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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Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1
DOS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Myth
DOS19894.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
DOS19834.3/5 Infocom
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
DOS19874/5 Infocom
Turbo Prolog 2.0
DOS1986protected4.1/5 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Turbo Pascal 3.0
DOS19863.8/5 Borland Software Corporation
Melody Maker 3
DOS19923.8/5
Word Perfect 5
DOS19893.9/5 Corel
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Ascii Sector
WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5
Angband
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5
Dungeon Crawl
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).
Quattro Pro v4
DOS19913.8/5 Borland Software Corporation
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac19873.9/5 Infocom
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Ace 2.02
DOS20012.7/5
Borland Turbo C v2
DOS19883.6/5 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Turbo Pascal 2.0
DOS19834/5 Borland Software Corporation
Adventure in Serenia
DOS19823.6/5 Sierra On-Line
DeskMate
DOS19842.8/5
Deskmate is a software suite developed by Tandy Corporation that provided a graphical user interface (GUI) and a set of applications for personal computers. It was often bundled with Tandy's TRS-80 and Tandy 1000 series of computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Deskmate included various applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, calen...
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
DOS19844/5 Infocom
Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5
Norton Desktop
DOS19924/5 Peter Norton Computing
AlphaMan
DOS19953.6/5
VisiCalc 1.0
DOS1979freeware4.3/5 Software Arts
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet software for personal computers, and it played a pivotal role in the early history of personal computing. It was developed by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston and first released in 1979 for the Apple II computer. VisiCalc is often considered the first electronic spreadsheet, and its success had a significant impact ...
Championship Manager Italia
DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
Uplink: Hacker Elite
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac2001protected4/5 Introversion Software Limited
Uplink is a computer hacking simulation game released in 2001 by Introversion Software. The game allows players to take on the role of a hacker for hire and engage in various hacking activities.In Uplink, players perform tasks such as hacking into systems, stealing data, and covering their tracks. The game features a realistic representation of hac...
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting
James Bond 007: Goldfinger
DOS19864.1/5 Angelsoft
Starcross
DOS19823.7/5 Infocom