10 classic text-based scifi adventure games

There’s something special about purely text-based games. Without graphics or music, they have only the deliberately chosen words to conjure up the setting in your mind.

And there’s nothing better than your imagination.

Here’s a list of 10 classic text-based scifi games that you might, or might not have heard of.

Leather Godesses Of Phobos - 1986

A comedic DOS game with a racy theme. It definitely doesn’t take itself seriously. You start the game in a bar, & head to the toilets when you’re abducted by aliens who are planning an invasion of Earth.

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