That's a tricky question. How fast do you want to go? Are you willing to work your way up from text-based games? For that matter, are you willing to learn the basics of programming before you dive into game development? And I forgot to ask if you'd rather make desktop games or browser games.
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Of course there were! That was the golden age of amateur interactive fiction. Check out the IFDB. For that matter, check out the text-based tag right here on itch.io, because there's a lot of good stuff in it.