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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Sorcerer
DOS1984 Infocom
Pro Manager
DOS1985 Avalon Hill
Pac Gal
DOS1982
The Shadows of Mordor
DOS1988 Beam Software
Moonmist
DOS1986 Infocom
Hack
DOS1984freeware
Executive Suite
DOS1982 Armonk Corporation
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Doszip Commander
DOS2007freeware
DND
DOS1984
Slash'Em
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1997freewareremake
SLASH'EM (Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic) is a roguelike game based on NetHack, one of the most famous dungeon-crawling games of all time. It expands upon NetHack 3.4.3, adding new monsters, items, spells, roles, an...
Magnetic Scrolls Collection
DOS1991 Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Gu...
Lancelot
DOS1988 Level 9 Computing
Stationfall
DOS1987 Infocom
Borland Turbo Pascal 1.0
DOS1983 Borland Software Corporation
Alice: The Personal Pascal
DOS1985
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987
Word Perfect 5
DOS1989 Corel
Caves of Thor
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
At the Carnival
DOS1990freeware
Step right up to At the Carnival (1990), a puzzle game that mixes traditional brain-teasers with the kind of carnival theming that makes you question whether the developers had ever actually been to one. Brought to you by Cliff Jo...
Borland Reflex 2.0
DOS1986 Borland Software Corporation
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Rawcopy
DOS1992
Jewels of Darkness
DOS1986 Level 9 Computing
Baseball Mogul
Windows XP/98/951997 Infinite Monkey Systems
Baseball Mogul (1997) was the original release that kicked off the whole franchise. Developed by Clay Dreslough and published by Infinite Monkey Systems, this was a pioneer in the world of sports management sims. It was released f...
Gumboots Australia
DOS1990 Reckon Software
Treasure Island
DOS1985 Byron Preiss Video Productions
Championship Manager 93
DOS1993 Domark Software
F-Prot
DOS1995
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