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QBasic Nibbles is the famous little snake game that introduced countless budding programmers to the joys of eating dots while avoiding your own increasingly inconvenient tail. Based on the classic Nibbles concept, it was distributed with QBasic and became something of an unofficial rite of passage for DOS users. The rules are wonderfully simple: guide the snake around the screen, collect targets, grow longer, and avoid crashing into walls or yourself. Despite the primitive graphics, the difficulty rises quickly because every successful move makes the next one slightly more awkward. There is also a certain historical charm in knowing that players could open the source code and examine how the game worked, making it both entertainment and an accessible programming lesson. It may look tiny today, but Nibbles helped turn many curious computer users into amateur coders.

How to play QBasic Nibbles

Game modes: single-player, PvP (player VS player)
To slow down the game emulation press CTRL+F11, to speed up the game press CTRL+F12. Press Escape (ESC) to exit fullscreen mode.
QBasic Nibbles runs in your browser thanks to the Emularity library.

More about QBasic Nibbles

Status: freeware

Genre: action

Released in: 1991

Publisher: Microsoft

Developer: Microsoft

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