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Police Quest IV: Open Season dos

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:...

Year: 1993 Genre: Adventure

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Rise of the Dragon amiga

Rise of the Dragon is a cyberpunk first-person graphic adventure developed by Dynamix and released by Sierra in 1990 for PC and Mac. It was later ported to Amiga and Sega CD. The g...

Year: 1990 Genre: Adventure

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Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! amiga

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...

Year: 1986 Genre: Adventure

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KGB amiga

KGB (also known as Conspiracy) is a graphic adventure created by the french studio Cryo and published by Virgin Games for PC and Amiga in 1992. The game uses the engine of Dune, also created by Cryo.

Year: 1992 Genre: Adventure

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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? doscommodore-64

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the first game in the famous educational game series produced by Brøderbund Software. The game stars the renowned thief wearing a red fedora and trench coat.

Year: 1985 Genre: Puzzler

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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition) dos

“Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” is one of the most popular retro games, as it was the very first in the line of the Carmen Sandiego series. This educational/strategy ga...

Year: 1992 Genre: Puzzler

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Hugo II: Whodunit? dos

Hugo II: Whodunit is an adventure game for MS-DOS designed by David P. Gray and released in 1991. Created using the same engine as Hugo's House of Horrors, it was followed by Hugo III: Jungle of Doom which was released in 1992.

Year: 1991 Genre: Adventure

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Police Quest II: The Vengeance amiga

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...

Year: 1988 Genre: Adventure

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The Legacy: Realm of Terror dos

The Legacy: Realm of Terror is a role-playing game with adventure elements created by Magnetic Scrolls and published by MicroProse in 1992. The game mixes adventure, survival horror, and RPG.

Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing

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Murder! amiga

Murder! is a game designed by Creative Materials and published by US Gold in 1990 for the Amiga. The isometric adventure title was also ported for the Atari ST and MS-DOS. This is ...

Year: 1990 Genre: Adventure

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Deadline dos

Deadline is a text adventure published by Infocom in 1982. It was written by Marc Blank, one of the principal authors of Zork: The Great Underground Empire. The game was initially released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and TRS-80.

Year: 1984 Genre: Adventure

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Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego? dos

Where in America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego is the 5th game in the Carmen Sandiego mystery educational series. It was released in 1991 for Apple II and MS-DOS. Where in America's Pa...

Year: 1991 Genre: Puzzler

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Martian Memorandum dos

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...

Year: 1991 Genre: Adventure

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Eagle Eye Mysteries dos

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...

Year: 1993 Genre: Adventure

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