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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DOS19863.5/5
Pro Manager
DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill
Safe Opening Simulator
DOS19933.5/5
SRAM
DOS19873.5/5 ERE Informatique
Supernova
DOS1987freeware3.5/5 Apogee Software
Treasure Island
DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5
Castle Elsinore
DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
Brimstone
DOS19853.4/5 Synapse Software
Avon
DOS19893.4/5 Topologika Software
Caves of Thor
DOS19893.4/5 Apogee Software
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS19873.4/5 Infocom
Air Trax
DOS19833.4/5
Cutthroats
DOS19843.4/5 Infocom
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5
Psycho
DOS19883.4/5 Starsoft Development
Farenheit 451
DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
F-Prot
DOS19953.3/5
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Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected3.3/5 Cosmi Corporation
TheDraw 4
DOS19863.3/5
Enchanter
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
Lost Adventures of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS19843.3/5
Hockey League Simulator
DOS19903.3/5 Bethesda Softworks
A Dudley Dilemma
DOS19883.3/5
Alice in Wonderland
DOS19893.3/5
Infidel
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom