Desert Bus.

It is the most realistic game because it is in real time, the aim is to drive the bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada at the max. speed of 45mph. It takes 8 hours of continuous play to complete because it can't be paused. There is no passengers in the bus and no scenery or other traffic on the road. The bus veers to the right slightly which makes it impossible to fix a button to play it without a person controlling it. When it veers off the road the bus stalls and has to be towed back to the start in real time. When the player gets to Las Vegas they score one point they then get the option to make the return trip back to Tucson which earns them one more point. Penn Jillette commented in his radio show that the overly realistic nature of the game was in response to Janet Reno and the controversy surrounding violent video games at the time.


It does follow the conventions of a computer game because it has:

• A mission to drive from Tucson to Las Vegas
• Rewards when you earn a point from arriving at the destination
• A problem the bus veers off the road and only drives at 45 mph  
• Progressive difficulty when driving back to Tucson it gets dark 
• Linear structure when the bus breaks down it results in having to be towed back to the start also resulting in the end of the game

However it doesn't have power-ups.