Text-based games: ASCII, etc.

In the past, lots of games used ASCII characters (text) to represent the game world. These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.
A few genres traditionally linked to the beautiful world of ascii characters still survives: roguelikes (nethack, angband, etc.) and interactive fiction, for example.

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Hack

DOS1984freeware

Hacker 2: The Doomsday Papers

DOS1986 Activision

Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers is a video computer game developed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision. It was released in 1986 and is a sequel to the original Hacker game. The game was available for various home computer systems of the time, including the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.In Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers, players take...

Hamburger Hell

DOS1986remake

Hamurabi remake

DOS1996freewareremake

Hockey League Simulator

DOS1990 Bethesda Softworks

Hollywood Hijinx

DOS1986 Infocom

Holy Grail

DOS1984

IBM Assistant 2.0

DOS1986 IBM

IBM Fixed Disk Organizer

DOS1983 IBM

IBM Fullscreen Definition FSDPC

DOS1984 IBM

Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware

Indenture

DOS1995remake

Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients

DOS1987 Angelsoft

Infidel

DOS1983 Infocom

Inside Trader

DOS1987 Cosmi Corporation

James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS1985 Angelsoft

James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS1986 Angelsoft

James Clavell's Shogun

DOS1989 Infocom

James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is based on James Clavell's novel "Shogun" and follows the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes invol...