+playsoft Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Drelbs is one of my favourite 8-bit games but I couldn't find a 5200 version. This is a port of what I think must have been the cassette version as it ran in 16K. There was no title screen so I've added one with a speedy rendition of Wilder Reiter. I've changed nothing in the game itself other than to remap the keyboard controls: START - restart game (at any time) # - press this for difficulty selection, then press * repeatedly to select difficulty, then press START PAUSE - pause game, press RESET or 0..9 to resume drelbs.bin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Wow, thanks!!! Great game... will try it on the 5200 soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slampam Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Lost gem. Truly Infectious! Splash screen is a nice touch. Too bad an 80's software company didn't think of licensing and porting these third party titles to the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Lost gem. Truly Infectious! Splash screen is a nice touch. Too bad an 80's software company didn't think of licensing and porting these third party titles to the 5200. I'm sure they would have if the system lasted longer on the market than a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aking Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 350 downloads !?! one can really see 5200 users are starving for new games 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I tried to play this through emulation and the emulator crashed. I'm using kat5200. I will try it using real hardware, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 I tried to play this through emulation and the emulator crashed. I'm using kat5200. I will try it using real hardware, though. I have tested on Altirra and on real h/w using the Ultimate SD cart, I've not tried kat5200 but here is a version with the cartridge header if it helps. drelbs.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thank you for this game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerf Herder73 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks! I had forgotten about this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is any of the history behind Drelbs known? It was published by Synapse but was Kelly Jones employed by them to write it or had he already developed the program and they simply published it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Played it on a real 5200, it is a fun game; thanks for posting it. Need to find a manual, as I'm not 100% sure how to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 There are instructions at http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-drelbs_1737.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thank you very much! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Excellent work again Paul. Man you and Aking are on fire with the conversions. This game is a lot like Lady Bug I guess, only a lot harder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks for the game Paul! This is an...interesting little game. I like it, but feel like I should be on drugs when I play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 I was not familiar with Lady Bug but that looks like where the revolving doors may have come from, although Drelbs does something different with them. As one of my favourite games it is a shame more is not known about it. I think it's a very original game (despite the Lady Bug doors!) with a unique atmosphere and excellently programmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanrunomad Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 2/7/2014 at 9:47 AM, playsoft said: Is any of the history behind Drelbs known? It was published by Synapse but was Kelly Jones employed by them to write it or had he already developed the program and they simply published it? I was finally able to track down the man behind the game: Kelly Jones! He was the vice president of the entertainment division at Synapse and worked closely with Ihor Wolosenko, the co-founder of the company. I just finished a 6809 port of the game and wanted to get the okay from Kelly to use the name (even though it's free and I did it just for fun). He was fine with it, even though technically the rights to that IP are now in someone else's hands I assume. He agreed to a 1 hour interview talking about his background and the great programmers at Synapse who made those classic games we enjoy. Some really cool stories. We also learn where the word "Drelbs" comes from. Here is a link: https://youtu.be/Vsq3Iz0hzFE 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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