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.
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.
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Curse of Enchantia is a fantasy point-and-click graphic adventure created by Core Design and published for Amiga and MS-DOS in 1992. It was the first adventure game developed by Core Design.
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel is an adventure game created by Mythos Software. It was published by EA in 1992 for MS-DOS. As you can imagine, ...
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King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is the second chapter in the famous series of fantasy graphic adventures created by Sierra Online. Published in 1985 for Atari ST and Apple II...
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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. ...
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Quest for Glory III: Wages of War is the third chapter of the series of adventures-RPG designed by Corey and Lori Ann Cole. It was published for MS-DOS only in 1992. This title was...
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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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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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Abe Lincoln Must Die! is the fourth episode of the 3D graphics adventure Sam & Max Save the World, developed by Telltale Games. Episode 4 was released for free by the publisher.
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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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Softporn Adventure is a text adventure created by Chuck Benton for the Apple II in 1981. The game was programmed in AppleSoft BASIC. Initially released by Benton with his own compa...
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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards is the first game in the series of adult-oriented adventures created by Al Lowe. Not many know that this game was a graphical a...
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Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch is a point-and-click graphic adventure created by Tsunami Media for PC and released in 1992. The game is set in the universe created by sci-fi a...
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Maupiti Island is a graphic adventure created by Lankhor in 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST, later ported to MS-DOS. It's the second detective/mystery title created by the French studio based in Paris.
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