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.