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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Beyond the Titanic
DOS19863.8/5 Apogee Software
Arachne WWW
DOS1996freeware3.8/5
Arachne is a graphical web browser for DOS. Arachne was developed by Michal Polák and released in the early 1990s as a text-mode web browser with limited graphical capabilities. Arachne allowed DOS users to browse the World Wide Web in a graphical, though quite basic, manner. It supported features such as displaying images, handling lin...
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
Ascii Sector
WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
Amnesia
DOS19864/5 Cognetics corporation
Dragon World
DOS19843.9/5 Telarium
Football Fanatic
DOS1998freeware4/5
Wall Street Raider
DOS19864.4/5
The mist
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Bank Streek Writer Plus
DOS19863/5
ZAngband
WindowsMac OSDOSLinux1999freeware4.2/5
Zangband is a variant of the popular roguelike game Angband. Zangband, short for Zelazny Angband, was developed by Chris Weisiger and first released in 1994. The game features a fantasy world with diverse races, classes, and monsters. Players explore dungeons, caves, and other environments in a quest to reach the bottom level of the dungeon, d...
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Rules of Engagement
DOS19913.6/5 Omnitrend Software
Sleuth: A Murder Mystery
DOS1983freeware4.1/5 Norland Software
F-Prot
DOS19953.8/5
F-PROT is an antivirus developed by FRISK Software International. The name "F-PROT" stands for "FRISK-PROActive," emphasizing its proactive approach to virus detection and prevention. F-PROT Antivirus is designed to protect computer systems from various forms of malware, including viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious software.
Championship Manager Italia
DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac OS19864/5 TRANS Fiction Systems
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS19894/5 Infocom
PKzip
DOS1989protected4.1/5 PKware
James Bond 007: Goldfinger
DOS19864.1/5 Angelsoft
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill
DOS19853.9/5 Angelsoft
Acheton
DOS19873.7/5
Super ZZT
DOS19923.3/5 Epic MegaGames
Jewels of Darkness
DOS19864.2/5 Level 9 Computing
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Deadline
DOS19823.9/5 Infocom
Amulet of Yendor
DOS19853.6/5 Keypunch Software
Questprobe Featuring Spider-Man
DOS19864.1/5 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 ...
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Caverns of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software