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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Air Trax
DOS19833.4/5
African Adventure
DOS1997remake3.6/5
Madball
DOS19853/5
Air Traffic Controller
DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
Seastalker
DOS19844/5 Infocom
Inside Trader
DOS19874.1/5 Cosmi Corporation
Treasure Island
DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions
Crime and Punishment
DOS19844.1/5 Mindscape
TheDraw 4
DOS19863.3/5
Romantic encounters at the dome
DOS19883.9/5 MicroIllusions
Guns 'R' Us
DOS19933.8/5 Future Vision
Pac Gal
DOS19822.9/5
Red sky at morning
DOS19933.9/5 Simulations Canada
Volkswriter 3
DOS19823.8/5 Lifetree Software
President Elect
DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Lancelot
DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing
Suspect
DOS19844.2/5 Infocom
Scapeghost
DOS19893.7/5 Level 9 Computing
Supernova
DOS1987freeware3.5/5 Apogee Software
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Ballyhoo
DOS19863.5/5 Infocom
Mindwheel
DOS19853.2/5 Synapse Software
Castle Elsinore
DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
Cascade
DOS19904.1/5 PC Solutions
Psycho
DOS19883.4/5 Starsoft Development
Grand Prix
DOS19894/5 Wizard Games
Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos
DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia
Video Trek 88
DOS19823.9/5 Windmill Software
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Murder by the Dozen
DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank