Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by release date
A few genres traditionally linked to the beautiful world of ascii characters still survives: roguelikes (nethack, angband, etc.) and interactive fiction, for example.
Text-based games
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DOS19933.9/5 Simulations Canada
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DOS19933.9/5 Omnitrend Software
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DOS19933.5/5
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DOS19934.2/5
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DOS19943/5
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DOS19953.6/5
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DOS1995remake4/5
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Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware4/5
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DOS19963.8/5
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DOS1997remake3.4/5
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Windows XP/98/9519973.5/5 Infinite Monkey Systems
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Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware4/5
Dungeon Crawl (also known as Linley's Dungeon Crawl from the name of the original programmer: Linley Henzell) is a classic roguelike: an RPG with permadeath, procedural generation and high replayability. Dungeon Crawl was released on 1997 but it's not maintained anymore. The spiritual successr of Crawl is DCCS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup).
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Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.2/5
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DOS1998freeware4.3/5
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DOS19983.9/5
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DOS19984.2/5 Peter Norton Computing
Norton Commander was one of the most popular file manager applications ever released for MS DOS. Its clever side-by-side windows interface and the ease of use allowed DOS users to copy, delete, move and preview any kind of file without the hassle of typing every command by hand. Norton Commander was first released in 1986, but the latest and final ...
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Windows XP/98/95Linux2002freeware4.2/5
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Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.7/5
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Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.3/5
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Windows XP/98/952003protected4/5 Introversion Software Limited
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WindowsLinux2004freeware3.9/5
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Windows20054.1/5
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WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.9/5
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DOS2007freeware4.1/5
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WindowsLinuxMac2007freeware3.8/5
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WindowsLinux20133.8/5