On: Donkey.bas is 45 Years Old – 131 line of Glory

[EvanAnderson]

I was more of a Nibbles[0] person. I played it with other people on my XT-class laptop in high school.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibbles_(video_game)

[hdgvhicv → EvanAnderson]

I’ve got the music in my head just from seeing it written down. And the sound effect from gorrilla.

[vunderba → hdgvhicv]

Yeah it's very iconic. It’s actually the same melodic motif that’s played in the intro of GORILLA.BAS and NIBBLES.BAS - it’s a short snippet from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

Kind of reminds me of how most people don’t know “Korobeiniki” (Коробейники) by name, they just call it the Tetris song.

[EvanAnderson → vunderba]

I love the 1812 Overture, in part, because it has artillery.

"Oh, yes-- I play in the orchestra. I am in the auxiliary percussion and artillery sections."

[vunderba → EvanAnderson]

Haha, symphonies with accompanying armaments really make you appreciate where you’re going to be seated as an audience member.

[inigyou → EvanAnderson]

Everyone loves it for being a song with cannons in it. Must be a lame way to be remembered though. People like Beethoven and Mozart for, you know, their actual music. But Tchaikovsky? CANNONS!

[rzzzt → EvanAnderson]

My favorite is MONEY.BAS