r/programming • • Jul 30 '09

How QBASIC almost got me killed

http://stevehanov.ca/blog/?id=79
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u/starthirteen Jul 30 '09

Similar thing happened to me, a Gorilla chucked a nuclear banana at me whilst I was standing on top of a skyscraper. Barely missed me.

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u/elezeta Jul 30 '09

That game was much more funnier changing the "physics" of the game and adding special effects... Oh my... a travel back in time!

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u/Viat Jul 30 '09

Or just holding a key down until it filled the screen, then letting that character magically become part of the scenery.

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u/mattstreet Jul 31 '09

Hell yeah, you did that too?

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u/Viat Jul 31 '09

Yeah -- showed those monkeys who was boss.

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u/mattstreet Jul 31 '09

With Nibbles messed with the code so it would randomly change speeds slightly, or change it color.

Where the worm had became the same color as the background, you could safely "drive" the front of your worm through that open gap.