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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cashmaggot@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Hey there folks, on the phone with my fantabulous mother - and she just said "I wish I could find that game. That one with the monkeys. Where you had a business, and you sold bananas. And the monkey was in a suit..."

*She also adds the bananas were called "nanas" and you had to go to "The little houses which were the suppliers"

Honestly, I have no clue what this game is. Sounds like a simulation game. I thought it was that old black and white pixelated game from Mac - but I sure as HEY can't remember what game that is. But I feel like someone on here might know what it is. So if anyone knows about this magical monkey mac pixel game can someone give me the 411? Thank you!

*Was my grandmother's Mac - and we played it ~92-93. The disks were stored in a little white clamshell, and we think maybe it could have been shareware. No sure though. Ho-no!

*Down the rabbit hole I found it's from a Macintosh 128K, still trying to find it.

*The saga continues. My mother and I searched for a large quantity of time before we realized it was more than likely shareware and in turn might be so obscure that it might be too difficult to find. But I did find two things. Internet Archives has various [vintage mac](https://archive.org/search?query=Vintage Apple Macintosh Shareware Games ) games all alphabetized. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything "banana, "nana," or "monkey" related in there. (Well actually Monkey solitaire and one other game, but neither were the ones). I also found another pretty cool site with lists of games. Which I might paw through, cause I love to make my mama happy. So eh! If anyone has any idea what this might be - feel free to toss it my way, even in a message. Thank you!

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[-] cashmaggot@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

I mean bugs are cool, but I'm talking monkeysss hahahaha!

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I was referring to the term old-timer pretty much meaning classic car in German.

The bugs were just a bonus^^ And yes, bugs are quite cool, especially the car variety.

[-] cashmaggot@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Hahaha, I didn't know! You know I know so little about cars. But I know bugs, on account of them running across my mind the other day when watching that five skits of Springfield episode of The Simpsons. There's a guy in a bug who's super tall and Nelson laughs at him and he hops out and humiliates him. But it reminded me of when I was younger on account of my father and his very tall friend both cramming themselves into one. Do they still make them? Last I saw them they were around...the 00s I think? An ex of mine had a lime-green one.

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

They made them in Mexico until 2011, but only for the domestic market.

[-] cashmaggot@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

I thought Germany was huge on developing cars? Maybe I am just a fool. Also I was thinking about in the past, Mexico for sure is a major car manufacturer nowadays. And...I just realized you're talking Bugs. I liked those Rabbits. I wish as a whole America had more economical, small-form, simple cars. All of the cars here look like shitty space-ships and they're way too big and I am not sure how these "luxury cars" ever feel like any kind of luxury. Because everything feels cheap, probably because it is.

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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