Abandonware DOS title

Text-based games: ASCII, etc.

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
deadline-2

Deadline

DOS19823.8/5 Infocom
demon-tomb-02

Demon's Tomb: The Awakening

DOS19893.3/5 Silhouette Software
hd-deskmate-01

DeskMate

DOS19843.3/5
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...
dnd_text-02

DND

DOS19844.1/5
dos-navigator-1-01

DOS Navigator v 1.5

DOS1991freeware4.1/5
dosbox-1

DOSBox

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac2002freeware4/5
DOSBox is an open-source emulator that allows you to run software and games designed for the MS-DOS operating system on modern computers. As you probably already know, MS-DOS was a popular operating system used in the 1980s and early 1990s. DOSBox emulates the necessary hardware components and provides a DOS-like environment, allowing users to...
doszipcommander-1

Doszip Commander

DOS2007freeware3.9/5
dr-ruth-game-02

Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS19863.6/5 Avalon Hill
dracula-in-london-03

Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
dragon-world-01

Dragon World

DOS19844.2/5 Telarium
dragonriderspern-1

Dragonriders of Pern

DOS19873.1/5 Everlasting
dream-zone-02

Dream Zone

DOS19884.2/5 Naughty Dog
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).
dungeonmasterass1enc-1

Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1

DOS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
dmassistant2-1

Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2

DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
dungeonkroz-1

Dungeons of Kroz

DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
dungeons_kroz2_003

Dungeons of Kroz 2

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
earthlydelights-1

Earthly delights

DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
egatrek-03

EGA Trek

DOS1988remake3/5
einstein-writer-01

Einstein Writer 7

DOS19853.5/5
empire1-1

Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS19874/5 Northwest Software
enchanter-1

Enchanter

DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
essex-02

Essex

DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
evets-5

Evets

DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
esuite_001

Executive Suite

DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation
f-prot-01

F-Prot

DOS19953.3/5
F-PROT is an antivirus developed by FRISK Software International. The name "F-PROT" stands for "FRISK-PROActive," emphasizing its proactive approach to virus detection and prevention. F-PROT Antivirus is designed to protect computer systems from various forms of malware, including viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious software.
farehneith451-04

Farenheit 451

DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
felony-02

Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
fish-01

Fish!

DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls