Many adventures for the PC are based on mainly graphics, using the mouse to navigate and select items/actions.  This has proved a popular format, although we still like some of the more traditional keyboard operated adventures.

We do however enjoy a wide range of adventures and have therefore played and tried quite a few.  We would recommend the following Windows based adventures for the PC:

Written by Pharos Games, this adventure is a mixture of text and graphics, although it is still mainly operated through the mouse.  The new version 4 now has computer generated graphics for each location and is a big improvement on the original.  The pictures are of excellent quality as can be seen from the above screenshot.

The adventure is based around the story of Lewis Carrolls' Alice in Wonderland and contains such wonderful characters as the White Queen, Candy Fly, Alpaca Fisherman, and the Goat Engineer.

There are a wide range of puzzles, including maths and science puzzles which help to make this program educational as well as providing the standard logic and lateral thinking puzzles.

Written by SoldOut, this is one of the most popular adventures for the PC ever produced and released for a host of other platforms.  A graphics only adventure where you play the part of George Stobbart who happens to witness a murder at a small french restaurant and the theft of a manuscript from the murdered man.

You act as the detective and have to solve the murder and maybe even save the world from the secrets hidden in the manuscript by the Knights Templar some 600 years previously!!

A good spattering of humour throughout and very atmospheric settings make this hard to beat.

Written by SoldOut, this is the sequel to one of the most popular adventures for the PC ever produced and released for a host of other platforms.  A graphics only adventure where you again take on the role of George Stobbart who starts off trapped in a burning house owned by a professor who he was going to meet with his friend Nico, to discuss a Mayan artefact which she had found on her travels.

Nico has been kidnapped and there is no sign of the professor either.  You act as the detective and have to find Nico and solve the mystery of the Mayan artefact.

A good spattering of humour throughout and very atmospheric settings make this hard to beat.

Written by Pharos Games, This is an extremely good graphics only adventure which soon drags you into the atmosphere of the game and features excellent graphics and gameplay.

You play the role of a young adventurer in Xanaria, sent to seek out the parts of the great SerpentSceptre and to enter the castle SerpentHead and protect the King against the return of the dark sorcerer, Salorann.

The puzzles are set just at the right level to keep your interest, not prove too difficult for the first time adventure.  This will certainly be hard to put down once you start playing.

Written by Yavsoft, this is a graphics only adventure based in medieval Russia, where you need to explore, talk to people and solve puzzles.  In danger of losing your life, you play a modern day American (Bob Bisquit) transported back in time, in search of a beautiful Russian princess to marry.   There is one available, but only to the man who can find out her real name !!

There is no real violence in this game and plenty of interaction with the characters whom you meet on your travels, which will help to make it a favourite with the whole family.

Written by Yavsoft, this is a beautifully drawn graphics only adventure, where you get to explore the mysterious planet Zabugorie and interact with various fairy tale characters in order to solve a wide variety of puzzles.  After aliens attempted to steal the Sun, a powerful witch used her powers to trap their spacecraft on Zabugorie.  The aliens have adopted the guise of the local inhabitants in order to allow them to search for an energy source lost during the crash landing.

It is your task to find this energy source (disguised as a chest) and drive the aliens from the planet.    This huge adventure comes in 5 parts and will entertain the whole family.