Part of an ASCII by Axel Barebones for Remorse/Acid, re-published in Mistigris 9803.
The widest ASCII art ever? All aboard the impure!train, an Amiga-demo by Impure, 2017. Full video. Full image.
16 Horribly Boring Games That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Chair V2 by Michael Barash/Pureshadow (2002)
[Boring.zzt] – Title screen
Download / Explore boring16.zip on the Museum of ZZT
Play on Archive.orgIncludes fantastic games like Passage Pass:
Underwater Adventure:
Stairs:
And my favorite, Shark Aquarium:
So this is a joke, of course, but I do love Shark Aquarium. The details are so scant, and the sharks are basically just grey lines, but it still has more of a sense of place than it’s probably meant to.
These grid-like cave paintings were apparently made by neanderthals, some 60,000 years ago.
Sharp MZ-700 character sets (Japanese first, European second), from sharpmz.org. See sharpscii graphics here.
Legends of the Hidden Temple by Chris Kohler (1994)
[LEGENDS.ZZT] – Title screen
Download / Explore legends.zip on the Museum of ZZT
Play on Archive.org
Anti-fascist llamas in Grmmxi’s 2018 ASCII calendar.
Very textmodey profile by Ivo Brower for All Eyes On Type, a calligraphy and typography festival in Rotterdam in May.