Just Like Billionaire Rival Elon Musk, Bill Gates’ Past Has an Interesting Video Game Connection

Over the years, eSports athlete has become a very recognized occupation in the community. Furthermore, several young players dream of showcasing their game skills and talent worldwide. There are several popular video-game franchises, such as Pokémon, Mario, Call of Duty, and many more. Surprisingly, not many users know that Bill Gates is also an author of an amazing game back in the early days of Microsoft.

In order to support people’s dreams, many eSports organizations were founded. Some of the most popular current eSports organizations are Team Liquid, Cloud9, Fnatic, and much more. Although Bill is known for his enormous contribution to Microsoft’s success, several fans still don’t know about his specialties in video games.

Continue reading to find out more about which game was written by one of the richest men in the world.

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Bill Gates was not widely recognized for his contribution to DONKEY. BAS

Bill Gates is widely known for holding the richest man on earth title for a long time. William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen.

Moreover, since 1987, Gates has been included in the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people. Not to mention, he played a huge contribution to the success of Microsoft from scratch. Surprisingly, not many people know Bill was the original game author of DONKEY.BAS along with his partner, Neil Konzen.

Donkey, also known by its file name DONKEY.BAS, is a computer game written in 1981. It is a driving game that prohibits players from hitting donkeys appearing on the lane to keep making significant progress. In the video, the creator also included Bill’s own opinion about the game.

The clip mentioned Bill’s words, “Actually, it was myself and Neil at four in the morning with this prototype IBM PC sitting in this small room. We wrote late at night a little application to show what the Basic built into the IBM PC could do. And so that was DONKEY. BAS. It was at the time very thrilling.”

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