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You control a little ASCII guy made of slashes and brackets, jumping over underscore pits and dodging rolling 'O's in a maze that looks like a glitched terminal window—one wrong move and it's back to square one.

File size: 121 KB

Game Overview

Ever booted up an old DOS game and felt that weird mix of nostalgia and frustration? The Amazing Adventures of ANSI Dude nails it—you play as a little stick figure made of slashes and brackets, jumping across platforms that look like they were sketched in Notepad. At first, it seems silly, but then you miss a jump and realize this game doesn’t mess around.

The levels are these sprawling mazes of symbols—like someone turned a terminal window into an obstacle course. You’ll dodge rolling ‘O’s (apparently, those are boulders) and hop over pits made of underscores. The whole thing feels like playing a platformer inside a command prompt, and somehow, it works. Just don’t expect mercy—fall once, and you’re back at the start.

If you’ve got a soft spot for weird retro games or just want to see how creative ASCII art can get, this one’s worth the keyboard mashing. It’s like someone took the charm of early PC gaming and distilled it into pure, unforgiving fun.

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