The best text-based games
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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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Infidel
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake3.3/5
Hollywood Hijinx
DOS19863.3/5 Infocom
Knight Exchange
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
At-slow4
DOS19893.2/5
DeskMate
DOS19843.2/5
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...
Kingdom of Kroz 2
DOS19903.2/5 Apogee Software
Mindwheel
DOS19853.2/5 Synapse Software
The Astronomy Quiz
DOS19883.2/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS19873.2/5 Everlasting
CheckIt 3
DOS19903.1/5
Mickey's Space Adventure
DOS19853.1/5 Sierra On-Line
Return to Kroz
DOS1990freeware3.1/5 Apogee Software
Ace 2.02
DOS20013.1/5
2112
DOS19943/5
At the Carnival
DOS1990freeware3/5
Bank Streek Writer Plus
DOS19863/5
Black Friday
DOS19833/5
Caverns of Chaos
DOS19923/5
Codebreaker
DOS1994freeware3/5
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS19873/5 Topologika Software
Lynx
DOS1992freeware3/5
Madball
DOS19853/5
Megapede
DOS19923/5
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS19893/5 Dragonware Games
Pac Gal
DOS19823/5
The Three Musketeers
DOS19873/5 Greve Graphics
Hamburger Hell
DOS1986remake2.8/5
Murder by the Dozen
DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank