Text graphics: ASCII, PETSCII and its distant relatives.
Heikki’s Garden of Flowers is a wonderful collection of “pre-ASCII art / pictorial typography / text art”. It was made by Heikki Lotvonen, who’s been collecting these for many years, and also does his own graphics and tools that have been here before. Read more
Zer0day by hOlocaust, 2026.
Мозгошум (22. Шум / Noise) by moroz1999, 2025. ZX Spectrum.
From SPECSCII Art by UriS, 2024.
h!tart by bfox, 2026. This is Specscii, meaning it’s the ASCII of the ZX Spectrum. 128 character font, 8 colours, and a resolution of 32×24. h/t: SiXX
::Maligna Korrera; is a game prototype by Krzyhau, 2026.
BBS-ad for The Game Gallery, 1985. According to defacto2.net, it is the oldest ANSI BBS ad that has been preseved.
Textual Paint is a textmode version of MS Paint that runs in the terminal. Made by Isaiah Odhner.
Worms VBI is a game that runs on an Amiga computer, but displays as standard teletext on your TV. Made by AttentionWhore, 2023.
fungi.neocities.org is a site by Polyducks, who’s been featured here many times before. It features art by various artists, all using the JGS5-font by Adel Faure and a palette by Polyducks. Images above by Green Guy, Mozz, Will Griff and Polyducks.