Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Wikipedia Snark Alert

The Wikipedia entry for DONKEY.BAS is good for a snarky laugh, particularly if you're familiar with Andy Hertzfeld's less-than-glowing review:

"The game keeps score between the player and the donkeys. If the car hits a donkey, the donkey gets a point and the player is returned to the start of the road. As the car avoids donkeys it moves slowly up the screen, giving the player less time to react when donkeys appear. If the car avoids enough donkeys the player receives a point and the car is moved back to the bottom of the road. The game displays the number of points earned by the player and donkey but does not end or change when a particular score is reached.

Apart from pressing the space bar, the only control available to the player is to press the escape key and quit the game."

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