Abandonware DOS title

The most popular text-based games

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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

Mindwheel

DOS1985 Synapse Software
puzzle-fun-pak-01

Puzzle Fun Pak

DOS1987freeware Apogee Software
objection-01

Objection!

DOS1992
codebreaker-02

Codebreaker

DOS1994freeware
Put on your mental trench coat, because Codebreaker is here to make you feel smart—or incredibly foolish. It’s a brain-teasing logic game where you deduce secret number...
ooze-01

Ooze: Creepy Nites

DOS1989 Dragonware Games
With a title like Ooze: Creepy Nites (1989, DOS), you’d expect something slimy and unsettling—and the game absolutely delivers. A hybrid of action and puzzle elements, ...
varicella-01

Varicella

DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1999freeware
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