List of text-based computer games

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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 of time.

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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 multi-user dungeon.

[edit] On personal computers

[edit] Roguelike games

Further information: List of roguelikes

[edit] Commercial text adventure games

These are commercial interactive fiction games played offline.

[edit] Amateur text adventure games

For amateur text adventure games, see Category:Interactive fiction, Interactive Fiction Competition and XYZZY Awards.

[edit] Miscellaneous games

The Interactive Fiction Archive (Guide) 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. The mainframe adventures page at Adventureland, while uneven in its coverage, is nonetheless preeminent in its documentation of these early games. MobyGames also maintains extensive accounts of games using 40-column and 80-column text modes.

[edit] Online games

[edit] Play-by-email games

These are play-by-email games played online.

[edit] BBS door games

These are BBS door games played online.

See also: Category:Door games

[edit] MUDs

See also: Category:MU* games

[edit] Other