# Nibbles (QBasic game)

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Nibbles (QBasic game) and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A small snake game shipped with Microsoft QBasic that many people first learned programming from and remember fondly.

## Why people recommend it

- Taught people to program (2 comments): "GORILLA.BAS and NIBBLES.BAS were the gateway drugs for many future programmers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49291613)) "I learnt to program by fiddling with these." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618972))
- Fond memories of playing it (2 comments): "I played it with other people on my XT-class laptop in high school." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290657)) "I'm more of a Nibbles guy myself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066391))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [QBasic Gorillas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qbasic-gorillas.md): 19 recommend
- [Duskers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duskers.md): 8 recommend
- [Termcraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/termcraft.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Nibbles (QBasic game)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nibbles/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).