The best text-based games
A few genres traditionally linked to the beautiful world of ascii characters still survives: roguelikes (nethack, angband, etc.) and interactive fiction, for example.
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Border Zone
DOS19873.8/5 Infocom
The Usurper
DOS19893.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Voodoo island
DOS19853.8/5 Angelsoft
Beast
DOS19843.8/5
Quattro Pro v4
DOS19913.8/5 Borland Software Corporation
Return to Doom
DOS19883.8/5 Topologika Software
President Elect
DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Melody Maker 3
DOS19923.8/5
Temple of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.8/5 Apogee Software
Volkswriter 3
DOS19823.8/5 Lifetree Software
Acheton
DOS19873.7/5
Wishbringer
DOS19853.7/5 Infocom
Borland Reflex 2.0
DOS19863.7/5 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Reflex was a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Borland International, a software company that was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Reflex was released in the mid-1980s as a graphical database software primarily targeted at business and professional users.
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware3.7/5
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
The Final Crusade of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software
Amazon
DOS19843.7/5 Telarium
Hacker 2: The Doomsday Papers
DOS19863.7/5 Activision
Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers is a video computer game developed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision. It was released in 1986 and is a sequel to the original Hacker game. The game was available for various home computer systems of the time, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.In Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers, players take...
Holy Grail
DOS19843.7/5
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01
DOS19943.7/5 Microsoft
Pac-girl
DOS19823.7/5 Magicom Multimedia
Scapeghost
DOS19893.7/5 Level 9 Computing
Starcross
DOS19823.7/5 Infocom
B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS19813.6/5 Avalon Hill
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Rules of Engagement
DOS19913.6/5 Omnitrend Software
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS19873.6/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation