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List of text-based computer games

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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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and others are 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,
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These games are played in a web browser and involve multiplayer components: based mainly around text but may have limited graphical user interfaces.
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Supports editing the character set to allow for more advanced graphical capabilities than most text mode games.
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are considered mainframes, in contrast to microcomputers, which are not.)
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The only entirely non-graphical text adventure ever published by
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Kemeny, John G.; Kurtz, Thomas E. (11 October 1968).
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