Abandonware DOS title

Text-based games: ASCII, etc. sorted by title, from Z to A

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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
onenil-3

One-Nil Soccer Manager

DOS19923.9/5 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
omega-rpg-01

Omega

DOSLinux1988freeware3.8/5
norton-editor2-01

Norton Editor 2

DOS19904.2/5 Peter Norton Computing
norton-desktop1-02

Norton Desktop

DOS19924/5 Peter Norton Computing
nortoncommander-5

Norton Commander 5.5

DOS19984.2/5 Peter Norton Computing
Norton Commander was one of the most popular file manager applications ever released for MS DOS. Its clever side-by-side windows interface and the ease of use allowed DOS users to copy, delete, move and preview any kind of file without the hassle of typing every command by hand. Norton Commander was first released in 1986, but the latest and final ...
norton-commander-1-04

Norton Commander 1.0

DOS19863.7/5 Peter Norton Computing
Norton Commander was a file manager and editor application released by Peter Norton Computing for DOS. Norton Commander used a text-based user interface with side-by-side panels and featured copy, delete, editing and preview any kind of file easily: it was an improvement over the command-line only MS-DOS interface. Norton Commander 1.0 was fir...
newsmaster-01

NewsMaster

DOS19863.5/5
nethack-2

NetHack

DOSWindows XP/98/95MacLinux1987freeware3.7/5
NetHack is an open-source roguelike game that's been around since the early 1980s. It's a single-player dungeon exploration game where you navigate your character through a randomly generated dungeon filled with monsters, traps, treasures, and various items. The goal is to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, located deep within the dungeon's lowest leve...
myth-ms-02

Myth

DOS19894.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
murder-by-the-dozen-01

Murder by the Dozen

DOS19832.7/5 BrainBank
moria-5

Moria

DOS1992freeware3.9/5
moonmist-1

Moonmist

DOS19863.8/5 Infocom
monopoly-04

Monopoly

DOS19853.9/5
moslodeluxe-1

Mo'Slo

DOS1990protected4.1/5 Dr.David's Super Crispy Software
The previous file hosted here was put online by mistake (it was the deluxe version, not the basic one). Copyright holders kindly allowed Abandonware DOS to link directly to their website where you can buy the deluxe version of Mo'Slo.
mission-mainframe-04

Mission: Mainframe

DOS19873.9/5
mindwheel-02

Mindwheel

DOS19853.2/5 Synapse Software
mindshadow-05

Mindshadow

DOSMac19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
mind-mirror-04

Mind Mirror

DOS19863.6/5
battleformidway-1

Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
msword-1-01

Microsoft Word

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19833.5/5 Microsoft
ms-diagnostics-3-01

Microsoft Diagnostics 3.01

DOS19943.7/5 Microsoft
mickey-space-adventure-04

Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS19853/5 Sierra On-Line
meteors-05

Meteors

DOS19893.6/5 Apogee Software
melody-maker-3-01

Melody Maker 3

DOS19923.8/5
megapede-02

Megapede

DOS19923/5
mathcad2-01

Math Cad 2.5

DOS19894.3/5
magnetic-scrolls-collection-02

Magnetic Scrolls Collection

DOS19914.1/5 Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
doslynx-01

Lynx

DOS1992freeware3/5