Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by year, newest first
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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Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac19864/5 TRANS Fiction Systems
TheDraw 4
DOS19863.3/5
Trinity
DOS19864.1/5 Infocom
Turbo Prolog 2.0
DOS1986protected4.1/5 Borland Software Corporation
Wall Street Raider
DOS19864.3/5
Wordstar 4
DOS19864.2/5 MicroPro International
WordStar 4 was a popular word processing software program during the early days of personal computing. WordStar 4 included features typical of word processors in that era, allowing users to create, edit, and format documents. It used a command-driven interface, where users would enter specific commands to perform various tasks. The software wa...
A Mind Forever Voyaging
DOSMac19854.1/5 Infocom
Air Traffic Controller
DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
Alice: The Personal Pascal
DOS19854.3/5
Amulet of Yendor
DOS19853.6/5 Keypunch Software
Armchair Quarterback
DOS19854.1/5
Brimstone
DOS19853.4/5 Synapse Software
Einstein Writer 7
DOS19853.5/5
Essex
DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
Forbidden Castle
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Global Thermo War
DOS19853.9/5
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics
DOS19853.5/5 The Software Toolworks
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
Madball
DOS19853/5
Mickey's Space Adventure
DOS19853/5 Sierra On-Line
Mindshadow
DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Mindwheel
DOS19853.2/5 Synapse Software
Monopoly
DOS19853.9/5
Pro Manager
DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill
Rambo First Blood Part 2
DOS19854.1/5 Angelsoft
Spellbreaker
DOS19853.9/5 Infocom
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS19854/5 Micromosaics