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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Ace 2.02
DOS20012.7/5
Classic Hangman
DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
Turbo Pascal 7
DOSWindows 3.xMac19924/5 Borland Software Corporation
Turbo Pascal 7 (TP7) is a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed by Borland as an evolution of their earlier Turbo Pascal versions. Turbo Pascal 7 was released around 1992.Turbo Pascal 7 gained popularity in educational settings and among hobbyist progra...
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS19864.2/5 Infocom
ZZT
DOS1991freeware4.2/5 Epic MegaGames
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS19923.9/5 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
Championship Manager
DOS19924.1/5 Domark Software
Championship Manager is the first chapter in one of the most successful football manager games series. The first Championship Manager was a text-based British football/soccer simulation and included teams from four English divisions, European cups and domestic cups as well. Championship Manager was designed by Paul and Oliver Collyer and ...
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting
Amnesia
DOS19864/5 Cognetics corporation
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
DOS19894/5 Infocom
Championship Manager Italia
DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
B-1 Nuclear Bomber
DOS19813.6/5 Avalon Hill
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware4.2/5
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
Windows XP/98/95Mac20033.4/5
Alice: The Personal Pascal
DOS19854.3/5
TomeNET
Windows XP/98/95Linux2003freeware4.4/5
PKzip
DOS1989protected4/5 PKware
Moria
DOS1992freeware3.9/5
Rambo First Blood Part 2
DOS19854.1/5 Angelsoft
Breakers
DOS19864.1/5 Synapse Software
Enchanter
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Star Trek: First Contact
DOS19883.6/5 Simon & Schuster Interactive
Time and Magik: The Trilogy
DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
DOS19884.1/5 Challenge
Wishbringer
DOS19853.7/5 Infocom
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS19983.9/5
Executive Suite
DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware4.2/5 Norland Software
Pro Manager
DOS19853.5/5 Avalon Hill
Football Fanatic
DOS1998freeware4/5