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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.) ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

NetHack from aaaa to Zruty is our newest Let's Play series. I'm diving into the end-all-be-all of roguelikes, a game you may have heard of but probably haven't played.

Brutal is a cybergorgeous ASCII rogue-like come to life for PlayStation 4. Jeff Grubb @jeffgrubb. December 5, 2015 11:09 AM ...

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.