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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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...
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Chronomaster is a graphic adventure developed by DreamForge and published by Capstone in 1995 for PC. The game was written by famous novelist Roger Zelazny, known for winning sever...
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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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Police Quest II: The Vengeance is an adventure game released in 1988 as a sequel to Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel. The game was created by Jim Walls for Sierra On...
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Frederik Pohl's Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics created by Legend Entertainment and published in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is based on the famous Frederik Pohl's sci-fi novels.
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Return to Zork is a graphic adventure designed by Doug Barnett for Activision and released in 1993 for MS-DOS and Macintosh. The game is one of the official sequels to the famous...
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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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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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Captain Blood is a space adventure created by ERE Informatique initially for the Atari ST, released in 1988. It was later ported to Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and many other platforms.
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Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero is the first chapter of the popular series of hybrid adventures/rpg created by Lori Ann Cole. The game was later renamed Quest For Glory. T...
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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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