Text-based games: ASCII, etc.

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Hacker 2: The Doomsday Papers

DOS19863.7/5 Activision

Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers is a video computer game developed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision. It was released in 1986 and is a sequel to the original Hacker game. The game was available for various home computer systems of the time, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.In Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers, players take...

Hamburger Hell

DOS1986remake2.8/5

Hamurabi remake

DOS1996freewareremake3.3/5

Hockey League Simulator

DOS19903.4/5 Bethesda Softworks

Hollywood Hijinx

DOS19863.3/5 Infocom

Holy Grail

DOS19843.7/5

IBM Assistant 2.0

DOS19864.1/5 IBM

Incursion

WindowsLinuxMac OS2007freeware4/5

Indenture

DOS1995remake4.1/5

Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients

DOS19874/5 Angelsoft

Infidel

DOS19833.3/5 Infocom

Inside Trader

DOS19874.1/5 Cosmi Corporation

James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft

James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS19864.1/5 Angelsoft

James Clavell's Shogun

DOS19894.3/5 Infocom

James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is based on James Clavell's novel "Shogun" and follows the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes invol...