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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Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Lancelot
DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
DOS19964/5
Crime and Punishment
DOS19844.1/5 Mindscape
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Air Traffic Controller
DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
Borland Reflex 2.0
DOS19863.7/5 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Reflex was a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Borland International, a software company that was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. Reflex was released in the mid-1980s as a graphical database software primarily targeted at business and professional users.
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5
Lawn Mower
DOS19873.8/5
TheDraw 4
DOS19863.3/5
Voodoo island
DOS19853.8/5 Angelsoft
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5
Evets
DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
Trinity
DOS19864.1/5 Infocom
Temple of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.8/5 Apogee Software
Moonmist
DOS19863.8/5 Infocom
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac19864/5 TRANS Fiction Systems
Suspended
DOS19833.9/5 Infocom
Knight Exchange
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01
DOS19943.7/5 Microsoft
The Final Crusade of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
Air Trax
DOS19833.4/5
Mickey's Space Adventure
DOS19853/5 Sierra On-Line
Border Zone
DOS19873.8/5 Infocom
Return to Doom
DOS19883.8/5 Topologika Software
Warp Rogue
WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
LHA
DOS19884.2/5
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software