Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by title, from Z to A
A few genres traditionally linked to the beautiful world of ascii characters still survives: roguelikes (nethack, angband, etc.) and interactive fiction, for example.
Sort by:
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected3.4/5 Cosmi Corporation
The Patcher 6.1
DOS19933.8/5
The mist
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
The Lurking Horror
DOS19874.1/5 Infocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
The Golden Fleece
DOS19894/5
The Final Crusade of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
The Astronomy Quiz
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Temple of Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.8/5 Apogee Software
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware3.5/5
Suspended
DOS19833.9/5 Infocom
Suspect
DOS19844.2/5 Infocom
Supernova
DOS1987freeware3.5/5 Apogee Software
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Stationfall
DOS19873.9/5 Infocom
Starcross
DOS19823.7/5 Infocom
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac19864/5 TRANS Fiction Systems
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS19854/5 Micromosaics
Star Trek: First Contact
DOS19883.6/5 Simon & Schuster Interactive
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS19873.6/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS19894.2/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
SRAM
DOS19873.5/5 ERE Informatique
Spellbreaker
DOS19853.9/5 Infocom
Sorcerer
DOS19844.1/5 Infocom
Softporn Adventure
DOS1981freewareNSFW4/5 Sierra On-Line
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95Linux1997freeware4.1/5
Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror
DOS19863.4/5