roadrunner Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Settings - default deadline to post scores is May 1st 2020 at 12PM EST Game info - Published by Brøderbund Software, Inc. Released 1983 Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, PC-88, PC-98, SG-1000 Genre Action Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Gameplay Arcade, Platform Apple II Credits (1 people) Design: Benny Aik Beng Ngo Programming: Benny Aik Beng Ngo Trivia Development The author, Aik Beng, only credited himself using his two middle names. His full name is Benny Aik Beng Ngo, the brother of Tony Ngo. Drol (and Bandits) were independently developed and then published through Sirius and Brøderbund, respectively. Benny Ngo developed Drol while he was attending college. In fact, in the early days, quite a few games were developed by students then published through companies such as Sirius, Broderbund, Sierra, etc. Remake In 1991, an unofficial 16-bit version for Commodore Amiga was released by Cachet of "X-Copy" disk copier software fame with enhanced graphics and sound. Programmed by Jörg Meenen, Holger Graefe and graphics by Sebastian Dosch. Title The was originally named Trol. Brøderbund Software, Inc. suggested the final name Drol as in "drol". Drol is Dutch for "turd". Information also contributed by B.N., Garcia and John Romero Any corrections please post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Awesome! I love Drol. I can't wait to play it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 21,875 Almost beat the 4th round but I forgot about the drone that shoots you if you stay in the air too long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Drol - 4,145 Is there any way of killing that bird or do you just have to avoid it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 7 hours ago, jblenkle said: Drol - 4,145 Is there any way of killing that bird or do you just have to avoid it? Shoot it 5 times and it turns into a turkey worth 500 points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) 4,455 i got to the 3rd level, hard to reach the mother. Edited April 5, 2020 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 i love this game. i'm looking for , a boxed game for my collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 new score, i saved the mother and got to the 5th screen 6,515 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 A few days left to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 This round is over , congrats to Tempest Next round coming up... Final high scores - Tempest 21,875 roadrunner 6,515 jblenkle 4,145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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