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, then enhanced and integrated into Unity. Don’t expect the game to guide you — there are no instructions, no tutorials. It’s up to you to observe, experiment, and figure things out. Your goal is to make sense of what you find on the computer: who used it, for what purpose, and what can still be done with it today. It doesn't aim to be anything fancy — it’s short, completely free, and we just hope you enjoy the experience.
Updated 3 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
AuthorStelex Software
GenreInteractive Fiction
Made withpygame
TagsCommodore 64, DOS, Indie, MS-DOS, Multiple Endings, Mystery, Narrative, Retro, Short, Text based
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
InputsKeyboard
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksHomepage

Download

Download
<Unknown_Terminal> (v.1.2.1.E+C64) 65 MB

Install instructions

Extract the ZIP then double-click "Unknown_Terminal.exe" (If Windows SmartScreen appears, choose More info > Run anyway).

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