It
should go without saying that donkeys are, without a doubt, the biggest threat
to anyone behind the wheel.
Or, at least they are in a 1981 DOS game — created
by Bill Gates and Neil Konzen — to demonstrate the power of the IBM PC and the
BASIC programming language.
Donkey, often referred to as its filename
‘DONKEY.BAS’, is a mostly forgotten computer game that sees the player
strapped into a car racing down a pixelated highway littered with
donkeys. The goal is simple: don’t hit one.
Simple
in nature, the game’s frustratingly difficult to play. A timing game
— like a harder version of Frogger — Donkey requires pinpoint precision to avoid
hitting pixelated albino donkeys head-on, or from the side while attempting to
merge. I only managed a paltry top score of 11; I’m sure you can do better.
About
two weeks ago, the game — largely unchanged — hit the iPhone app store.
You can grab it for a dollar if you’re a glutton for punishment.
see App below:
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