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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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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F-Prot
DOS1995
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Executive Suite
DOS1982 Armonk Corporation
Evets
DOS1988freeware SAck Enterprizes
Essex
DOS1985 Synapse Software
Enchanter
DOS1983 Infocom
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS1987 Northwest Software
Einstein Writer 7
DOS1985
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake
Earthly delights
DOS1984 Datamost
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS1989 Apogee Software
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware Apogee Software
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1
DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dungeon Crawl
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware
Dungeon Crawl (also known as Linley's Dungeon Crawl from the name of the original programmer: Linley Henzell) is a classic roguelike: an RPG with permadeath, procedural generation and high replayability. Dungeon Crawl was released...
Druglord
DOS1991
Dream Zone
DOS1988 Naughty Dog
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 Everlasting
Dragon World
DOS1984 Telarium
Dracula in London
DOS1988 SDJ Enterprises
Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex
DOS1986 Avalon Hill
Doszip Commander
DOS2007freeware
DOSBox
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2002freeware
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DOS Navigator v 1.5
DOS1991freeware
Doom: The Roguelike
DOS2005freeware
DND
DOS1984
DeskMate
DOS1984
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Demon's Tomb: The Awakening
DOS1989 Silhouette Software
Deadline
DOS1982 Infocom
dBASE III
DOS1984 Ashton-Tate
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