This is a list of text-based games originally developed for a mainframe computer. Although some of the games are already available on Polarhome, the list is intended to inspire investigation for new games to install or port to Polarhome hosts.
Game | Year | Remarks |
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BBC | 1961 | Baseball simulation |
The Sumer Game | 1968 | AKA Hamurabi, Hammurabi |
Highnoon | 1970 | |
Baseball | 1971 | |
Oregon Trail | 1971 | |
Star Trek (strategy game) | 1971 | |
Hunt the Wumpus | 1972 | |
Star Trek (script game) | 1972 | |
TREK73 | 1973 | |
dnd | 1975 | |
Dungeon | 1975 | |
ColossalCaveAdventure? | 1976 | |
Empire | 1977 | |
Mystery Mansion | 1977 | |
Oubliette | 1977 | [[MUD?]] |
Zork | 1977 | |
Acheton | 1978 | |
DECWAR | 1978 | |
Avatar | 1979 | [[MUD?]] |
Battlestar | 1979 | |
Brand X | 1979 | AKA Philosopher's Quest |
HAUNT | 1979 | |
Martian Adventure | 1979 | |
New Adventure | 1979 | |
FisK? | 1980 | Text-based adventure |