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| | Unnamed American football game<ref name="dtss196810">{{cite journal | url=http://dtss.dartmouth.edu/sciencearticle/index.html | title=Dartmouth Time-Sharing | author1=Kemeny, John G. | author2=Kurtz, Thomas E. | journal=Science | date=11 October 1968 | volume=162 | issue=3850 | pages=223–228 | doi=10.1126/science.162.3850.223 | pmid=5675464 | bibcode=1968Sci...162..223K | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221336/http://dtss.dartmouth.edu/sciencearticle/index.html | archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>||1968 or before||Unknown||For the ]. One of "many games" in library of 500 programs. | | Unnamed American football game<ref name="dtss196810">{{cite journal | url=http://dtss.dartmouth.edu/sciencearticle/index.html | title=Dartmouth Time-Sharing | author1=Kemeny, John G. | author2=Kurtz, Thomas E. | journal=Science | date=11 October 1968 | volume=162 | issue=3850 | pages=223–228 | doi=10.1126/science.162.3850.223 | pmid=5675464 | bibcode=1968Sci...162..223K | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221336/http://dtss.dartmouth.edu/sciencearticle/index.html | archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref>||1968 or before||Unknown||For the ]. One of "many games" in library of 500 programs. | ||
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| | '']''||1968||Doug Dyment||AKA ''Hamurabi'' | | '']''||1968||Doug Dyment||AKA ''Hamurabi'' | ||
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| | '']'' (script game)||1972||Don Daglow|| | | '']'' (script game)||1972||Don Daglow|| | ||
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| | ''Star Trader''||1982||], Kevin Ryan, ], ], and James Walters||A space game originally hosted on ]'s mainframe computer | |||
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| ===Text-Based Browser Multiplayer Games=== | ===Text-Based Browser Multiplayer Games=== | ||
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The following list of text-based games is not to be considered an authoritative, comprehensive listing of all such games; rather, it is intended to represent a wide range of game styles and genres presented using the text mode display and their evolution across a long period.
On mainframe computers
Years listed are those in which early mainframe games and others are believed to have originally appeared. Often these games were continually modified and played as a succession of versions for years after their initial posting. (For purposes of this list, minicomputers are considered mainframes, in contrast to microcomputers, which are not.)
On personal computers
Commercial text adventure games
These are commercial interactive fiction games played offline.
Miscellaneous games
| Title | Year Created | Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wizard's Castle | 1978 | Joseph R. Power | |
| Aliens | 1982 | Yahoo Software | Space Invaders clone for Kaypro. |
| CatChum | 1982 | Yahoo Software | Pac-Man clone for Kaypro. |
| Ladder | 1982 | Yahoo Software | Donkey Kong clone for Kaypro. |
| Text Train | 1982 | Bert Kersey, Beagle Bros Software | |
| Snipes | 1983 | SuperSet | |
| Sleuth | 1983 | Eric N. Miller | |
| Beast | 1984 | Dan Baker, Alan Brown, Mark Hamilton and Derrick Shadel | |
| Kingdom of Kroz | 1987 | Scott Miller of Apogee Software | |
| Mtrek | 1987 | Chuck Peterson of UCSC | |
| ZZT | 1991 | Tim Sweeney of Epic MegaGames | |
| Curses! | 1993 | Graham Nelson | |
| MegaZeux | 1994 | Alexis Janson of Software Visions | Supports editing the character set to allow for more advanced graphical capabilities than most text mode games. |
| Jigsaw | 1995 | Graham Nelson | |
| Chibot Ultra Battle | 1999 | ||
| PAEE | 1999 | Enrique D. Bosch | |
| For a Change | 1999 | Dan Schmidt | |
| Shade | 2000 | Andrew Plotkin | |
| Shrapnel | 2000 | Adam Cadre |
Online games
Play-by-email games
These are play-by-email games played online.
| Title | Year Created | Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Lords of the Earth | 1983 | |
| Quantum Space | 1989 | |
| Atlantis PbeM | 1993 | |
| Eressea PbeM | 1996 |
BBS door games
These are BBS door games played online.
| Title | Year Created | Creator |
|---|---|---|
| TradeWars 2002 | 1987 | Gary Martin for Martech Software |
| Legend of the Red Dragon | 1989 | Seth Able Robinson |
MUDs
For MUDs, see Chronology of MUDs.Text-Based Browser Multiplayer Games
Torn City (2003) is played in a web browser and involves multiplayer components: it is based mainly around text and has very limited graphical elements.
See also
References
- Kemeny, John G.; Kurtz, Thomas E. (11 October 1968). "Dartmouth Time-Sharing". Science. 162 (3850): 223–228. Bibcode:1968Sci...162..223K. doi:10.1126/science.162.3850.223. PMID 5675464. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- Michael R. Wilk (1 January 1987). "Enchanted Castle" – via Internet Archive.
- Lives, Avalon, The Legend. "Online RPG Game - Avalon - Text Based Games". Archived from the original on 2015-12-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Richard A. Bartle: Reviews - UK". Archived from the original on 2015-12-28.
- "Designing Virtual Worlds". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18.