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Adventure games. They include three fundamental elements: exploration, solving puzzles and strongly emphasized story. Controlled characters collect items and use them in puzzles in order to push the story further. Adventure games usually offer only single player mode and the point-and-click interface. This category includes also HOPAs (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games) which put emphasis on searching items hidden on the screen.

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Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark 2

Adventure 18 February 1994

After solving the mystery of the haunted property of Drceto and defeating Cthulian, detective Carnby gets a new task. His friend disappeared while searching for a young girl, Grace Sunders. The trail leads to the hideout of Jedokie Jack, called Hell's Kitchen.

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Alone in the Dark 3
Alone in the Dark 3

Adventure 26 June 1995

Detective Edward Carnby takes action again. This time we are moving to the set of a western filmed in the town of Slaughter Gultch. The Indian ritual brings back to life Jebediah Stone's band of cowboys who, as zombies, deal with the film crew.

PC

In Memoriam
In Memoriam

Adventure 17 October 2003

An extensive adventure game, qualified as the so-called 'Internet thriller adventure game', because in order to complete it we will often use materials from specially prepared websites. The programme's plot is modelled on such films as "The Silence of the Lambs" or "Seven".

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Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica

Adventure 24 October 2003

A dynamic three-dimensional action game filled with biblical elements. The thing is going on in the distant future. The player becomes a warrior of good, who must annihilate the reborn Satan.

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Schwarzenberg
Schwarzenberg

Adventure canceled

Schwarzenberg is an action adventure game by Radon Labs development team. The player takes on the role of a scientist who, together with a small unit, is directed to a place isolated by the Allied and Soviet forces just after the end of the Second World War. The game is largely maintained in the convention of the sneakers. Work on the game was suspended in 2003.

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Star Ancestor
Star Ancestor

Adventure canceled

A cosmic opera with a large amount of dynamic combat and a complex plot, with a large dose of "emotional experiences", produced in modern 3D graphics.

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Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town
Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town

Adventure 30 November 2002

Scooby Doo and the City of Ghosts is an adventure and adventure game, created by The Learning Company development studio with fans of the popular animated series in mind. The title, cowardly dog and his friends must solve the mystery of the "Faceless Rider" haunting the town of Los Burritos. The game is based on simple logical puzzles and skill tests.

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Harvester
Harvester

Adventure 04 November 1996

A controversial horror/gore adventure game. You play the role of Steve, who has to remember who he is and what he does in a town that is broken to the limits of its capabilities.

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Sadness
Sadness

Adventure canceled

Sadness was supposed to be an adventure in the convention of survival horror, maintained in black-and-white tone and gothic style. Unfortunately, the plans of Polish developers were taken to the head and the game never saw the light of day.

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Frederik Pohl's Gateway
Frederik Pohl's Gateway

Adventure 20 July 1992

Gateway is an extensive adventure game, representing a sub-genre called "interactive ficition". The plot of the programme is based on a novel published in 1977 by the famous science fiction writer Frederik Pohl.

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Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne
Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne

Adventure 30 September 2005

Journey to the Moon is, as the name suggests, a position whose plot was taken from Juliusz Verne's excellent novel From Earth to the Moon. However, the game is a bit different from the original, because our heroes shot towards the moon reach its surface, where they experience a lot of incredible adventures.

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Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey
Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey

Adventure 16 March 2007

Swashbucklers: Steel versus gunpowder is an action adventure game produced by Akella's development studio. The player directs the actions of pirate captain Abraham Nightingale Grey, who is entangled in a complicated intrigue taking place during the Civil War. The game uses the RenderWare engine, known for example from the Grand Theft Auto series.

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ZAX: The Alien Hunter
ZAX: The Alien Hunter

Adventure 10 October 2001

ZAX: The Alien Hunter is an action/adventure game. Players take on the role of Zax, a soldier who crashed on a foreign planet, and now has to quickly repair his ship and escape from it before it is swallowed up by a supernova explosion.

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Traitors Gate
Traitors Gate

Adventure 19 May 2000

Traitors Gate is an adventure game created by developers from Dreamcatcher. The player takes on the role of Raven, a spy at the service of a secret organization, and his task is to break into the London Bicycle and steal crown jewels. For the purpose of the game, several thousand photographs of authentic places were taken, which were used to develop realistic-looking locations.

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Little Big Adventure
Little Big Adventure

Adventure 12 October 1994

A revolutionary adventure game from 1994, made by Adeline Software International and published by Electronic Arts. The player becomes a young Quetch called Twinsen, who takes on the tyranny of Funfrock.

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Full Throttle
Full Throttle

Adventure 02 May 1995

An adventure game with arcade elements created by a team of specialists from LucasArts. The story of the game tells the story of a motorcycle gang leader who wants to prevent Adrian Ripburger's unworthy plan to take over "Corley Motors" and change its business profile from a motorcycle manufacturer to a minivan manufacturer.

PC

Dune
Dune

Adventure 01 January 1992

Mixture of adventure and strategy from Cryo Interactive and Virgin Interactive. The plot of the game is based directly on Frank Herbert's famous novel "Dune".

PC

Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge
Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge

Adventure 19 November 1987

The second part of a large series of adventure games by Sierra entitled Space Quest. The authors in the new version increased the complexity of the puzzles, introduced a little bit better graphics and a few possible ways to complete the game.

PC

Police Quest: In Pursuit Of The Death Angel
Police Quest: In Pursuit Of The Death Angel

Adventure 07 September 1987

Precursor of Sierra adventure games, the theme of which is the hard work of a policeman. Sonny Bonds' first task will be to stop the drug dealer, the title Death Angel.

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The Last Express
The Last Express

Adventure 30 March 1997

One of the most innovative adventure games of the late 1990s. You play the role of Roberth Catha, an American with a mysterious past who has to solve the mystery of his friend's murder.

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Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice
Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice

Adventure 08 July 1995

An adventure game based on the motifs of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, an almost cult character for every enthusiast of good horror.

PC

Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy (1999)
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy (1999)

Adventure 20 October 1999

An adventure in which we move to the title land of Amerzone. The production resembles a classic Myst - we travel through more static locations, look for objects and solve puzzles. In this way we save the mystical world from extinction. Noteworthy are interesting projects of fantastic locations.

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Hitchcock: The Final Cut
Hitchcock: The Final Cut

Adventure 16 November 2001

An adventure game inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's master of suspense. As a detective gifted with supernatural powers, we have to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the film crew. The game consists in searching the location, collecting traces, conducting conversations and solving riddles.

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Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek

Adventure 01 June 2007

Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek is another item in the series published by Her Interactive. The products from this series deal with the adventures of the title detective, Nancy Drew. The creators of these games were inspired by novels written in the early 1930s.

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