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The most popular class-based games

A class based system forces the player to choose a specific "class" during the character generation and customization process. It's obviously used in games based on RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, where the classes can be warrior, mage, thief, and so on.
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The Wizard's Castle

DOS1981freeware
The Wizard's Castle is a classic text-based, dungeon-crawling adventure game released in 1980, designed by Joseph R. Power. The game was originally developed for the Exidy Sorcerer computer and later ported to various platforms, such as the TRS-80 and early IBM PCs. The game is set in a mysterious wizard's castle, where the player takes on the...
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Legend of the Red Dragon

DOS1989 Robinson Technologies
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Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
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DarkSpyre

DOS1990 Event Horizon
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Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Shadoworlds

DOS1993protected Teque
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Slash'Em

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997freewareremake
SLASH'EM (Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic) is a roguelike game based on NetHack, one of the most famous dungeon-crawling games of all time. It expands upon NetHack 3.4.3, adding new monsters, items, spells, roles, and challenges while keeping the core mechanics of exploration, permadeath, and turn-based combat intact. SLASH'EM is...
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Cavequest

DOS1985
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Le Maitre Des Ames

DOS1987 UBI Soft