TVTEL

TVTEL was not a game but Israel's answer to the French Minitel: a commercial dial-up online service built jointly by Bezeq, Elbit and Tadiran. Subscribers reached it by dialling the short number 133 and used it for messaging, chat and browsing information services.

For the Israeli scene it is a key piece of history, an attempt to give the country its own network before the internet arrived. In late 1996 the service was renamed Neteor and moved to Windows, which ended the DOS client's life. Companion discs also handed subscribers packs of DOS games, so it left a mark on gaming memory too.

That original DOS client is what survives, and on OldGame.cz it runs right in your browser.