A downloadable game for Windows

While exploring an abandoned industrial district you stumble across a mysterious, faceless building.  Inside, among rusty shelving and forgotten folders, you find a dusty office.  In the middle of the room sits an old IBM PS/2 computer that is still on.  Its phosphor‑green screen blinks like a heartbeat from another era and the analog modem emits a periodic beep – someone or something seems to be waiting for input.

You have uncovered a portal to a digital past that was never meant to be reopened.  Access the old terminal, explore its file system and interact with a text‑based interface reminiscent of DOS.  Navigate corrupted files, decipher encrypted logs, access forbidden programs and uncover who — or what — was behind that screen.  Every command you type reveals fragments of a buried story, one clue after another.  A retro‑digital investigation where the only interface is you… and the truth lies hidden in a prompt that was never supposed to respond again.

Authors’ note: This is a tiny personal project we put together over a weekend using Python. It doesn’t aim to be anything fancy—it’s short, free, and we simply hope you'll have fun playing it.

Updated 8 days ago
Published 13 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorStelex Software
GenreInteractive Fiction
Made withpygame
TagsDOS, MS-DOS, Narrative, Retro, Text based
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
InputsKeyboard
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksHomepage

Download

Download
Unknown_Terminal (ENG)
External
Download
Unknown_Terminal (ITA)
External

Install instructions

Extract the ZIP to a folder, then double-click Unknown_Terminal-Launcher.exe
(If Windows SmartScreen appears, choose More info > Run anyway. On Windows 11, Windows Console Host is set as the default terminal automatically. The first launch may take a moment).