DONKEY.BAS

Donkey, often known by its <a href="/facts/Filename/EGc4tA7n">filename</a> DONKEY.BAS, is a <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video game</a> written in 1981 and included with early versions of the <a href="/facts/IBM_PC_DOS/ScsfqAwQ">IBM PC DOS</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> distributed with the original <a href="/facts/IBM_PC/yhcJGMPL">IBM PC</a>. It is a top-down <a href="/facts/Driving_game/szkhmK4d">driving game</a> in which the player must avoid hitting <a href="/facts/Donkey/xkn4K2IJ">donkeys</a>. The game was written by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> co-founder <a href="/facts/Bill_Gates/z16t4m7s">Bill Gates</a> and early employee <a href="/facts/Neil_Konzen/HHXjDtMg">Neil Konzen</a>.
Although on the game's title screen it is simply named Donkey, it is often referred to by its filename of DONKEY.BAS. All BASIC programs used the ".BAS" <a href="/facts/Filename_extension/cJgfAym4">extension</a>, and MS-DOS-compatible operating systems that came before <a href="/facts/Windows_95/1E1L93qC">Windows 95</a> display file names in <a href="/facts/Upper_case/KQcwaUUD">upper case</a>. These conventions are often maintained when the game is referred to in writing.

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DONKEY.BAS