The best 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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software
Microsoft Word
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19833.5/5 Microsoft
Pro Manager
DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill
Safe Opening Simulator
DOS19933.5/5
SRAM
DOS19873.5/5 ERE Informatique
Supernova
DOS1987freeware3.5/5 Apogee Software
Treasure Island
DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5
Castle Elsinore
DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
Air Trax
DOS19833.5/5
Brimstone
DOS19853.4/5 Synapse Software
Avon
DOS19893.4/5 Topologika Software
Dracula in London
DOS19883.4/5 SDJ Enterprises
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS19873.4/5 Infocom
Cutthroats
DOS19843.4/5 Infocom
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5
Psycho
DOS19883.4/5 Starsoft Development
Farenheit 451
DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
Demon's Tomb: The Awakening
DOS19893.3/5 Silhouette Software
Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected3.3/5 Cosmi Corporation
TheDraw 4
DOS19863.3/5
Enchanter
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
Lost Adventures of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.3/5 Apogee Software
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS19843.3/5
Hockey League Simulator
DOS19903.3/5 Bethesda Softworks
A Dudley Dilemma
DOS19883.3/5
Alice in Wonderland
DOS19893.3/5