Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by release date
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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Psycho
DOS19883.4/5 Starsoft Development
Return to Doom
DOS19883.8/5 Topologika Software
Romantic encounters at the dome
DOS19883.9/5 MicroIllusions
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
DOS19884.1/5 Challenge
Star Trek: First Contact
DOS19883.6/5 Simon & Schuster Interactive
The Astronomy Quiz
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected3.4/5 Cosmi Corporation
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software
Time and Magik: The Trilogy
DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing
A-Maze
DOS19894.2/5 New Era Software
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Alice in Wonderland
DOS19893.3/5
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS19894/5 Infocom
At-slow4
DOS19893.2/5
Avon
DOS19893.4/5 Topologika Software
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
Caves of Thor
DOS19893.4/5 Apogee Software
China Sea Trader
DOS19893.5/5
Demon's Tomb: The Awakening
DOS19893.3/5 Silhouette Software
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Grand Prix
DOS19894/5 Wizard Games
James Clavell's Shogun
DOS19894.2/5 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...
Legend of the Red Dragon
DOS19893.5/5 Robinson Technologies
Math Cad 2.5
DOS19894.3/5
Meteors
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Myth
DOS19894.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS19893/5 Dragonware Games