Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
dungeonmasterass1enc-1

Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1

DOS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
myth-ms-02

Myth

DOS19894.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
zork2-2

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

DOS19834.3/5 Infocom
prolog_001

Turbo Prolog 2.0

DOS1986protected4.1/5 Borland Software Corporation
borland-turbo-pascal-3-03

Borland Turbo Pascal 3.0

DOS19863.8/5 Borland Software Corporation
melody-maker-3-01

Melody Maker 3

DOS19923.8/5
word-perfect-5-02

Word Perfect 5

DOS19893.9/5 Corel
adom1.1-05

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
ascii-sector-02

Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5
angband-03

Angband

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1992freeware4/5
dungeon-crawl-dos-03

Dungeon Crawl

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware4/5
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 on 1997 but it's not maintained anymore. The spiritual successr of Crawl is DCCS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup).
borland-quattro-pro-03

Quattro Pro v4

DOS19913.8/5 Borland Software Corporation
plunderedhearts-1

Plundered Hearts

DOSMac19873.9/5 Infocom
galaxy-4

Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
ace2-compression-01

Ace 2.02

DOS20012.7/5
borland-turbo-c-2-02

Borland Turbo C v2

DOS19883.6/5 Borland Software Corporation
turbo-pascal-2-01

Borland Turbo Pascal 2.0

DOS19834/5 Borland Software Corporation
adventure-in-serenia-01

Adventure in Serenia

DOS19823.6/5 Sierra On-Line
hd-deskmate-01

DeskMate

DOS19842.8/5
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...
zork3-1

Zork III: The Dungeon Master

DOS19844/5 Infocom
xtrek91-02

Xtrek

DOS1991freewareNSFW4/5
norton-desktop1-02

Norton Desktop

DOS19924/5 Peter Norton Computing
alphaman-02

AlphaMan

DOS19953.6/5
ibm-visicalc-1-01

VisiCalc 1.0

DOS1979freeware4.3/5 Software Arts
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet software for personal computers, and it played a pivotal role in the early history of personal computing. It was developed by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston and first released in 1979 for the Apple II computer. VisiCalc is often considered the first electronic spreadsheet, and its success had a significant impact ...
championship-manager-italia-02

Championship Manager Italia

DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
uplink-v1.3-5

Uplink: Hacker Elite

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac2001protected4/5 Introversion Software Limited
Uplink is a computer hacking simulation game released in 2001 by Introversion Software. The game allows players to take on the role of a hacker for hire and engage in various hacking activities.In Uplink, players perform tasks such as hacking into systems, stealing data, and covering their tracks. The game features a realistic representation of hac...
dragonriderspern-1

Dragonriders of Pern

DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting
007-goldfinger-1

James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS19864.1/5 Angelsoft
starcross-01

Starcross

DOS19823.7/5 Infocom