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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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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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).
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 1
DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dungeon Master's Assistant Vol 2
DOS1989protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dungeons of Kroz
DOS1989freeware3.6/5 Apogee Software
Dungeons of Kroz 2
DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
Earthly delights
DOS19843.6/5 Datamost
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake3.3/5
Einstein Writer 7
DOS19853.5/5
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS19874/5 Northwest Software
Enchanter
DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Essex
DOS19853.6/5 Synapse Software
Evets
DOS1988freeware3.5/5 SAck Enterprizes
Executive Suite
DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation
F-Prot
DOS19953.8/5
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.
Farenheit 451
DOS19843.4/5 Telarium
Felony!
DOS19844/5 BrainBank
Fish!
DOS19883.8/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Football Fanatic
DOS1998freeware4/5
Forbidden Castle
DOS19854/5 Angelsoft
Forbidden Quest
DOS19833.8/5 Pryority software
FreeDOS Shell
DOS2002freeware3.6/5
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Global Thermo War
DOS19853.9/5
Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics
DOS19853.5/5 The Software Toolworks
Grand Prix
DOS19894/5 Wizard Games
Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy
DOS1988protected3.5/5 Paragon Software
Gumboots Australia
DOS19904/5 Reckon Software
Guns 'R' Us
DOS19933.8/5 Future Vision
GW-BASIC 3
DOS19884.1/5 Microsoft
GW-BASIC (short for Gee Whiz BASIC) is a dialect of the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It's one of the early implementations of BASIC and was included as the default programming environment in early versions of the MS-DOS operating system.GW-BASIC was initially released with MS-DOS 2.0 in 1983. Subsequent versions of MS...
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5