List of text-based computer games
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.
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[edit] 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.)
- M denotes the game is a MUD.
[edit] On personal computers
[edit] Commercial text adventure games
These are commercial interactive fiction games played offline.
[edit] Miscellaneous games
| Title | Year Created | Creator | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| combatgrounds | 2008 | war games | |
| Wizard's Castle | 1978? | Joseph R. Power | |
| Snipes | 1983 | SuperSet | |
| Beast | 1984 | Dan Baker, Alan Brown, Mark Hamilton and Derrick Shadel | |
| Pork | 2011 | Andy Brennan, Corben Eastman, TJ Guernsey, Catherine Oborski | Wordpress: porkadventures |
| Kingdom of Kroz | 1987 | Scott Miller of Apogee Software | |
| 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 |
[edit] Online games
[edit] 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 | |
| Llama Adventure | 2010 | John on Armorgames |
[edit] Flash-based Games
These are games that emulate text based games in Flash. Most are online games.
| Title | Year Created | Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Thy Dungeonman | January 2004 | The Brothers Chaps |
| Thy Dungeonman II | April 2004 | The Brothers Chaps |
| Thy Dungeonman III | April 2006 | The Brothers Chaps |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] MUDs
| Title | Year Created |
|---|---|
| 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 |
