Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by year, newest first

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5

ZZT

DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames

Arj

DOS19904.3/5

ARJ is a file compression utility and file format created by Robert K. Jung. The name "ARJ" stands for "Archived by Robert Jung." It was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a compression tool for MS-DOS and other systems. ARJ offered high compression ratios and various features, such as archive encryption and error recovery.

At the Carnival

DOS1990freeware3/5

Boggle

DOS19903.5/5 HVB Software

Cascade

DOS19904.1/5 PC Solutions

CheckIt 3

DOS19902.8/5

Gumboots Australia

DOS19904/5 Reckon Software

Hockey League Simulator

DOS19903.3/5 Bethesda Softworks

Kingdom of Kroz 2

DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software

Lost Adventures of Kroz

DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee 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.