Abandonware DOS title

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
returntodoom-1

Return to Doom

DOS19883.8/5 Topologika Software
romanticdome-1

Romantic encounters at the dome

DOS19883.9/5 MicroIllusions
startrek1stcontact-1

Star Trek: First Contact

DOS19883.6/5 Simon & Schuster Interactive
pasrun_001

The Astronomy Quiz

DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
the-president-is-missing-02

The President is Missing

DOS1988protected3.4/5 Cosmi Corporation
shadowsmordor-3

The Shadows of Mordor

DOS19883.7/5 Beam Software
time-and-magik-03

Time and Magik: The Trilogy

DOS19884.1/5 Level 9 Computing
amaze-02

A-Maze

DOS19894.2/5 New Era Software
acquire-1

Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 IBM
alice-wonderland-if-01

Alice in Wonderland

DOS19893.3/5
arthur-excalibur-02

Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

DOS19894/5 Infocom
at-slow-1

At-slow4

DOS19893.2/5
avon-1

Avon

DOS19893.4/5 Topologika Software
caverns-of-kroz-2

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
caverns-of-kroz-2-2

Caverns of Kroz 2

DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
caves-of-thor-05

Caves of Thor

DOS19893.4/5 Apogee Software
chinaseatrader-2

China Sea Trader

DOS19893.5/5
demon-tomb-02

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS19893.3/5 Silhouette Software
dmassistant2-1

Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2

DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
dungeonkroz-1

Dungeons of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
dungeons_kroz2_003

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
grand-prix-hole-03

Grand Prix

DOS19894/5 Wizard Games
js-shogun-02

James Clavell's Shogun

DOS19894.2/5 Infocom
legend-of-the-red-dragon-04

Legend of the Red Dragon

DOS19893.5/5 Robinson Technologies
mathcad2-01

Math Cad 2.5

DOS19894.3/5
meteors-05

Meteors

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
myth-ms-02

Myth

DOS19894.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
ooze-01

Ooze: Creepy Nites

DOS19893/5 Dragonware Games
pkunzip-1

PKzip

DOS1989protected3.9/5 PKware