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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 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. (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 |
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Wizard's Castle | 1978? | Joseph R. Power |
Snipes | 1983 | SuperSet |
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 |
Sleuth | 1993 | Eric N. Miller |
MegaZeux | 1994 | Gregory Janson of Software Visions |
Chibot Ultra Battle | 1999 | |
PAEE | 1999 | Enrique D. Bosch |
combatgrounds | 2008 | war games |
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 | |
WW2 The Big One PbeM | 2010 |
BBS door games
These are BBS door games played online.
Title | Year Created | Creator |
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TradeWars 2002 | 1987 | Gary Martin for Martech Software |
Legend of the Red Dragon | 1989 | Seth Able Robinson |
MUDs
See also: Chronology of MUDsTitle | Year Created |
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MUD1 | 1978 |
Island of Kesmai | 1980 |
Scepter of Goth | 1983 |
MUD2 | 1985 |
Federation | 1988 |
Avalon | 1989 |
BatMUD | 1990 |
JediMUD | 1992 |
LegendMUD | 1994 |
The Carrion Fields | 1994 |
Materia Magica | 1996 |
ifMUD | 1997 |
Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands | 1997 |
OtherSpace | 1998 |
Aetolia, The Midnight Age | 2001 |
Federation II | 2003 |
Myths & Mortals | 2012 |
Other
- Rise to Glory (1997) by Jason Granum
- www.theyawhg.com