Abandonware DOS title

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
codebreaker-02

Codebreaker

DOS1994freeware
druglord-01

Druglord

DOS1991
hamil-01

Kingdom of Hamil

DOS1987 Topologika Software
madball-02

Madball

DOS1985
megapede-02

Megapede

DOS1992
ms-diagnostics-3-01

Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01

DOS1994 Microsoft
ooze-01

Ooze: Creepy Nites

DOS1989 Dragonware Games
3-musketeers-fr-02

The Three Musketeers

DOS1987 Greve Graphics
hamburger-hell-02

Hamburger Hell

DOS1986remake
murder-by-the-dozen-01

Murder by the Dozen

DOS1983 BrainBank