Ancient Heroes is a text-mode RPG-ish game where your choices are limited, but such simple gameplay may appeal to some people. There are some graphics in the game (splash screens between levels/areas) but almost the entire game is presented in text-mode. After choosing a character, you must battle other warriors, attempting to learn which attacks work best against them, and buying new equipment and powers with the gold/experience that you earn. That’s about it! Once you beat three opponents, it’s off to the next level to do the same thing. Probably won’t hold your interest for very long, but it does come with QBasic / QuickBasic source code if you’re interested in that. (The game also gives a warning in DOSBox about not detecting a mouse, but it plays fine with the keyboard.)
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