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.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a text adventure by Infocom, based on the famous novel by Douglas Adams. The book, a comedy science fiction genre masterpiece, was written in 1979.
adventure freeware interactive fiction licensed novel science fiction text adventure
Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True is a point-and-click mystery game developed by ICOM Simulations and published by Mindscape. The title was released initially for the Apple Macintosh...
adventure clicker detective graphic adventure macintosh original game mystery north america
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.
adventure fantasy first-person interactive fiction text adventure with pictures wizards and witches
Lords of Doom is a horror adventure/role-playing game from Attic Entertainment Software, published by Starbyte Software in 1990. It was released for Amiga, Atari, Commodore 64, and DOS.
adventure adventure-rpg dungeon crawler horror real-time
Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood is an adventure game for kids created by Al Lowe. You probably know this name because he is associated with the famous Leisure Suit Larry ...
adventure apple 2 original game cartoon disney educational graphic adventure hand-drawn animations licensed
Spirit of Excalibur is a strategy-adventure game created by Synergistic Software and published by Virgin Mastertronic. it was released in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and later ported to Apple IIgs.
adventure adventure-strategy fantasy mythology
Starcross is an interactive fiction/text adventure published by Infocom in 1982. The story was written by Dave Lebling, one of the authors of Zork: The Great Underground Empire. ...
adventure aliens interactive fiction mystery science fiction spaceship text adventure
The Adventures of Robin Hood is an adventure game created by Millennium Interactive and published for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS in 1991. The game, based on the legend of Robin Hood, was designed by Steve Grand and Ian Saunter.
adventure adventure-strategy fantasy isometric non-linear open world robin hood
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is a video game developed in 1987 by Paco Menéndez. The game was initially conceived as a version of Umberto Eco's book The Name of the ...
adventure enhanced remakes freeware isometric isometric action-adventure medieval novel
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.
adventure fantasy interactive fiction rpg elements text adventure text parser
Transylvania is the first chapter of a series of horror graphic adventure games created by Antonio Antiochia and published by Penguin Software. This first game was released in 1982 for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64.
adventure horror interactive fiction text adventure with pictures
Murders in Venice is an adventure game developed by Cobra Soft and released by Infogrames initially for Amiga and Atari ST in 1989. One year later, it was ported to MS-DOS. In this...
adventure detective europe graphic adventure mystery point and click real-time
The Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian is a graphic adventure released by Game Crafters in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. In this fantasy title, devel...
adventure fantasy freeware graphic adventure point and click
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...
3d adventure adventure-strategy science fiction space sim zx spectrum