These are role-playing games that grew out of Dungeons and Dragons, an old text-based cult game that started in the 1960s.

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The game is text-based to a degree.

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But the text-based classic was one of my first video game experiences.

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The most popular game, we've found, in one called Air Lock, which is a text-based adventure set in space.

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