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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.
On Android phones
| Title | Year Created | Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snipes | 2017 | Charles Bergren of bdesigncorp.com | rewritten in Java |
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. |
| 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 | |
| The Gostak | 2001 | Carl Muckenhoupt | |
| Cantr II | 2001 | Jos Elkink | Text-Based Society Simulator |
| Deadline Enchanter | 2007 | Alan DeNiro | |
| combatgrounds | 2008 | war games | |
| sie fate | 2014 | fate team | |
| Tau Station | 2018 | Makes Dreams Happen | Narrative sci-fi MMORPG |
| Warsim: The Realm of Aslona | 2019 | Huw Millward | Complex kingdom management simulator with procedurally generated ascii art systems |
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.Other
- Multi-Trek (MTrek) (1986) by Chuck L. Peterson
- Imperium (1989) by Pocketfiction
- Rise to Glory (1997) by Jason Granum
- JavaTrek (JTrek) (2003) by Joe Hopkinson and Jay Ashworth
- "Thy Dungeonman" (2004) by The Brothers Chaps
- Text Gangsters (2014) by Pan Gamers
- "Crypt Shyfter" (2017) by Kung Fu Space Barbarian
- "DNDBBS" (1990) DNDBBS
See also
References
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