The best 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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AlphaMan
DOS19953.6/5
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Silicon Dreams
DOS19863.6/5 Level 9 Computing
Borland Turbo C v2
DOS19883.6/5 Borland Software Corporation
Classic Hangman
DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
FreeDOS Shell
DOS2002freeware3.6/5
NewsMaster
DOS19863.6/5
Amulet of Yendor
DOS19853.6/5 Keypunch Software
Star Trek: First Contact
DOS19883.6/5 Simon & Schuster Interactive
Essex
DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
Mind Mirror
DOS19863.6/5
Adventure in Serenia
DOS19823.6/5 Sierra On-Line
Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex
DOS19863.6/5 Avalon Hill
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS20033.6/5
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an interactive fiction game developed by the American studio Illuminated Lantern and released in 2002. Set during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the game combines historical fiction with mystery-solving gameplay.In 1893: A World's Fair Mystery, players take on the role of a detective investigating ...
African Adventure
DOS1997remake3.6/5
Meteors
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Mindshadow
DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Earthly delights
DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
Ballyhoo
DOS19863.5/5 Infocom
Legend of the Red Dragon
DOS19893.5/5 Robinson Technologies
Bible Builder
DOS19923.5/5
Boggle
DOS19903.5/5 HVB Software
China Sea Trader
DOS19893.5/5
Data Perfect 2.6
DOS19933.5/5
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Einstein Writer 7
DOS19853.5/5
Evets
DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics
DOS19853.5/5 The Software Toolworks
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software