ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.
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asciit – compact ASCII table
asciit is a more compact and intuitive ASCII table highlighting digits and letters.
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img2ascii – command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art
img2ascii is a command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art.
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Diagon – transforms markdown-style expression into an ascii-art representation
Diagon is an interactive interpreter. It transforms markdown-style expression into an ascii-art representation.
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Artem – convert images to ASCII art
Artem is a small cli program to easily convert images to ascii art, named after the Latin word for art.
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Letterpress – create attractive ASCII art
Letterpress converts your images into a picture made up of ASCII characters. Save the output to a file, copy it, and change its resolution.
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Calligraphy – turn text into ASCII banners
Calligraphy is a small utility which converts short texts into large, imposing banners made up of ASCII characters.
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Durdraw – ASCII, Unicode and ANSI art editor
Durdraw is an ASCII, Unicode and ANSI art editor which seeks inspiration from classic ANSI software such as TheDraw, Aciddraw and Pablodraw.
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0verkill – free 2D deathmatch game in ASCII art
0verkill is a client-server 2D deathmatch game in ASCII art. It supports free connecting / disconnecting during the game.
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DiabloRL – roguelike game
DiabloRL is a roguelike “unmake” of the popular Blizzard game Diablo 1 classic RPG to a turn-based ASCII roguelike.
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Dwarf Fortress – free single-player fantasy game
Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game, similar to NetHack. You control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated world.
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Ascii Sector – space combat/exploration/trading game
Ascii Sector is a space combat/exploration/trading game which is based on the classic computer game Wing Commander: Privateer.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source ASCII Games – Part 2
There are no fancy graphics here, just great gameplay coupled with the urge of always having just one more play.
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10 Fun Free and Open Source ASCII Games
There are no fancy graphics here, just great gameplay coupled with the urge of always having just one more play.
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asciiworld – world map depicted in ASCII
asciiworld offers world maps depicted in ASCII. asciiworld is free and open source.
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Linux Candy: Boxes – command line ASCII boxes
Boxes is a text filter which can draw ASCII art boxes around its input text. It can spice up news posting, emails, documenting files, and much more.
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Terminal Phase – space shooting game in your terminal
Terminal Phase is a space shooting game that runs in your terminal. It’s free and open source written in the Racket programming language.
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Linux Candy: lolcat – rainbows and unicorns
lolcat applies rainbow colors to text output in the terminal. It works in a similar way to the venerable cat command but jazzes things up.
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Linux Candy: cacafire – Color ASCII Fire
The nights are drawing in. You want to feel warm and toasty. And nothing beats a log fire. cacafire displays burning ASCII art flames.
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piu-piu – retro horizontal scroller ‘Shoot Them All’ game
piu-piu follows in the footsteps of well-traveled games. It’s a terminal based horizontal scroller game. There’s absolutely no fancy graphics, or immersive effects here. It’s ASCII graphics on the console.
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