Donkey.Bas
Donkey, often known by its file name Donkey.Bas, is a computer game written in 1981 and included with early versions of the PC DOS operating system distributed with the original IBM PC. It is a driving game in…
Donkey.Bas is a racing, released 31 December 1981 on DOS and iOS.
What Donkey.Bas is
Donkey.Bas was released in 1981. It is available on DOS and iOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Donkey, often known by its file name Donkey.Bas, is a computer game written in 1981 and included with early versions of the PC DOS operating system distributed with the original IBM PC. It is a driving game in which the player must avoid hitting donkeys. The game was written by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Neil Konzen.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Donkey.Bas launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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