
ASCII Roulette
Chat roulette in your command line
ASCII Roulette launched on July 17, 2019 with 88 votes, #394 of 3,007 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
What it does
ASCII Roulette is a terminal-based video chat client that connects you with a random person and renders their video feed on the command line as ASCII art. Just open your terminal and type: bash <(curl -Ls http://dialup.com/ascii )
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