Drol

Drol is a video game published by Broderbund in 1983. It was originally written for the Apple II by Benny Aik Beng Ngo,[1] and was ported to the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit family.[2] It appeared for the SG-1000 in 1985 and Amiga in 1991.

Drol
Publisher(s)Broderbund
Sega (SG-1000)
Designer(s)Benny Aik Beng Ngo[1]
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, NEC PC-8801, SG-1000, Amiga
Release1983: Apple, Atari, C64
1985: SG-1000
1991: Amiga
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Title screen (C64)

The player controls a robot flying through a four story maze, attempting to rescue people and animals while avoiding traps and enemies such as alien creatures, snakes, eagles, magnets and axes. There are only three levels, but the game repeatedly starts over in a more difficult version if the third level is completed. In the third level of some versions, in order to reach the final floor without being eaten by a plant sprouting from out of nowhere, the player must choose between three different trapdoors, and the correct trapdoor varies from game to game.[3]

Reception

Run magazine, reviewing the Commodore 64 version in May 1984, gave it an "A"–its highest rating—and described it as "fun, funny, and exciting," although it was criticized for slow loading times.[4] In 1984 Softline readers named the game the seventh most-popular Apple program of 1983.[5] Ahoy! in 1984 called Drol "an amusing little game."[6] Electronic Fun with Computers & Games set the top score 4 out of 4.[7]

David Stone reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "the high quality of the animation, the cleverness of the animated foes, and the nonsense of the theme, all make Drol well-worth the money."[8]

References
  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. Anderson, John J. (April 1984). "Commodore's port". Creative Computing. 10 (4): 214. Retrieved 2005-12-09.
  3. "Drol" (PDF). Computer Games World. 4 (5): 25. October 1984.
  4. Annucci, Marilyn (May 1984). "Software Gallery: Drol". RUN. 1 (5): 21–22. ISSN 0741-4285.
  5. "The Best and the Rest". St.Game. Mar–Apr 1984. p. 49. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. Marsh, Jamie (May 1984). "Drol". Ahoy!. p. 56. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol 02 No 05 1984
  8. Stone, David (October 1984). "Atari Playfield". Computer Gaming World. 1 (18): 25.
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