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.
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Rules of Engagement
DOS19913.6/5 Omnitrend Software
Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5
ZZT
DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5
Bible Builder
DOS19923.5/5
Castle Elsinore
DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
Championship Manager
DOS19924.1/5 Domark Software
Championship Manager is the first chapter in one of the most successful football manager games series. The first Championship Manager was a text-based British football/soccer simulation and included teams from four English divisions, European cups and domestic cups as well. Championship Manager was designed by Paul and Oliver Collyer and ...
Lynx
DOS1992freeware3/5
Megapede
DOS19923/5
Melody Maker 3
DOS19923.8/5
Moria
DOS1992freeware3.9/5
Norton Desktop
DOS19924/5 Peter Norton Computing
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS19923.9/5 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
Rawcopy
DOS19924.2/5
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Turbo Pascal 7
DOSWindows 3.xMac19924/5 Borland Software Corporation
Turbo Pascal 7 (TP7) is a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed by Borland as an evolution of their earlier Turbo Pascal versions. Turbo Pascal 7 was released around 1992.Turbo Pascal 7 gained popularity in educational settings and among hobbyist progra...
Borland Paradox 4.5
DOSWindows XP/98/9519934/5 Borland Software Corporation
Championship Manager 93
DOS19934/5 Domark Software
Championship Manager Italia
DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
Data Perfect 2.6
DOS19933.5/5
Guns 'R' Us
DOS19933.8/5 Future Vision
Red sky at morning
DOS19933.9/5 Simulations Canada
Rules of Engagement 2
DOS19933.9/5 Omnitrend Software
Safe Opening Simulator
DOS19933.5/5
The Patcher 6.1
DOS19933.8/5
2112
DOS19943/5
Borland DBase 5
DOS19944/5 Borland Software Corporation
Codebreaker
DOS1994freeware3/5
Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01
DOS19943.7/5 Microsoft
AlphaMan
DOS19953.6/5