Claude Fable helps revive a 1995 DOS game for the web

A DOS game created by a high school student in 1995 has been rebuilt as a web game with help from . The original took months to make while its creator taught himself from a 500-page English manual.

The player controls Preben, who is trapped in a cave and must survive killer bees and green mutant elephants for three minutes. The game is simple, extremely difficult, and includes several DOS .

It runs free in a computer but requires a keyboard, so it is not playable on mobile devices. Its high-score table is currently dominated by players from Denmark.

Key points

  • helped turn a DOS game from 1995 into a .
  • The original was built over several months while its creator learned .
  • The goal is to survive enemies in a cave for three minutes.
  • The free game needs a computer keyboard and does not support mobile play.
  • The web version includes that refer back to DOS.
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