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2018-04-22

2010s, 2017, character set, terminal, unicode.

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This recent Unicode-proposal about 8-bit character sets is a great initiative, although it only includes platforms that were popular in USA and UK. For now. ;) The uncredited PETSCII Darth Vader is by Ailadi, btw.

2018-04-21

2000s, 2009, shiftjis.

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Shift-JIS version of Petre Paul Rubens’ The descent from the cross, 1614.

2018-04-20

1990s, ascii.

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Part of an ASCII by Axel Barebones for Remorse/Acid, re-published in Mistigris 9803.

2018-04-19

2010s, 2017, amiga, animation, ansi, ascii, impure, scene.

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The widest ASCII art ever? All aboard the impure!train, an Amiga-demo by Impure, 2017. Full video. Full image.

2018-04-18

2000s, 2009, shiftjis.

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Shift-JIS version of Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso, 1937.

2018-04-17

2000s, 2002, ansi, DOS, game, zzt.

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obscuritory:

worldsofzzt:

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.org

Includes 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.

2018-04-16

ancient.

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These grid-like cave paintings were apparently made by neanderthals, some 60,000 years ago.

2018-04-15

character set, font, japan, MZ-700, SharpSCII.

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Sharp MZ-700 character sets (Japanese first, European second), from sharpmz.org. See sharpscii graphics here.

2018-04-14

1990s, 1994, ansi, DOS, game, zzt.

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worldsofzzt:

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

2018-04-13

2010s, 2017, amiga, ascii, finland, grmmxi, scene.

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Anti-fascist llamas in Grmmxi’s 2018 ASCII calendar.