Abandonware DOS title

Text-based games: ASCII, etc.

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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 These text-only video games may seem primitive and outdated and, in fact, the genre almost died with the fast evolving graphics of modern games.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.
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global-thermo-war-02

Global Thermo War

DOS1985
golden-oldies-v-03

Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics

DOS1985 The Software Toolworks
grand-prix-hole-03

Grand Prix

DOS1989 Wizard Games
guardinfinity-splash

Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy

DOS1988protected Paragon Software
gumboots-australia-02

Gumboots Australia

DOS1990 Reckon Software
guns-r-us-02

Guns 'R' Us

DOS1993 Future Vision
gwbasic-03

GW-BASIC 3

DOS1988 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 ...
hack-5

Hack

DOS1984freeware
hacker-2-doomsday-papers-3

Hacker 2: The Doomsday Papers

DOS1986 Activision
Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers is a video computer game developed by Steve Cartwright and published by Activision. It was released in 1986 and is a sequel to the original Hacker ga...
hamburger-hell-02

Hamburger Hell

DOS1986remake
hamurabi-01

Hamurabi remake

DOS1996freewareremake
hockey-league-simulator-03

Hockey League Simulator

DOS1990 Bethesda Softworks
hollywoodhij-splash

Hollywood Hijinx

DOS1986 Infocom
holy-grail-04

Holy Grail

DOS1984
ibm-filing-assistant-02

IBM Assistant 2.0

DOS1986 IBM
ibm-fixed-disk-organizer-01

IBM Fixed Disk Organizer

DOS1983 IBM
ibm-fullscreen-03

IBM Fullscreen Definition FSDPC

DOS1984 IBM
incursion-04

Incursion

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware
indenture-02

Indenture

DOS1995remake
indiana-jones-revenge-of-the-ancients-01

Indiana Jones: Revenge of the Ancients

DOS1987 Angelsoft
infidel-splash

Infidel

DOS1983 Infocom
In Infidel, you play a not-so-noble adventurer whose moral compass is spinning like a broken ceiling fan. As a treasure-hungry explorer poking around an ancient Egyptian tomb, you ...
inside-trader-04

Inside Trader

DOS1987 Cosmi Corporation
If you’ve ever wondered what the world of finance might look like as a video game—minus the existential dread—Inside Trader has you covered. This quirky DOS title...
jamesbondview2kill-splash

James Bond 007: A View to a Kill

DOS1985 Angelsoft
007-goldfinger-1

James Bond 007: Goldfinger

DOS1986 Angelsoft
js-shogun-02

James Clavell's Shogun

DOS1989 Infocom
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one o...
javelin-spreadsheet-01

Javelin

DOS1985
jewels-of-darkness-06

Jewels of Darkness

DOS1986 Level 9 Computing
hamil-01

Kingdom of Hamil

DOS1987 Topologika Software
kingdomkroz-splash

Kingdom of Kroz

DOS1988freeware Apogee Software
kingdom-of-kroz-2-splash

Kingdom of Kroz 2

DOS1990 Apogee Software
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