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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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Weird Island is a simple but nice graphical point and click adventure developed and released as freeware in 1992..
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Rome: Caesar’s Will is a lesser-known educational adventure released in 2000 by Montparnasse Multimedia. The French company is commonly associated with pure educational titles. S...
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Rome: Pathway to Power, also known as Rome: AD92, is a game created by Firstlight and published by Millennium Interactive in 1992. It was released for the Amiga and MS-DOS. The tit...
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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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McMurphy's Mansion is a classic text based adventure developed in 1984 by Martin-Art and released as shareware..
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