The first text adventures were by a guy named Scott Adams. Back when we had our TRS-80 we bought the Scott Adams gold collection which came with 12 adventures on 12 cassette tapes. Those included Adventureland, Pirate Adventure, and Mystery Fun House.

Infocom was the next big text adventure makers I remember. Zork, Hitchhiker's Guide, Suspended, Planetfall, Leather Goddess of Phobos, Infidel ... so many more.

There were lots and lots of other ones that were by companies I can't remember. One was Rambo. I remember the game started with you parachuting out of a plane and landing in a forest. After about three moves, I would get killed every time. Eventually I figured out that it helped to hide your parachute!!! Another I remember was one where you were a judge and you had to judge cases and stuff.

Leather Goddess and moreso Farmer's Daughter both contained "adult" content. Man I wanted to score with that Farmer's Daughter SO BAD!