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 Pawn is a text adventure created by Magnetic Scrolls initially for the Sinclair QL and published by Sinclair Research in 1985. The game wasn't very successful and one year late...
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Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction/text-adventure and the most popular computer games ever created. Released in 1977 for the PDP-10 mainframe, Zork is a seminal tex...
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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.
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Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero is a remake of the Sierra adventure/role-playing game Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero. The game was designed by Lori Ann Cole. ...
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Police Quest IV: Open Season is the fourth chapter of the Sierra On-Line detective adventures series. Released in 1993 for DOS, Macintosh, and Windows 3x. Unlike Police Quest III:...
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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo is a graphic adventure developed by Mythos Software. It was published by Electronic Arts in 1996. It is a point-and-click...
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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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Experience the psychological horror of Sanitarium, the acclaimed point-and-click adventure by DreamForge Intertainment. Uncover the secrets of a deranged asylum as you navigate thr...
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Mean Streets is a dystopian cyberpunk graphic adventure developed by Access Software for MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1989. Later, it was ported to the Atari ST and Amiga in 1990. Th...
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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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Asterix: Operation Getafix (Asterix - Operation Hinkelstein in the German release) is an action-adventure created by Cocktel Vision. It is based on the character of the famous comic invented by Goscinny and Uderzo.
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The Adventures of Willy Beamish is a graphic adventure developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. The game is regarded as one of the best Sierra adventures, and with good reason.
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King's Quest III Redux is an enhanced remake of the popular point-and-click adventure published by Sierra in 1986. This fantastic remake features hand-painted backgrounds and new c...
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