The most popular text-based games

In the past, lots of games used ASCII characters (text) to represent the game world. These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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CheckIt 3

DOS19903.1/5

Borland Turbo C v1

DOS19874.2/5 Borland Software Corporation

Quattro Pro v4

DOS19913.8/5 Borland Software Corporation

Turbo Prolog 2.0

DOS1986protected4.1/5 Borland Software Corporation

Arj

DOS19904.3/5

ARJ is a file compression utility and file format created by Robert K. Jung. The name "ARJ" stands for "Archived by Robert Jung." It was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a compression tool for MS-DOS and other systems. ARJ offered high compression ratios and various features, such as archive encryption and error recovery.

Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1

DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Melody Maker 3

DOS19924.3/5

Borland Turbo Pascal 3.0

DOS19864/5 Borland Software Corporation

Norton Editor 2

DOS19904.2/5 Peter Norton Computing

Angband

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5

Norton Desktop

DOS19924/5 Peter Norton Computing

Borland Turbo C v2

DOS19883.7/5 Borland Software Corporation

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).

Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 Infocom

Championship Manager Italia

DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited

Executive Suite

DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation

Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor

DOS19874/5 Infocom

Adventure in Serenia

DOS19823.6/5 Sierra On-Line

Dragonriders of Pern

DOS19873.2/5 Everlasting

Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man

DOS19864.1/5 Adventure International

Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is an abandoned text-based adventure game designed by Scott Adams, developed and released by Adventure International in 1986 for DOS but was also published for Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum, MSX. Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man is part of the Questprobe game series, the ...

Uplink: Hacker Elite

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001protected4/5 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...