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Mine was on a similar game, GORILLA.BAS. I would edit the banana code for a much bigger explosion. Lots of fun back in computer class!
by wingmanjd 5mo ago
Mine was on a similar game, GORILLA.BAS. I would edit the banana code for a much bigger explosion. Lots of fun back in computer class!
- ido 5mo agoThe difference being that editing the source code was the point of the BASIC examples provided with DOS/QBasic/GW-Basic (they’re there to teach you programming!)
- bfdm 5mo agoBlast, tricked into learning by making you think you're cheating!
- parlortricks 5mo agoWe added other weapons to make a poor mans scorched earth as we were only allowed to make games.
- pimlottc 5mo agoMy school had a similar loophole: game weren’t allowed in the computer lab, unless you wrote it yourself…
- Induane 5mo agoI removed collision detection so I could throw bananas through buildings
- Barbing 5mo agoWhere would we be without computer class Something I wonder! Grateful :D
- thih9 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)
- czemuja 5mo agooh man!!!!!! You reminded me my first gaming experience on a PC with oragne-green screen :D Awesome game
- ConceptJunkie 5mo agoAfter learning the secret of "breaking" protected BASIC programs in DOS (which involved a poke, as I recall), I remember making higher difficulty levels for a BASIC Star Trek game, because it just wasn't very hard.