The most popular text-based games
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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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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Magnetic Scrolls Collection
DOS19914.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
Rules of Engagement 2
DOS19933.9/5 Omnitrend Software
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS19894.2/5 Interstel Corporation
Volkswriter 3
DOS19823.8/5 Lifetree Software
Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
Core War Plus
DOS19843.9/5
Romantic encounters at the dome
DOS19883.9/5 MicroIllusions
Farenheit 451
DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
Lost Adventures of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software
Hollywood Hijinx
DOS19863.3/5 Infocom
Pro Manager
DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 Infocom
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
DOS19964/5
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS19854/5 Micromosaics
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5
Earthly delights
DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software
The Witness
DOS19834/5 Infocom
Breakers
DOS19864.1/5 Synapse Software
Suspect
DOS19844.2/5 Infocom
Scapeghost
DOS19893.7/5 Level 9 Computing
At-slow4
DOS19893.2/5
Spellbreaker
DOS19853.9/5 Infocom
Trinity
DOS19864.1/5 Infocom
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.1/5 Apogee Software
African Adventure
DOS1997remake3.6/5
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5