[wingmanjd]

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]

The 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]

Blast, tricked into learning by making you think you're cheating!

[thih9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillas_(video_game)

[parlortricks]

We added other weapons to make a poor mans scorched earth as we were only allowed to make games.

[pimlottc]

My school had a similar loophole: game weren’t allowed in the computer lab, unless you wrote it yourself…

[ConceptJunkie]

After 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.

[Induane]

I removed collision detection so I could throw bananas through buildings

[Barbing]

Where would we be without computer class

Something I wonder! Grateful :D

[czemuja]

oh man!!!!!! You reminded me my first gaming experience on a PC with oragne-green screen :D Awesome game