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Retro

Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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Text based

Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Five Days
Text-based console village building game!
DUDSS
Strategy
1 Billion Floors
Arduino skycraper clicker
wampapup
Simulation
Introitus
TheRealZFinch
Puzzle
Infinity Void: Oblitrix (0.14)
Text-Based
ThatOneBerzerk
Role Playing
GIF
ASCII Pong
a classic PONG game in your command prompt!
boldpeddler
Sports
Super Star Trek (BBC Micro 32k)
Stand-alone version of the classic terminal game
electron.greg
Simulation
Journey To The Otherside
You set out on a journey to find something but, oh no, there's some obstacles on the path.
single_image
Visual Novel
ELAI Batch AI companion
A text based companion with mini games.
MAJWCF1234
Interactive Fiction
Gary Lunchbreak's Poser Meltdown
A comedy text adventure of great importance...
Mr_J
Adventure
Ordál
Take on the role of an investigator from the Czech Republic in 1999.
Monitoring
Interactive Fiction
Mermaid Adventure TALP
A little text adventure underwater.
LeafletGames
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Island
Beginners text adventure for the ZX Spectrum 48k
Luny
Adventure
GIF
EXILE
A turn-based ASCII-art adventure game
Andy Miller
Ruby Dungeon (demo)
A roguelike dungeon crawler with authentic ASCII graphics
Bruoche
Role Playing
The Red Church
Discover some ruins. Face your destiny.
Luis S.
Role Playing
Shadow of Xephos & Honeydew
A Jaffa Cake Filled Choose-Your Own Adventure - Entry for the Yogscast GameJam 2021
NinjaConor
Adventure
Super Star Trek (CBM PET)
Stand-alone version of the classic terminal game
electron.greg
Simulation
Geophyte
An Open-source Traditional Roguelike
gamesm1th
Adventure
Gaming Quote Master!
​Test your knowledge of 200+ video game quotes! Are you a Gaming Quote Master!?
TrampolineTales
Puzzle
The Storm (2023)
Dareint
Interactive Fiction
Mirthville
Esfratch
Interactive Fiction
The King's Ball
The king is throwing a ball to support local businesses, but you're not invited. Can you find a way to sneak in?
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Cards Royale
Making a game work with the most basic java coding
Netradeepak
Adventure
Eighteen
Story game based upon Teenlife in the 1980's Suburban USA
Azurean88
Goldgräber
Die Suche nach Reichtum in einem irrwitzigen Textadventure
Vanterra Arts
Adventure
Space 1999 : INVASION
A GAC adventure set on Moon Base Alpha
ICreateworlds
Adventure
One Ticket For Kentucky (ZX Spectrum)
¡Una aventura donde no hay que teclear!
MEDEA
Interactive Fiction
Kenny Koala's Bushfire Survival Plan (TALP)
It's Kenny Koala's turn to be the bushfire warden. Help Kenny to complete all the tasks on his checklist.
Garry Francis
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
M O O N S H O T
Oregon Trail Clone themed for the Apollo Missions
@dylanlangston
Strategy
Supplicant - A Text Adventure for MS-DOS
A short text adventure created using a real 90's PC for real 90's PC's for LDJAM 50.
rojo
Adventure
NefariOS
The most egregious operating system devised
Diane Sparks
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Attic
What secrets might it hold?
Crabman
Interactive Fiction
camp check? [v0.21]
hanging out at a camp all night grinding XP with a bunch of randos
Board Golem
Simulation
Text RPG Crafter
The story continues.. probably until you close the game.
Siopaoboy
Interactive Fiction
Ecos de traición
¿Sacrificaréis la amistad por fuerza?
A.J.Luque
Adventure
Décafouilleur
Explorez le Château
studiointenebris
Interactive Fiction
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