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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 with a red fedora and trenchcoat.

Year: 1985 Genre: Puzzler

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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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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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Dylan Dog: Murderers dosamiga

Dylan Dog: The Murderers is a 2D action adventure officially based on the Italian comics character Dylan Dog, created by Tiziano Sclavi. The game was created by Simulmondo, Italian...

Year: 1992 Genre: Action

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Mortville Manor amiga

Mortville Manor - Le Manoir de Mortevielle in French - is a graphic adventure created by Lankhor initially for the Sinclair QL. The original game was published in 1986, but in 1987 a new and improved version for Atari ST was released.

Year: 1988 Genre: Adventure

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Fish! amigados

Fish! is a text adventure created by the British game studio Magnetic Scrolls. It was published in 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and other platforms by Rainbird.

Year: 1988 Genre: Adventure

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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

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Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? dosamiga

Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego is the third chapter in the Carmen Sandiego series. It was published in 1988 for Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, and other platforms. This episode, whi...

Year: 1988 Genre: Puzzler

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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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Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels dos

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction written by Bob Bates and published by Infocom. It was released for MS-DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and Amiga in 1988.

Year: 1988 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 Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo dos

The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo is a graphic adventure developed by Mythos Software. It was published by Electronic Arts in 1996. It is a point-and-click...

Year: 1996 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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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes dos

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

Year: 1992 Genre: Adventure

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