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.
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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Superhero League of Hoboken is an adventure role-playing game created by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment in 1994 for DOS. This game is an amalgam of different play styles and genres, a match made in heaven.
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Uninvited is a graphic adventure created by ICOM Simulations in 1986 for Macintosh, using the MacVenture engine. This eerie adventure showcased the studio’s knack for atmospheric...
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Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail is a graphic adventure by Sierra On-Line, released in 1990 for PC, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game was written and designed by Christy Marx.
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Wonderland is a text adventure developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990 for DOS. It was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, and Acorn 32-Bit the following year.
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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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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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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.
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Shivers is a horror point-and-click graphic adventure. Sierra On-Line produced and released the game in 1995 as a PC exclusive. Although it had a foray into the world of graphic ad...
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This is a remake of Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe's classic 1987 hit, Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge. The game, created by Infamous Adventures in 2007, features VGA graphics with...
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The Abbey of Crime Extensum is the 2016 remake of the 1987 ZX Spectrum game "La abadía del crimen" by Paco Menéndez and Juan Delcán. This free adventure was developed by a Spani...
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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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Companions of Xanth is an adventure game published in 1993 by Legend Entertainment. Making a video game based on a book is really a risk. The title is not judged by its quality as ...
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Galactic Empire is a sci-fi first-person adventure game created by Coktel Vision and published by Electronic Zoo in 1990. It was released for Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The game is the predecessor to A.
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