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Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego? dos

Where in The USA is Carmen Sandiego is the second educational mystery game in the Carmen Sandiego franchise. It was developed and published by Broderbund in 1986 for Apple II and DOS.

Year: 1990 Genre: Puzzler

detective educational geography history mystery puzzler

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

adventure detective graphic adventure mystery text parser

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? dosnes

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego was the fourth game based on the popular character Carmen Sandiego. It arrived after Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in the U.S.A.

Year: 1990 Genre: Puzzler

detective educational geography history mystery puzzler time travel

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

adventure detective interactive fiction mystery text adventure

Maupiti Island amiga

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.

Year: 1990 Genre: Adventure

adventure clicker crime & punishment detective first-person graphic adventure mystery non-linear

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

detective educational history mystery north america puzzler

Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? dos

Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego is an educational puzzle game produced by Brøderbund Software (Prince of Persia) in 1993 for MS-DOS. Where in Space is the 7th game in the Carm...

Year: 1993 Genre: Puzzler

detective educational mystery puzzler

Geisha amiga

Geisha is a graphic adventure for adults, created by Tomahawk and published by Coktel Vision in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. Set in futuristic Japan, the game designed...

Year: 1990 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

adventure detective educational mystery writing

Chronomaster dos

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...

Year: 1995 Genre: Adventure

adventure detective graphic adventure non-linear novel pre-rendered science fiction space

Hill Street Blues amiga

Hill Street Blues is the official videogame of the critically acclaimed TV series with the same name, which aired on NBC from 1981 to 1987. The game was created by Krisalis and rel...

Year: 1991 Genre: Strategy

action strategy detective licensed real-time strategy top-down

Murders in Venice amiga

Murders in Venice is an adventure game developed by Cobra Soft and released by Infogrames initially for Amiga and Atari ST in 1989. One year later, it was ported to MS-DOS. In this...

Year: 1989 Genre: Adventure

adventure detective europe graphic adventure mystery point and click real-time

James Bond 007: A View to a Kill dos

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.

Year: 1985 Genre: Adventure

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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

adventure detective graphic adventure mystery point and click science fiction