Play QuickBASIC German Online

QuickBASIC German is one of those oddball MS-DOS relics that somehow makes learning German feel like solving tiny coding puzzles. You’d write these simple BASIC programs—nothing fancy, just loops and print commands—but instead of "Hello World," you’re outputting German phrases. It’s the kind of thing that shouldn’t work, but there’s something weirdly satisfying about seeing "Guten Tag" pop up because you typed the right line of code.

It’s definitely more of a niche curiosity than a proper game, but if you’ve ever wanted to combine debugging with vocabulary drills, this is your weird little paradise. The interface screams 1990s educational software, complete with blocky fonts and that particular shade of blue every DOS program loved. I wouldn’t call it addictive, but there’s charm in its clunkiness—like finding an old textbook with scribbles in the margins.

Honestly, half the appeal now is how bizarrely specific it is. Where else can you accidentally learn German while writing a program that counts to ten? It’s a time capsule for nerds who miss when "interactive learning" meant typing commands instead of clicking through slick apps.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".