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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
1483 Anno Domini	The Jumping Bird Press	1993
7 dní a 7 nocí	Pterodon Software (Mirage)	1994
Abenteuer Europa	SPD (EgoSoft)	1994	With this point-and-click adventure the SPD political party in Germany tried in 1994 to recruit people for its party program and win the election. However, completely contrary to this adventure, they did not succeed in real life. Fred Beck, reporter of a strictly non-capitalist paper is stumbling through Europe, supposedly hunting for the story about a conspiracy of evil drug-traders and and the garbage-mafia.
Adult Film Cameraman	Interactive Girls Club	1994	A program coming across as somewhat nonsensical in absence of a certain context, this piece of software puts its operator in the position of the cameraman of an adult film. What this amounts to is viewing one of three softcore pornographic colour still images through a small (viewfinder) window, panning across the image with mouse movements and zooming in or out with the buttons. The player can press R to record so that later on, the game can reproduce the particular combination of camera moves (or: their "adult film") for the enjoyment of the viewer.
Alien Carnage	Apogee (Interactive Binary Illusions;SubZero Software)	1993	Earth is on the verge of a takeover by aliens intent on turning humans into mindless slave zombies, who can be used in their conquest of the universe. Harry's called into action to Space Station Liberty and given orders to penetrate the alien ship which has burrowed itself under a high-rise city. In addition to the flamethrower, Harry can use weapon dispensers, giving him access to weapons like the photon cannon, guided missiles, grenades, shields, micro nukes, and the very powerful Omega bomb. It's an arsenal that will have the aliens shakin' in their slimy shoes. [3D Realms.com]*1993-10-10 Halloween Harry released 1994-11-02 Alien Carnage v1.0 released -- episodes 1 and 3 were switched, otherwise identical to Halloween Harry v1.2 2007-05-24 released as freeware. Rights held by John Passfield. ([url]http://www.3drealms.com/news/2007/05/alien_carnage_freeware.html[/url]) Halloween Harry was the name of the shareware version of this game, but it was changed to Alien Carnage for the commercial version in hopes of getting better sales, but [game=#19653]Doom[/game] was likely the reason for the poor sales. Shareware version included the first episode as usual.[b]Minimum:[/b] 286 CPU * 517 kB conventional memory * 7 MB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * 386 CPU * Soundblaster-compatible soundcard
Alive... Behind the Moon	Nova Media	1996	Alive ....Behind the Moon.... is an enhanced remake of the 1991 game Alive, originally developed by Lankhor for the Amstrad CPC. On the moon's side which is turned away from earth a unknown cosmic element causes atmospheric changes. So James Butterfield, a dishonorable dismissed astronaut, flies with his friend Sven to the moon to check the situation and get a reward of one million dollars. Of course the space ship crashes. So the first task is to find medicine for the injured Sven. When that is taken care of James explores the moon and meets many foreign peoples like the Gouaks, Wounks or Amazons. The user interface consists of many windows. The main window is in the upper right were a picture of the current view or conversational partner is shown. There the player can click on items to collect them or use items from the inventory to solve puzzles. Some items are showed in a close up view in a windows left to the main window when clicked on. There it can be manipulated further. Above this window is a mini map. Under the main window is a panel were the main actions can be chosen, e.g. looking, speaking or fighting. Left and right of this panel are the inventory screens were objects can be used and combined with each other. Finally on the far left are bars were the current stats of health, fatigue, durst and hunger are shown. These have to be hold on a reasonable height by eating, sleeping and so on When speaking with someone the interfaces changes to another screen where left of the main windows the possible answers can be chosen. Under the main window the statements of the other person are displayed. Death waits behind every corner, a step in the wrong direction, a false answer or a lost fight lead to a individual game over screen.*** [65]
Amazon - Guardians of Eden	Access Software	1993
Andromedas Erbe	author	1994	Released in two parts. The first part was free, for the second part you had to register.
Angst: Rahz's Revenge	Tewi	1996
Anvil of Dawn	New World Computing (DreamForge Intertainment)	1995	[b]Minimum[/b] * DOS 5.0 or greater * 486/33 CPU * 4 MB RAM * 5 MB free HD space * 2X CD-ROM drive * Mouse [b]Recommended:[/b] * 486/66 CPU * 30 MB free HD space*The game's unusual in the manner that although you select one of the five heroes to play as in the beginning, you get to meet the other four in your travels. The choice of hero mostly affects the voice-overs (and dialog with it) and appearance, attributes are freely customizable if you so desire.*The game was apparently re-released in 2007/01 with Windows XP support. Unable to verify this currently, though.
Ar'Kritz the Intruder	Electronic Arts	1997
Are You afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse	Viacom New media;TecToy (Viacom New Media)	1994
Armaeth: The Lost Kingdom	Grandslam	1994
Arnie Goes 4 Gold	Bank Austria AG (Top Job)	1994	This is a promotional game by an Austrian bank. It's a humorous adventure which plays with many Austrian stereotypes - it begins with the name of the protagonist: Arnie. After the death of his rich uncle Fritz he inherits a key to a house - but first he has to find it. The handling is similar to the SCUMM system found in the classic LucasArts adventures: You select between six verbs to interact with your surroundings. Unlike most adventures you can take several objects with you which have no use in the game. The puzzles mostly center around finding hidden items and using them in a creative way. And, of course, the usage of services provided by Bank Austria. This game was linked with a lottery.
Auf der Suche nach Dr. Gara	ARAG (Promotion Software)	1994	This is a free advertising game to promote ARAG insurance company. We have to go to Dinotown to solve the mystery of the prehistoric beings populating the city. Well, that's about the entire plot. First, we are approached by a dangerous dinosaur that compels us to enter name and address in a form, so that we come into possession of an identity document. We then find us on orientation map again, which makes up virtually the most gameplay. So we are at any of the countless villages only a short time and then land again on the map - assuming you will not be eaten by a giant lizard, because you have given a wrong answer. You go aimlessly through this area. There is an ice cream parlor, a car dealership, a golf course, a hospital, a radio tower, yes, even a disco. Only the ARAG insurance agency that employs the only human contact can help out sometimes. In addition, in the inventory a lot of great items are accumulated, which can not be considered because you do not know in 80% of cases what they are supposed to represent. There are no right puzzles, the difficulty is to find out at what place in Dinotown currently something can be done. The game seems designed for children and the graphics are static.
Avalon	MiG Designs (MiG Outpost)	1998
Backstage	Live Club (The Art Department)	1994
Baldur's Gate: Edition spéciale	Interplay Productions	1998
Batman Returns	Konami;GameTek (Spirit of Discovery)	1993
Berlin Connection	Berliner Morgenpost (Promotion Software)	1994	In the game you are Benny, a youngster from Berlin, who is bored of his loneliness. So you go to discotheque and meet a beautiful girl Mora. The main goal in the game is to make a good relationship with her, talking correctly to her and other people and using inventory items. Also Tom, a reporter of Berliner Morgenpost, is present in the game. This was a German advertising adventure that was a part of a targeted campaign for the recovery of young readers for the newspaper Berliner Morgenpost.
Bi-Fi Roll: Action in Hollywood	Bi-Fi Roll (The Art Department)	1994	This is a free German advertising adventure for "Bi-Fi", a popular salami brand in Germany. Players take the role of Lukas, whose job is being a bike courier during the summer school break. One day he has to deliver the script for the new Bi-Fi commercial to the film studios. Suddenly he finds himself in a crime scene. The studio boss has been kidnapped, the spot production is being sabotaged and he is to solve the mystery. It's a typical point-and-click adventure game with a humorous plot and one of the best of these type.
Bio Menace	Apogee Software	1993	Intelligence reports indicate that a man calling himself Dr. Mangle is responsible for the mutants and the destruction of Metro. You will have to battle your way through levels packed with evil mutants and robotic guards to finally infiltrate Mangle's fortress and defeat him. You think to yourself that this will be the most dangerous mission of your life. Snake Logan is a weapons expert, and uses several throughout the game, including a high-powered machine gun and grenades. [3D Realms.com]**[b]Episodes:[/b] 1 - Dr. Mangle's Lab * 2 - The Hidden Lab * 3 - Master Cain***Made into freeware in Dec 2005
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold	Apogee Software (JAM Productions)	1993	One year after Wolfenstein 3D, the same engine was used in another game. This was released one week before id Software took over the world with the shareware release of Doom. Doom squashed it; Blake Stone sold poorly despite positive reviews. id even had a stake in Blake Stone, it build the texture mapping engine for the game. The game takes place in the future. You are agent "Blake", who has to accomplish some missions. The goal is to stop the evil doctor "Goldfire", who created some aliens. The game consists of six episodes, each of which features 11 levels, nine regular and two secret. The elimination of all enemies on the current floor or the collection of all treasure items are optional objectives that provide bonuses upon completion. In the game ceiling and floor are texturized, which was new. There were no terrain heights, but you could use elevators to get back into levels you already played. Special level features include: locked doors which can be opened by four types of colored keys (gold, green, yellow, blue), one-way doors, secret rooms accessible through pushable wall blocks, and teleports that instantly take the player into another location within the level. There's also lighting effects and an automap function, sorely missed in Wolfenstein 3D. Calling this automap also shows your your current progress, rating and percentage of enemies killed. And there are crates you can shoot. They will explode and sometimes reveal some goodies. Another unique feature of the game is the fact that Dr. Goldfire appears periodically in certain sections on different levels and will actually attack Stone. After being hit a few times, he activates a teleporter on his watch and escapes. There are several weapons available, more than there are in Wolfenstein 3D. Also included are features such as clipping, and invisibility, and auto-mapping. Really new were in-game characters, who were not always hostile but sometimes even gave hints. Because of this, the pure "shoot everything that moves"- scheme was not valid anymore. Besides this, the game was not state of the art. The graphics were out-dated and did not look as good as others of that time, Doom and Terminator Rampage. A nice game of that time, but it did not manage to stand out.
Blue Force	Accolade (Tsunami Media)	1993
Börnie's Journey	Österreichische Bundesbahn (Top Job)	1994	The old question: What is faster, the train or the car? So even in Austria in the 90s, there were already negotiations about which wheels would get you from A to B faster. This is also the case with the main character of this nice game by Tob Job. Börnie bets with his friends that he can visit all the capitals of Austria by train within 80 hours and also complete a task in each city. While his friends are on the road by car. As always with Top Job, there are very nicely pixelated graphics in this game, even if the graphic style is a bit more unusual this time than in the other games. In terms of gameplay, the game stays within the standard of the genre without standing out negatively or positively. So it's definitely worth a look for adventure fans.
Bram Stoker's Dracula	Psygnosis (TAG)	1993	In this shooter, you have to deal with undead. Not only with Dracula, as the title foreshadows, but that would be some untypical 3D shooter, anyways. Though it has the license of the Francis Ford Coppola movie based on Stoker's novel, there is little relation to events in the movie. Legions of the undead are rising from their graves, and it's your job to put a stop to the madness. To do this, you must purify the many creature-spawning graves on Dracula's estate while fending off the horrendous monsters along the way. Having Psygnosis’ name on the box can’t rescue Dracula from the tedious gameplay – rooms in the estate begin to resemble one another after a while, and puzzles are quite simplistic and boring (find key X to unlock door Y). I looked for that game for an eternity, because I played the demo version in 1993, but never found the full game those days. Sometimes I even thought I just dreamed that game and it never existed ;-). Anyways, here you can take a look yourself if you like.*** [37]
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror	Virgin (Revolution)	1997
Bud Tucker in Double Trouble	Merit Studios;Topware Interactive (Merit Studios)	1996	This wacky adventure puts you in the shoes of Bud Tucker, a pizza delivery boy who also has a job as a lab assistant during the nights. The story involves some fantastic features, mad scientist and robots. One day, Bud found the Professor missing and later learns he's been kidnapped by the evil Dick Tate. Tate, an insane, whiny sob wishes to create a world filled with the people he loves most...himself. To do that, he plans to use one of the Professor's inventions and clone a billion versions of himself to populate the world. It's up to Bud Tucker to track down the loon and the Professor before Barryville becomes Tate Town. It's a point & click adventure where you must travel to various locations in Barryville and find clues and help from the citizens there. The game play consists of picking up items and using them when necessary. There are 3 parts in the game and in the first part, Bud Tucker is locked up in a crumbly hotel in Seedy Street. Speech is available in the game as well as subtitles. The menu (pick up, use, etc) can be displayed in words as well as icons. This cartoon adventure is sadly little known because Eidos cancelled its plan to distribute the game in the U.S... probably due to poor sales in Europe, which is probably due to lack of marketing. Because: it's a fun and solid game in every respect with a wacky plot, though disappointingly short.*** [84]
C.I.A. Adventure	International PC Owners	1982	C.I.A. Adventure is a text-based adventure game. The player works for the C.I.A. and is assigned to recover a valuable ruby. The ruby is being used in a top secret laser project, but it has been stolen by a spy ring called Chaos! It is believed the ruby is still somewhere in the neighborhood. For this assignment, the player will be working with a partner (the computer). By entering two word commands, the player can tell the computer what to do in order to explore their surroundings and find clues. The player must make sure Chaos doesn't catch them.
Captain Bible in Dome of Darkness	Bridgestone Multimedia	1994	During installation, the user has the option of censoring Bible verses dealing with "marriage, divorce, and fornication" from appearing in the game. The user can also chose that only a single version of the Bible be available, rather than having King James, New International Version, Revised Standard Version, and The Living Bible available to choose during the game. The user also has the option of removing all actions and references dealing with combat (with Deception Cyber robots) except the end-game sequence that includes an explosion. But the user is warned that removing combat removes action, makes the game easier and less fun.
Captain Zins	Dresdner Bank (The Art Department)	1994
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat	Electronic Arts	1991
Cleanman	Scotch (Rauser Advertainment)	1994	An adventure game made in the style of comic book superhero named Cleanman, this was distributed as a free application for cleaning videotapes by 3M - Scotch company
Commander Blood	Microfolies;Mindscape (Cryo Interactive Entertainment)	1994
Companions of Xanth	Legend Entertainment	1993
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood	Sierra On-Line	1991	[22]* [52]* [37]***The sequil to [game=Conquests of Camelot]Conquests of Camelot[/game] and the final in the series. 1 player. There are 4 versions of this game, 16 color, 256 color, on 3.5 inch DD disk or 5.25 HD disk. A CD remake version with full speech and video was made in 1993 only a demo of it was released. Requires 8088/8086 CPU, DOS 3.0-3.3 (or DOSBOX), 640KB RAM, EGA/MCGA/Tandy/PCjr/VGA video, Adlib/Disney Sound Source/Game Blaster (CMS)/PC Speaker/Pro Audio Spectrum/Plus/ 16/PS1 Audio/Roland MT-32/LAPC-1/Sound Blaster/Tandy DAC/Tandy/PCjr sound, Keyboard and Mouse Optional PC Joystick, Number of Players: Offline This is copyrighted by Sierra On-Line but was available on the creator's website: [url=http://www.christymarx.com/writing/robin.htm]Download Page[/url] This download of the game files was removed when the became available in a Windows-only file on GOG. [Zerothis]
Conspiracy	Virgin (Cryo)	1992
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion	Gametek;Intracorp Entertainment (Capstone Software)	1994	In this game, which uses the Wolfenstein 3D engine, you hunt aliens on various spaceships. In the year 2012, it was finally possible to send a space ship to Mars. The scientists returned with a small object of unknown origin, which was supposed to be a proof for the existence of life on Mars. The object was placed in a special research facility, in the deepest place known as "Corridor 7". Exposed to gamma radiation, the mysterious object caused a portal to appear, which connected two worlds. Alien invasion began. It's time for you, a brave special agent, to descend into Corridor 7 where the fate of humanity must be decided. Transparent glass, a motion tracker and enemies that seem to morph from harmless adverseries break up the traditional shooting. Also included are some view-enhancers (infrared,...). It's not the best shooter, but it offers a solid entertaining game. The CD edition released in 1995 included a number of extra levels in addition to the disk version as well as full support for multiplayer over IPX, new weapons and Redbook CD-Audio.*Requires 2Mo RAM* [22]*** [37]
Countdown	Access Software	1990
Crazy Circus	Sparkasse (Ad Games)	1994	Frank and Jenny are witness to a kidnapping and work as amateur detectives in a crazy circus. This we learn in the intro of the promotional adventure for a savings bank. The cost of the game was quite remarkable for the time, at least in the advertising game sector. Integrated voice output, music on the cd as well as graphics of LucasArts level raise the game to a welcome change from the crowd.
Crime City	Interactive Fantastic Fiction (Interactive Fantastic Fiction;Intellectual Software Consultants Limited)	1992
Crime Does Not Pay	Titus	1991
Cruise For a Corpse	U.S. Gold;Erbe Software (Delphine Software)	1991
Cyberwar	SCi	1994	Cyberwar is the sequel to the computer game adaptation of "The Lawnmower Man". The original movie, directed by Brett Leonard and very loosely inspired by the Stephen King short story, exploited the hype that had formed around the Virtual Reality phenomenon in the early 1990's. You play as Dr. Angelo, sent in to Virtual Reality to defeat Jobe, who, in the film was born simple but increased his brain capacity by 400% using Virtual Reality. He eventually leaves his physical body and enters VR permanantly. As the first game ends, Dr. Angelo is overwhelmed by Cyberjobe's powers, but in a moment of redemption Cyberjobe realizes he has not lost all his humanity and releases his prisoners. This is where Cyberwar starts. Once again Dr. Angelo must jack into the cyberspace and confront a new threat. It is a new version of the Cyberjobe, that was restored from a Virtual Space Industries backup before their headquarters blew up. This being is just as powerful as the original Jobe but is completely soulless and lacks any form of humanity. Just like its predecessor, Cyberwar has the player face a number of laser-game-like sequences in a pre-rendered 3D environment. The various subgames span from the classical "right-button-at-the-right-time" to puzzle-solving. The Cyberworld is divided into three large areas, each residing onto a game disc. The player is allowed to save up to a maximum of three times per disc. One common action subsequence has the player drive a virtual vehicle through a city or tunnel, and press the appropriate arrow key to avoid crashing into obstacles. These subgames are called Cyberboogie and Circuit Citie. There is quite some variety among puzzle subgames, which rely mostly on subsequent attempts. In one, called Projectile Ranges, you will have to find the right combination of angle and power in order to get a cannon shot through an invisible wall, behind which lies a minion of Cyberjobe. Reverse Engineering follows a similar pattern, as you will have to find a combination of shape and color, either of which allows you a safe passage to the other side. Finally the Security Door subsection includes the classic cogs, maze and tangram puzzles. Other subsections include the Debugging Area, a maze with a few rooms where you must find the switch that opens the exit; the Mutation Storage, a simplistic shooting gallery based more on timing than aim; the Hex-Lock station, where all you have to do is enter a code found in the Mutation Storage (?). It is no surprise that Cyberwar has some quite limited gameplay in favor of back-then impressive graphics and sound (yet never as much as a Don Bluth lasergame). Nevertheless it's an OK game for those who won't roll on the floor with laughter when they hear the words "Interactive Movie".*** [22]
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager	SSI (SSI Special Projects Team)	1994
Darkseed	Cyberdreams	1992	Dark Seed is an adventure game which capitalizes on the drawings of famous horror designer H. R. Giger as a source of background artwork and inspiration. You play Mike Dawson, an ad company manager who, in pursuit of his goal in life to become a writer, purchases a solitary mansion in a small town called Woodland Hills. Although the low cost and hush-hush transactions when purchasing the house do raise your suspicion, the solitary environment and sheer beauty of the house crush common sense and you decide to buy the house. That's when trouble begin. Upon reaching the house, you suddenly feel tired. You find a bed and fall asleep... ... and wake up from a terrible dream, only to find out that your life has just become a worse nightmare: an unknown source has implanted a seed of darkness in your mind, and you only have three days to find a way to stop it.*French version. [22]* [22]* [52]1994 CD-ROM version [37]Original floppy disk version [37]*Based on artwork of H.R. Giger (responsible for "Alien"), in this game you play the role of Mike Dawson, a science-fiction author, who bought an old mansion, which is a gate to a horrid parallel world.
Darkseed II	Cyberdreams (Destiny Media Technologies)	1995	Dark Seed II continues the nightmare of Mike Dawson as he recovers from a nervous breakdown from his earlier encounters with the Ancients. Back in his hometown, Mike's high school sweetheart, Rita, is found murdered after the high school reunion. Unfortunately, Mike cannot remember much about that night, even though others saw him with Rita. Now, as the prime suspect, he must find a way to prove his innocence. The designs of H.R. Giger are pivotal in this horror-tinged point 'n click adventure. Players will be swapping between the Normal World and the Dark World, with 75 prerendered 3D locations in total. There are 40 characters to interact with. The goal is to overthrow the Behemoth of the Dark World and cut through the corruption of the Normal World. Movement, action and dialogue interaction modes are toggled between using the right mouse button, with the full screen used for location display unless the game menu or inventory bars are called into use.
Das Erbe	Comad	1991
Death Gate	Legend Entertainment	1994	Death Gate is a great fantasy adventure based on best-selling novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. As young Haplo, member of the despised Patryn race, you are tasked with finding all pieces of the World Seal to avenge your people and free them. While similar to other Legend's graphical adventures, Death Gate broke new grounds with an ingenious spellcasting interface that is superbly integrated into the game engine, and required to solve many puzzles. The storyline is strong, although a little too simplistic given the rich fantasy world of the books. Death Gate is also notable for being the first Legend game to feature truly exceptional voice acting - among the best of its kind. With excellent writing, challenging but not-too-difficult puzzles, and a very high production value with respect to SVGA graphics and voice acting, Death Gate is one of Legend's finest and most underrated games. A must-have.* [22]*Based on the novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Der Schatz im Silbersee	Linel;Software 2000	1993

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