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* '']'' (1971) by ]
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* '']'' (1972) by ] * '']'' (1972) by ]
* '']'' (]) by Don Daglow * '']'' (]) by Don Daglow
* '']'' (1975) by ] and ] * '']'' (1975) by ] and ]
* '']'' (1975) by Don Daglow * '']'' (1975) by Don Daglow
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* ''] (1977)
* '']'' (1977) by ] M
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* '']'' (1978) by ], ] and ]
* '']'' (1978)
* '']'' (1979) by ] and ] M
* '']'' (1979) by ]
* ''Brand X'' (1979) (aka ]) by ] and ]
* '']'' (1979) by ]
* '']'' (1979) by ] and ]
* '']'' (1979) by ]
* '']'' (1980) by ], ] and ]
* '']'' (1980) by ]
* '']'' (1980) by ]
* '']'' (]) by ] and ] (followed by many ]) * '']'' (]) by ] and ] (followed by many ])
* '']'' (1981) by ]
* '']'' (1982)
* '']'' (1983) by ]
* '']'' (1987) by ]
* '']'' (1987) M
* '']'' (1987) by ]
* '']'' (1987) by ]

:M denotes the game is a ] (Multi-User Dungeon).


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On Mainframe Computers

Years listed are those in which the game is believed to have originally appeared. Often these games were continually modified and played as a succession of versions for years after their initial posting.

M denotes the game is a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon).

On Personal Computers

B denotes a BBS door game played on-line 1 denotes a 1st prize placing in the annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 1~ denotes a 1st prize placing in one of the two categories in the segregated-by-programming-language 1st annual Interactive Fiction Competition, a policy discontinued the following year.

The Interactive Fiction Archive currently contains a far more comprehensive list of text adventure games and related materials, while the Tribute to Text-Mode Games site contains a great deal of information on and downloads of games that use text for illustrative rather than descriptive purposes.

See also

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