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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Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Video Trek 88
DOS19823.9/5 Windmill Software
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS19873/5 Topologika Software
Infidel
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Meteors
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Hamburger Hell
DOS1986remake2.8/5
Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
The Usurper
DOS19893.8/5 Sir-tech Software
At-slow4
DOS19893.2/5
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Safe Opening Simulator
DOS19933.5/5
Caverns of Kroz 2
DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
Forbidden Castle
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Knight Exchange
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Gumboots Australia
DOS19904/5 Reckon Software
Codebreaker
DOS1994freeware3/5
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
DOS19964/5
Voodoo island
DOS19853.8/5 Angelsoft
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS19893/5 Dragonware Games
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS19873.4/5 Infocom
The Astronomy Quiz
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Mission: Mainframe
DOS19873.9/5
Megapede
DOS19923/5
The Golden Fleece
DOS19894/5