Long before Windows and GUI-based operating systems, text-based adventure games provided entertainment through compelling narratives and non-linear gameplay. AI Dungeon brings a new twist to this ...

In honor of the 2012 Interactive Fiction contest we’ll be featuring text-based games in this week’s Free Game Friday roundup. Not all of this week’s games come from the competition, but they ...

Everyone seems to love "retro" 8-bit video games, but it doesn't get much more retro than a text-based adventure. If you've never tried one before, or you're just bored and have a Mac nearby, open ...

Released in 2004, The Dreamhold is one of the newer games on this list, but it’s a great place to start because it features something old-school text games never bothered with: A tutorial.The ...

Popular text-based adventure game Lifeline was named Apple's App of the Week, and as a result, it's available to download for free for the first time since it launched in April of 2015.. Lifeline ...

The first of the text-based games available on Ink Console will be those developed by Singular 9, a one-man studio known previously for creating Gameboy games and an interactive game for e-readers.

Among the responses it offered is that it enjoyed text-based games. Then Gemini asked what games I like to play. (Image credit: Future) I explained my love of chess and poor modern video game skills.

Enterprising gamers are formatting vintage text-based adventure games—at the time of this writing, the legendary Zork I-III and 1988’s less-legendary Mini-Zork—for the Kindle and other ...

Among the responses it offered is that it enjoyed text-based games. Then Gemini asked what games I like to play. I explained my love of chess and poor modern video game skills.