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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.
- Baseball (1971) by Don Daglow
- Star Trek (Text Game) (1971) by Mike Mayfield
- Hunt the Wumpus (1972) by Gregory Yob
- Star Trek (Script Game) (1972) by Don Daglow
- dnd (1975) by Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood
- Dungeon (1975) by Don Daglow
- Adventure by Will Crowther (1976)
- Zork (1977) by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels and Dave Lebling
- Rogue (1980) by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman (followed by many Roguelikes)
On Personal Computers
- Zork series (1979-) by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels and Dave Lebling
- The Hobbit by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler of Beam Software (1982)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky of Infocom (1984)
- A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky of Infocom (1985)
- Amnesia, by Thomas M. Disch (1987), the only text adventure ever published by Electronic Arts
- Jacaranda Jim (1987) by Graham Cluley
- Avalon, Legend Lives (1989-)
- Humbug (1990) by Graham Cluley
- Curses (1993) by Graham Nelson
- So Far (1996) by Andrew Plotkin
- Photopia (1998) by Adam Cadre
- Spider and Web (1998) by Andrew Plotkin
- PAEE (1999) by Enrique D. Bosch
- Galatea (2000) by Emily Short
- Babel (2000)
- Fail Safe (2000) by Jon Ingold
- All Roads (2001) by Jon Ingold
- Ultimate Dominion (2002-???)
- Chibot Ultra Battle (1999) by Noah Kronemeyer
The Interactive Fiction Archive currently contains a far more comprehensive list of text adventure games and related materials.
See also
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