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The best classic and old school Detective games

Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was released in 1992. It was developed and published by LucasArts. The game is a point-and-click adventure. Initially released on MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Amiga, it was later released for FM Towns.

Year: 1992 Genre: Adventure

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Doctor Who: The Adventure Games

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a series of graphic adventures in 3D and third-person perspective, based on the famous BBC TV show Doctor Who, starring the 11th Doctor and his companion Amelia Pond.

Year: 2010 Genre: Adventure

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

“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: Adventure

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Sam & Max: Hit the Road

Sam & Max: Hit the Road is a comedic graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts for DOS in 1993. It was ported to Windows, Mac, and Linux in the subsequent years following its release.

Year: 1993 Genre: Adventure

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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a point-and-click puzzle-solving adventure game written, designed by Jane Jensen, and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. It is the first game of the Gabriel Knight series.

Year: 1993 Genre: Adventure

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Police Quest IV: Open Season

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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Operation Stealth

007: James Bond - The Stealth Affair (aka Operation Stealth) is a spy-themed adventure game developed by Delphine Software and published by U.S. Gold in 1990 for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS.

Year: 1990 Genre: Adventure

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Police Quest III: The Kindred

Police Quest III: The Kindred is the third graphic adventure of the Police Quest series created by Sierra Entertainment. Unlike the predecessors, including Police Quest and Poli...

Year: 1991 Genre: Adventure

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It Came From The Desert

It Came from the Desert is an action-adventure game by Cinemaware, inspired by 1950s "B" movies, initially released for the Amiga in 1989 and later ported to MS-DOS. With Defender...

Year: 1989 Genre: Adventure

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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel is an adventure game created by Mythos Software and published by EA in 1992 for MS-DOS. As you can imagine, in t...

Year: 1992 Genre: Adventure

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Cruise for a Corpse

Cruise for a Corpse is a point-and-click graphic adventure from Delphine Software, the creators of other Amiga popular titles such as Future Wars: Time Travellers and Another World.

Year: 1991 Genre: Adventure

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Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the first game of the famous series of educational games produced by Brøderbund Software, starring the renowned thief with a red fedora and trenchcoat.

Year: 1985 Genre: Adventure

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Mean Streets

Mean Streets is a dystopian cyberpunk graphic adventure developed by Access Software for MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1989, then ported to the Atari ST and Amiga in 1990. The game is...

Year: 1989 Genre: Adventure

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Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is a simulation/adventure game produced by Jim Walls (former Police Officer) for Sierra On-Line. It was originally released in 1987 and ...

Year: 1987 Genre: Adventure

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