Abandonware DOS title

Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by title, from Z to A

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
dragon-world-01

Dragon World

DOS19844.2/5 Telarium
dracula-in-london-03

Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
dr-ruth-game-02

Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS19863.6/5 Avalon Hill
doszipcommander-1

Doszip Commander

DOS2007freeware3.9/5
dosbox-1

DOSBox

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac2002freeware4/5
DOSBox is an open-source emulator that allows you to run software and games designed for the MS-DOS operating system on modern computers. As you probably already know, MS-DOS was a popular operating system used in the 1980s and early 1990s. DOSBox emulates the necessary hardware components and provides a DOS-like environment, allowing users to...
dos-navigator-1-01

DOS Navigator v 1.5

DOS1991freeware4.1/5
dnd_text-02

DND

DOS19844.1/5
hd-deskmate-01

DeskMate

DOS19843.3/5
Deskmate is a software suite developed by Tandy Corporation that provided a graphical user interface (GUI) and a set of applications for personal computers. It was often bundled with Tandy's TRS-80 and Tandy 1000 series of computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Deskmate included various applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, calen...
demon-tomb-02

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS19893.3/5 Silhouette Software
deadline-2

Deadline

DOS19823.8/5 Infocom
dbase3-02

dBASE III

DOS19844.3/5
dBASE III is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that was popular in the late 1980s. It was developed by Ashton-Tate, a software company. dBASE III was a successor to the earlier dBASE II and was part of a series of dBASE products. dBASE III played a significant role in the history of database management systems, especially during ...
dataperfect26-02

Data Perfect 2.6

DOS19933.5/5
cutthroats-02

Cutthroats

DOS19843.3/5 Infocom
crime-and-punishment-05

Crime and Punishment

DOS19844.1/5 Mindscape
corporate-raider-2

Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street

DOS1988protected3.8/5 SoftServ
corewar-plus-05

Core War Plus

DOS19843.9/5
codebreaker-02

Codebreaker

DOS1994freeware3/5
classic-hangman-05

Classic Hangman

DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
chinaseatrader-2

China Sea Trader

DOS19893.5/5
checkit-3-02

CheckIt 3

DOS19902.8/5
championship-manager-italia-02

Championship Manager Italia

DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
champ-manager-93-01

Championship Manager 93

DOS19934/5 Domark Software
championship-manager-1-01

Championship Manager

DOS19924.1/5 Domark Software
Championship Manager is the first chapter in one of the most successful football manager games series. The first Championship Manager was a text-based British football/soccer simulation and included teams from four English divisions, European cups and domestic cups as well. Championship Manager was designed by Paul and Oliver Collyer and ...
caves-of-thor-05

Caves of Thor

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

Caverns of Kroz 2

DOS19893.3/5 Apogee Software
caverns-of-kroz-2

Caverns of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
castleelsinore-1

Castle Elsinore

DOS19923.5/5 Temple Software
castle-adventure-04

Castle Adventure

DOS1984freeware4.2/5
cascade-01

Cascade

DOS19904.1/5 PC Solutions
business-simulator-03

Business Simulator

DOS19873.9/5 Reality Development
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.