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The Lost Adventures of Kroz was the last released entry in the Kroz series, created by Apogee founder Scott Miller and released in 1990. Being the Kroz series' "swan song", this entry featured a whopping 75 levels. A fitting finale to a great series. A great game by itself.
Diamaze is an ASCII adventure/strategy game released for MS-DOS in 1990.
Return to Kroz is the 1st of the Super Kroz Trilogy. This one offers 20 levels featuring the same ASCII graphics and one screen puzzle adventure gameplay as all other Kroz titles.
Dungeons of Kroz is the 2nd installment in the Original Kroz Trilogy created by Apogee founder Scott Miller. This time, 30 levels await a challenger. Otherwise, in gameplay and the use of ASCII characters as graphics the game is identical to Kingdom of Kroz.
Caverns of Kroz is the 3rd game in the Original Kroz Trilogy made by Apogee founder Scott Miller in 1989. This one offers 40 levels. Gameplay and of course the use of ASCII characters as graphics are identical to Kingdom of Kroz.
A semi-real-time roguelike by Michael Steven Höenie, released under several different names from 1988 to 1992.
An ASCII/text based puzzle platformer by Neil A. Drage, released to the public domain in 1989.
A BBS door, or online game, Legend of the Red Dragon is a text-based, multiplayer online RPG. Players fight monsters, duel each other, and level up, with the goal of defeating the Red Dragon which is threatening the town.
Kingdom of Kroz is the first game in the Kroz series created by Scott Miller. It is also the first game released by Apogee Software.
Players must collect ampersats while evading enemies - including the titular banana-like creatures.
Lawn Mower is an ASCII lawn-mowing simulator, released by Christopher D. Orr in 1987 for DOS.
A dos turn-based multiplayer game about taking over the galaxy.
Inspired by Rogue, NetHack is an ASCII-based RPG in which the player must navigate the Mazes of Menace in search of the Amulet of Yendor for his deity.
MUD2 is the successor of MUD1, Roy Trubshaw's pioneering Multi-User Dungeon. This new version of Mud was created by Richard Bartle.
An ASCII-based RPG where death is swift and around every corner.
An ASCII-based roguelike RPG, named after the Mines of Moria from The Lord of the Rings.
A text-mode DOS game created in 1983 by SuperSet Software. It was one of the first network multiplayer game.
Rogue is a classic ASCII-based RPG, infamous for its difficulty. It is known for spawning its own genre, called Roguelikes, and its influences can still be seen in a wide variety of other games.
Manbiki Shounen is widely credited as being the first stealth game. It was developed by Hiroshi Suzuki and debuted in November of 1979.
Warsim Rpg is a randomly generated text-based kingdom management game
Stone Story RPG is a role-playing game built entirely out of ASCII.
An ASCII roguelike, swapping the usual fantasy theme for sci-fi.
Defend your tribe of Kobolds from bloodthirsty adventurers
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