FMH Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Bill Gates Wrote The First PC Game In A Night The IBM PC shipped 30 years ago tomorrow, and every single unit came with a game that was coded by Bill Gates himself in a late night session Harry McCracken at Technologizer has a remarkable slideshow of IBM PC oddities today. One of the interesting bits: every IBM PC shipped with a game called DONKEY.BAS in which you drove a car and tried to avoid a donkey in the road. It was included with the disk version of BASIC, Microsoft's PC programming language, which shipped with PC-DOS, the operating system IBM commissioned Microsoft to do for its first PC. Gates coded the game with help from employee Neil Konzen. The first commercial game for the IBM PC was also from Microsoft: it was called Adventure, and was a text-based game based on a similar game for mainframes. Full Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted August 12, 2011 Veteran Share Posted August 12, 2011 So is it acceptable yet to think Bill Gates is awesome and not the Antichrist or Satan? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJohnSmitherson Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 BROWN BOX (I know, it says PC, but STILL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorak Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I think he coded Windows ME and Vista in one night, too. Unfortunately, those did not work out so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Gates always has and always will be one of the most brilliant minds in history. Regardless of all the business BS people blab about, he's still a legit genius. Hats off to him for making the world a much much better place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonka3287 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 he is for sure in the awesome category!!! smart as hell, changed the world even if you like it or not. yes you can say if it wasnt him it would have been someone else, well guess what..... it was him!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince781 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I think he coded Windows ME and Vista in one night, too. Unfortunately, those did not work out so well. :laugh: Vista's not that bad, come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 FMH do you have a tiny monitor? You always make the fonts huge in your copy and pastes. It's not the monitor. I think it is easier to read larger texts. And no, I do not have a weak eyesights or wear glasses. But when my posts is large, I don't change the text size. Only for few paragraph. And my inspiration: MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44102248/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I think he coded Windows 98, 98SE & ME in one night, too. Unfortunately, those did not work out so well. fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 fixed. Windows 98 & 98SE were not as bad as ME (98SE was more stable than any other in he 9x family). Nice try though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted August 14, 2011 Member Share Posted August 14, 2011 I think he coded Windows ME and Vista in one night, too. Unfortunately, those did not work out so well. LOL. :D Anyway, Gates is a smart, savvy person and he has shown us in many ways. Writing a game in a single night is just one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holori Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Gates always has and always will be one of the most brilliant minds in history. Regardless of all the business BS people blab about, he's still a legit genius. Hats off to him for making the world a much much better place. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Probably worth noting his philanthropy, which in my view makes him pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted August 15, 2011 Veteran Share Posted August 15, 2011 I think he coded Windows ME and Vista in one night, too. Unfortunately, those did not work out so well. Lol more like in a night after a Bender :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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