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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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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The Astronomy Quiz
DOS1988 Softdisk Publishing
Dragonriders of Pern
DOS1987 Everlasting
Pac Gal
DOS1982
Alice in Wonderland
DOS1989
Step into the rabbit hole - no, really, step carefully, or you’ll glitch right through the floor. Alice in Wonderland (1989, DOS) is a surreal, side-scrolling adventure that loosely follows the Lewis Carroll classic, if Lewis Carroll had a CRT monitor and a questionable understanding of collision detection. You play as Alice, wandering throug...
2112
DOS1994
Welcome to 2112, a game that predicted a grim techno-future back when floppy disks still ruled. This DOS-era oddity throws you into a world that’s part cyberpunk, part fever dream, and entirely confusing. It’s got clunky controls, yes, but also that charming old-school ambition where every corridor hides either doom or disappointment. T...
Bank Streek Writer Plus
DOS1986
Caverns of Chaos
DOS1992
CheckIt 3
DOS1990
Codebreaker
DOS1994freeware
IBM Fullscreen Definition FSDPC
DOS1984 IBM
Kingdom of Hamil
DOS1987 Topologika Software
Madball
DOS1985
Megapede
DOS1992
Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01
DOS1994 Microsoft
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS1989 Dragonware Games
The Three Musketeers
DOS1987 Greve Graphics
Hamburger Hell
DOS1986remake
Murder by the Dozen
DOS1983 BrainBank