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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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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President Elect: 1988 Edition
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elections and allows players to take on the role of ca...
Plundered Hearts
DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
Planetfall
DOS1983 Infocom
Planetfall is an interactive fiction sci-fie game released in 1983 by Infocom, written by Steve Meretzky. It is often considered one of Infocom's best titles. You play as a low-ranking Ensign Seventh Class in the Stellar Patr...
PKzip
DOS1989protected PKware
Pac-girl
DOS1982 Magicom Multimedia
Pac Gal
DOS1982
Ooze: Creepy Nites
DOS1989 Dragonware Games
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS1992 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-Ni...
Omega
DOSLinux1988freeware
Objection!
DOS1992
Novell DOS 7
DOS1993 Novell
Norton Editor 2
DOS1990 Peter Norton Computing
Norton Desktop
DOS1992 Peter Norton Computing
Norton Commander 5.5
DOS1998 Peter Norton Computing
Norton Commander was one of the most popular and influential file management applications ever released for MS-DOS. Introduced in 1986, it featured an innovative, dual-pane interface that allowed users to perform tasks like copyin...
Norton Commander 1.0
DOS1986 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 ...
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
DOS1987 Infocom
NewsMaster
DOS1986
NetHack
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OSLinux1987freeware
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, t...
Myth
DOS1989 Magnetic Scrolls
Murder by the Dozen
DOS1983 BrainBank
Moria
DOS1992freeware
Moonmist
DOS1986 Infocom
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS1998
Monopoly
DOS1985
Mo'Slo
DOS1990protected 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&...
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987
Mindwheel
DOS1985 Synapse Software
Mindshadow
DOSMac OS1985 Interplay Productions
Mind Mirror
DOS1986
Midway Campaign
DOS1983 Microcomputer Games Inc.