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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Adventure in Serenia
DOS19823.6/5 Sierra On-Line
AlphaMan
DOS19953.6/5
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Silicon Dreams
DOS19873.6/5 Level 9 Computing
Borland Turbo C v2
DOS19883.6/5 Borland Software Corporation
Classic Hangman
DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Amulet of Yendor
DOS19853.6/5 Keypunch Software
Star Trek: First Contact
DOS19883.6/5 Simon & Schuster Interactive
Essex
DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
Mind Mirror
DOS19863.6/5
Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex
DOS19863.6/5 Avalon Hill
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.6/5
African Adventure
DOS1997remake3.6/5
Meteors
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Mindshadow
DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Earthly delights
DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
Ballyhoo
DOS19863.5/5 Infocom
Legend of the Red Dragon
DOS19893.5/5 Robinson Technologies
Bible Builder
DOS19923.5/5
Boggle
DOS19903.5/5 HVB Software
China Sea Trader
DOS19893.5/5
Data Perfect 2.6
DOS19933.5/5
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Einstein Writer 7
DOS19853.5/5
Evets
DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
FreeDOS Shell
DOS2002freeware3.5/5
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics
DOS19853.5/5 The Software Toolworks
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software
Microsoft Word
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19833.5/5 Microsoft