Play QBasic Gorillas Online — Free in Your Browser
The Legendary Banana-Throwing Artillery Game
Gorillas is the artillery game Microsoft wrote in 1990 as a QBasic demonstration program and shipped to the world as GORILLAS.BAS with MS-DOS 5.0 in 1991. It became one of the most recognisable retro DOS games of the early '90s. Two gorillas stand atop a randomly generated city skyline and take turns hurling explosive bananas at each other — adjusting angle and velocity to arc shots over buildings and score a hit.
How to Play
Each turn, enter an angle (1–90°) and a velocity to launch your banana. Factor in wind speed and direction — shown at the bottom of the screen — to land a direct hit on the opposing gorilla. Buildings act as obstacles, so you'll need to lob shots high or thread them through gaps. The first player to reach the target score wins.
About This Version
This is a faithful browser-based recreation of the original QBasic Gorillas — free to play with no download required. It runs entirely in your browser so you can enjoy this classic retro DOS game on any modern device. Brought to you by Bob Popcorn International.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about QBasic Gorillas and this browser version
It is a faithful browser recreation of the original — same angle-and-velocity gameplay, wind, exploding bananas, and city skyline. The original GORILLAS.BAS was a QBasic program; this version is rebuilt for modern browsers so it runs instantly with no download or emulator.
Microsoft. Gorillas was written as a QBasic demonstration program (copyright 1990) and reached the masses bundled with QBasic in MS-DOS 5.0, released in 1991. Alongside Nibbles, it became one of the most-played PC games of the early 1990s.
The game loads in any modern browser, but it is best played on a desktop or laptop — entering angle and velocity each turn is much more comfortable with a keyboard.