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AdventureDescriptionIn adventure games, the emphasis is placed on experiencing a story as seen by one or more user-controlled characters, often by manipulating said character(s) and the environment they exist in. Adventure games are characterized by general lack of reflex-based gameplay (action), though they may feature such segments sporadically. Adventure games initially featured text input and little to no graphics ( interactive fiction). Afterwards, graphical adventures became more prominent and text input was replaced by a limited amount of icons/menus with verb commands. Two distinct sub-genres of adventure games are Western-style adventures (also referred to as puzzle-solving adventure) and Japanese adventures, which typically have no puzzles and minimal interaction. Visual novels are traditionally also considered a sub-genre of adventure games.
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Windows (2007), Android (2012), iPhone (2012) and iPad (2012) Will Scout and Anna Lyze must defeat Jacques and retrieve the stolen Treasures of the Ages by going to 30... |
PC Booter (1986) and Apple II (1986) As Steven Scott; a millionaire - you find out that your trainer and rider for your award winning racehorse has... |
PC-98 (1995) The protagonist of the game is a college student named Shunsuke. His mother died when he was five years old.... |
DOS (1995) A dearth plagues the villages at the hillside of the elevated plain in the middle of the region Amajambere located... |
Windows (2001) Like with many movie tie-ins, the happenings in this game are loosely based on the story of the movie with... |
TurboGrafx CD (1993) A high-school student named KÅsuke had a dream, in which he saw a beautiful woman talking to him. The next... |
Windows (2006) Hinter Gittern: Vol. II is based on the German TV series of the same name. The setting of the game... |
DOS (1990) In this meandering, stream-of-consciousness Choose-Your-Own-Adventure type text game, the player guides a 16-year-old Vietnam draft dodger-in-training, enjoying the heady freedom... |
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Apple II (1980), PC-88 (1983), iPhone (2009), PC-98 (1983) and FM-7 (1983) Mystery House is a monochrome interactive fiction adventure game that places the player in a Victorian mansion with seven other... |
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Apple II (1982), PC-88 (1983), PC-98 (1983) and FM-7 (1983) Cranston Mansion is one of the first games in On-Line System's Hi-Res Adventures series, along with Mystery House and The... |
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Apple II (1982), PC-88 (1985), PC-98 (1985) and FM-7 (1985) Someone has chosen you to secure the Earth's future by destroying the evil ruler of the planet Neburon. He offers... |
Apple II (1983), Atari 8-bit (1984), PC-88 (1984), PC-98 (1984) and FM-7 (1984) The Dark Crystal is closely based on Jim Henson's film of the same name. The game is set in Thra,... |
Browser (2011) and TRS-80 (1980) This game puts the player in the captain's chair of a ship of the British naval fleet circa the Napoleonic... |
Windows (2008) and Macintosh (2008) Lost Worlds will take you on a treasure hunt into three ancient worlds: Rome, Egypt and MesoAmerica (Mayans). You have... |
Windows (2010) Inspired by the 2005 film (itself based on Douglas Adams' 1978 BBC sci-fi radio series), a team of indie developers... |
DOS (1984), Atari ST (1985), Commodore 64 (1984), Apple II (1984), Amiga (1986), Amstrad CPC (1986), Atari 8-bit (1984), Macintosh (1984), PC Booter (1984), Browser (2004), TI-99/4A (1984), TRS-80 (1984), TRS-80 CoCo (1984), Commodore 128 (1985) and Commodore 16, Plus/4 (1984) You are Arthur Dent, an Englishman with a bad hangover wearing a dressing gown containing a much needed buffered analgesic... |
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Browser (2004) and DOS (1993) Hobbit: The True Story is a tiny adventure, spoofing Tolkien's classic children's book.The game also is one of the first... |
DOS (1989) In its dark mansion the Hogbear awaits its next victim. Guarded by a Vampire, an Ogre, and various other creatures,... |
Browser (2010), iPad (2013) and iPhone (2013) In this game, the player commands the vessel The Horizon of Night; setting forth from the fantastic port of Myrmidal,... |
MSX (1985), NES (1987), FM-7 (1985), PC-88 (1984) and PC-98 (1985) In Yuji Horii's follow-up to The Portopia Serial Murder Case, you once again play as a Tokyo police detective (whose... |
PC-88 (1986), PC-98 (1986), Sharp X1 (1986) and FM-7 (1986) Hokuto no Ken is based on the manga series Fist of the North Star. The story focuses on Kenshiro, a... | |
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