Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by release date
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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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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Dragonriders of Pern
DOS19873.2/5 Everlasting
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS19874/5 Northwest Software
Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients
DOS19874/5 Angelsoft
Inside Trader
DOS19874.1/5 Cosmi Corporation
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS19873/5 Topologika Software
Lawn Mower
DOS19873.8/5
Mission: Mainframe
DOS19873.9/5
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware3.7/5
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS19873.4/5 Infocom
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS19873.9/5 Infocom
President Elect: 1988 Edition
DOS1987protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elections and allows players to take on the role of campaign managers in an effort to help their candidate win the election. Players can simulate U.S. presidential elect...
SRAM
DOS19873.5/5 ERE Informatique
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS19873.6/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Stationfall
DOS19874/5 Infocom
Supernova
DOS1987freeware3.5/5 Apogee Software
The Lurking Horror
DOS19874.1/5 Infocom
The Three Musketeers
DOS19873/5 Greve Graphics
A Dudley Dilemma
DOS19883.3/5
Borland Turbo C v2
DOS19883.7/5 Borland Software Corporation
Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street
DOS1988protected3.8/5 SoftServ
Dracula in London
DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Dream Zone
DOS19884.2/5 Naughty Dog
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1
DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake3.3/5
Evets
DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software
GW-BASIC 3
DOS19884.1/5 Microsoft
GW-BASIC (short for Gee Whiz BASIC) is a dialect of the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It's one of the early implementations of BASIC and was included as the default programming environment in early versions of the MS-DOS operating system.GW-BASIC was initially released with MS-DOS 2.0 in 1983. Subsequent versions of MS...
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware3.7/5 Apogee Software
Knight Exchange
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing