Retro adventure games

Colossal Cave Adventure
1976
One of the first (if not the first) text adventure game, developed by William Crowther in 1976.

MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone?
1982
One of the two FMV (full motion video) games from 1980s in the series called MysteryDisc.

Murder on the Zinderneuf
1983
In 1936, aboard a luxury airship murder took place. What are the chances that you are the only detective on board capable of solving the mystery?

Jack the Ripper
1987
Text adventure based on the story of 19th century serial killer, who terrorized Whitechapel in East London.

Murders in Venice
1989
French detective adventure that mixed some unusual and quite innovative elements, like events taking place even without involvement of the player.

Free online political game
Can you survive one year as a dictator of an African country?

Murder
1990
Classic murder-mystery game with surprisingly elaborate interface to help you with your investigation in the Ghastly Manor.

Covert Action
1990
One of the best games of the era - become an CIA agent and solve problem that is brewing somewhere in the world.

Pirates!
1990
In the world of no rules all you have to do is survive. And build your own career among the pirates of the Caribbean.

B.A.T.
1990
As an agent of Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters (B.A.T.) you are sent with a mission to an alien planet with aesthetics and atmosphere of a cyberpunk world.

Operation Stealth
1990
Secret agent John Glames travels to Santa Paragua in the Caribbean in order to find the stealth fighter F-19 that was stolen from a US base.

Hill Street Blues
1991
Game that is hard to describe in just few words - adaptation of a police TV show from 1980s, with a nice twist.

Dark Seed
1992
You buy a house and, oh no, it is filled with alien ancient creatures from another dimension. I know, I know, every bloody week the same story...

KGB
1992
Soviet Union in 1991, Captain Maksim Rukov of KGB is assigned a murder case that could turn the whole empire upside down.

Detective: A Text Adventure Game
1993
A short text adventure that is a parody of detective stories and text adventures.

Transarctica
1993
Strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic reality full of cold winds and even colder hearts.

UFO: Enemy Unknown
1994
One of the best strategy games ever made - mixture of strategy, combat, economy and little green men.

The Last Express
1997
Point-and-click adventure game with the twist. Actually quite few twists.
