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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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...
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
DOS19844/5 Infocom
Zyll
DOS19843.9/5 IBM
A Mind Forever Voyaging
DOSMac19854.1/5 Infocom
Air Traffic Controller
DOS19854.2/5 Cascoly Software
Alice: The Personal Pascal
DOS19854.3/5
Amulet of Yendor
DOS19853.6/5 Keypunch Software
Armchair Quarterback
DOS19854.1/5
Brimstone
DOS19853.4/5 Synapse Software
Einstein Writer 7
DOS19853.5/5
Essex
DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
Forbidden Castle
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Global Thermo War
DOS19853.9/5
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics
DOS19853.5/5 The Software Toolworks
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Javelin
DOS19853.3/5
Madball
DOS19853/5
Mickey's Space Adventure
DOS19853/5 Sierra On-Line
Mindshadow
DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
Mindwheel
DOS19853.2/5 Synapse Software
Monopoly
DOS19853.9/5
Pro Manager
DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill
Rambo First Blood Part 2
DOS19854.1/5 Angelsoft
Spellbreaker
DOS19853.9/5 Infocom
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS19854/5 Micromosaics
The mist
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Treasure Island
DOS19853.5/5 Byron Preiss Video Productions
Voodoo island
DOS19853.8/5 Angelsoft
Wishbringer
DOS19853.7/5 Infocom