The magazine "Computer Gaming World" is offering its first 100 issues (December 1981 to November 1992 inclusive) as free PDF downloads.
I thought folks might like to read reviews of games written at the time they were released, and perhaps discover an adventure game or two that sounds interesting. That said, of the issues I have looked at so far (years 1981-83), the majority of reviews seem to be for strategy games - though an adventure game column begins in issue 11 (Vol. 3, No. 4, July-August 1983).
One word of caution, the issues I have downloaded so far are in the 15 MiB to 30 MiB size range so a broadband connection is a must.
1981 - 1989 issues
http://cgw.filefront.com/
1990 - 1992 issues (and cover scans of later issues)
http://cgw2.filefront.com/
Update (22nd January 2007).
It looks as though the archives have been removed, but I'll keep the links up in case the archives are restored.
CGW Magazine Downloads
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