The most popular 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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At-slow4
DOS19893.2/5
Forbidden Castle
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Gumboots Australia
DOS19904/5 Reckon Software
Infidel
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Air Trax
DOS19833.4/5
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Suspect
DOS19844.2/5 Infocom
Supernova
DOS1987freeware3.5/5 Apogee Software
Meteors
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Hamburger Hell
DOS1986remake2.8/5
Mission: Mainframe
DOS19873.9/5
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS19873/5 Topologika Software
Codebreaker
DOS1994freeware3/5
Castle Elsinore
DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS19893/5 Dragonware Games
The Astronomy Quiz
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS19873.4/5 Infocom
Voodoo island
DOS19853.8/5 Angelsoft
Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Avon
DOS19893.4/5 Topologika Software
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
DOS19964/5
Megapede
DOS19923/5
The Golden Fleece
DOS19894/5