Gorilla (computer game)

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Release date(s)	1991
Genre(s)	Arcade game
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Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 {{#if:{{{media\|}}}\|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media<td>{{{media\|}}}

Gorilla is a video game distributed with MS-DOS 5, Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98, and Windows NT 4.0. Written in QBasic, it is one of several programs included as a demonstration of that programming language. The others are Nibbles (another game), Money (a very simple financial calculator), and REMLINE (a program to remove line numbers from old BASIC programs).

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Gameplay

Similar to Scorched Earth, only simpler - in Gorilla the player takes on the role of one of two gorillas standing on top of buildings in a randomly generated skyline. Players take turns to enter an angle and velocity with which to throw explosive bananas; the first player to hit the other gorilla with a banana wins the game. The bananas are also destructive to the skyline; it is sometimes necessary to enter the same angle and velocity repeatedly to drill a hole through a building to create a path. However, the game also includes wind which is assigned a random value from 100 left to 100 right for a given scenario; this can be used to a player's advantage to encircle a building which can not be passed by a simple parabolic path.

The game also features an option to set an arbitrary value for the acceleration due to gravity. It is also possible to set this to a negative value, causing the bananas to fall upwards. A small Easter egg is the smiley-faced sun, that turns into a frownie face if accidentally hit.

The game can be started by typing:
qbasic.exe /run gorilla.bas

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Revival

Gorilla, like Nibbles, has experienced something of a revival in the early 21st century, in that some mobile phones include a variant of the game. It is not, however, anywhere near as ubiquitous as Snake.

Also, some modern games have taken the elements of gameplay used in Gorilla to the next level. These games include the Worms series and Base Conflict.

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