This is a new rogue-like that takes the original Rogue’s ASCII graphics and makes them three-dimensional. Now, your character can hold an “@” symbol and use it as a shield. ...

Brogue (2009) preserved the ASCII graphics of old with a smorgasbord of colors that brought them alive—not that colored ASCII was a new idea, but here it was done more artfully with shading and ...

I've always admired ASCII graphics, mainly due to my predilection towards retro gaming and large pixels in general. Just as a game like Portal twists your ideas of space and makes you think ...

Computer graphics have come a long way. ... You often hear this described as ASCII art, today, although hams usually use 5-bit BAUDOT code, so that’s a misnomer for those images, at least.

In the slides ahead, we'll take a look at seven of those classic IBM PC games that used ASCII characters for graphics. (As a result, you won't see any interactive fiction here.) ...

The 17-year-old classic Dwarf Fortress is considered a pioneer in gaming through its massive, highly interactive world, but it's a tough sell to modern gamers with its ASCII graphics and its ...

Instead of drawing ASCII art, you can also convert your pictures and graphics into ASCII format too. Web apps are the easiest ...

Its simple ASCII graphics, using a g for a goblin, an @ for the player, lines and dots for the level’s architecture, and so on, belie its incredible complexity.

Dwarf Fortress is as famous for its ASCII graphics as it is for its unparalleled depth as a procedurally generated simulation of existence. And while it's always been moddable, ...

The ASCII graphics have been upgraded to a pixel art tileset. Other new features include a fresh soundtrack and sound effects, a revamped user interface and menus, a tutorial for newcomers and ...

It featured text-based and ASCII graphics, and has been notorious as a difficult game to get into due to its complex systems and basic graphics.