The best 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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The Golden Fleece
DOS19894/5
The Witness
DOS19834/5 Infocom
Turbo Assembler (TASM)
DOSWindows 3.xWindows XP/98/9519894/5 Borland Software Corporation
Turbo Assembler, often referred to as TASM, is an x86 assembler for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It was part of the Turbo Assembler/Turbo Debugger (TASM/TD) package that Borland released as part of their Turbo Assembler product line. Borland was a software company known for its development tools during the 1980s and 1990s.
Turbo Pascal 7
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS19924/5 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...
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).
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...
Xtrek
DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS19874/5 Northwest Software
Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients
DOS19874/5 Angelsoft
PKzip
DOS1989protected4/5 PKware
Borland Turbo Pascal 1.0
DOS19834/5 Borland Software Corporation
The mist
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor
DOS19874/5 Infocom
Moria
DOS1992freeware3.9/5
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 Infocom
Global Thermo War
DOS19853.9/5
Spellbreaker
DOS19853.9/5 Infocom
Stationfall
DOS19873.9/5 Infocom
Video Trek 88
DOS19823.9/5 Windmill Software
Red sky at morning
DOS19933.9/5 Simulations Canada
Questprobe featuring The Hulk
DOS19843.9/5 Adventure International
Doszip Commander
DOS2007freeware3.9/5
Ascii Sector
WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.9/5
Zyll
DOS19843.9/5 IBM
Suspended
DOS19833.9/5 Infocom
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Word Perfect 5
DOS19893.9/5 Corel