The most popular text-based games

In the past, lots of games used ASCII characters (text) to represent the game world. These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Baseball Mogul 2006

Windows20054.1/5

2112

DOS19943/5

Spellbreaker

DOS19853.9/5 Infocom

Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5

Temple of Kroz

DOS1990freeware3.8/5 Apogee Software

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

DOS19884.1/5 Challenge

Amazon

DOS19843.7/5 Telarium

Data Perfect 2.6

DOS19933.5/5

Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware3.8/5

Incursion

WindowsLinuxMac OS2007freeware4/5

Beast

DOS19843.8/5

F-Prot

DOS19953.3/5

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Pro Manager

DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill

Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS19863.6/5 Avalon Hill

Bible Builder

DOS19923.5/5

Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS19873.6/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation

The President is Missing

DOS1988protected3.3/5 Cosmi Corporation

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software

Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror

DOS19863.4/5

Championship Manager 93

DOS19934/5 Domark Software

Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics

DOS19853.5/5 The Software Toolworks

Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander

DOS19894.2/5 Interstel Corporation

Air Trax

DOS19833.4/5

Brimstone

DOS19853.4/5 Synapse Software

The Final Crusade of Kroz

DOS1990freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software

Seastalker

DOS19844/5 Infocom

Core War Plus

DOS19843.9/5

Return to Doom

DOS19883.8/5 Topologika Software

Mo'Slo

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Dr.David's Super Crispy Software

The previous file hosted here was put online by mistake (it was the deluxe version, not the basic one). Copyright holders kindly allowed Abandonware DOS to link directly to their website where you can buy the deluxe version of Mo'Slo.