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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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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Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
The mist
DOS1985 Angelsoft
James Bond 007: Goldfinger
DOS1986 Angelsoft
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
DOS1987 Infocom
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1
DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Borland Turbo C v1
DOS1987 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Turbo C v2
DOS1988 Borland Software Corporation
IBM Assistant 2.0
DOS1986 IBM
Moria
DOS1992freeware
Adventure Game Studio (AGS)
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS1997freeware
Adventure Game Studio (AGS) is a software development tool that enables users to create point-and-click adventure games. It was originally created by Chris Jones and has been used by game developers to produce a variety of 2D adventure games. AGS provides a scripting language, a visual editor, and various other tools to simplify the game developmen...
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware Apogee Software
Adventure in Serenia
DOS1982 Sierra On-Line
Word Perfect 5
DOS1989 Corel
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS1988 Beam Software
Borland Turbo Pascal 1.0
DOS1983 Borland Software Corporation
China Sea Trader
DOS1989
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware Norland Software
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man
DOS1986 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 ...
Borland Paradox 4.5
DOSWindows XP/98/951993 Borland Software Corporation
Amnesia
DOS1986 Cognetics corporation
Midway Campaign
DOS1983 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Borland Eureka: the Solver
DOS1987 Borland Software Corporation
Borland Eureka: the Solver is an abandoned text-based application developed by Borland Software Corporation and released in 1987 for DOS. The product is designed to solve complex problems, generate tables and plots, and perform what-if analysis. The user writes an equation, sets options, and instructs the software to solve the problem. The pro...
Alice: The Personal Pascal
DOS1985
Acquire
DOS1989 IBM
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
Rockstar!
DOS1989 Wizard Games
Galaxy
DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS1990 Apogee Software