NES

Driar

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Emulator

Frame rate: 0 FPS
Speed: 0 %
Uptime: 0:00
Controller: Keyboard

Emulated console

CPU: Ricoh 2A03 (6502), 1.79 MHz
Memory: 2 KB RAM
Video: PPU, 256×240, 54 colors
Video memory: 2 KB VRAM
Sound: 5 channels: 2 pulse, triangle, noise, DPCM
Cartridge: Mapper 1 · MMC1 / SxROM, 128 KB / RAM
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Driar

Platform: NES
Developer: David Eriksson and Stefan Adolfsson
Year: 2012
Genre: Platformer
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

A puzzle platformer by Swedish programmers David Eriksson and Stefan Adolfsson, released in February 2012.

Driar, a small pink creature, has to collect every star in each room and then reach the exit while other creatures roam around. You start with 10 lives.

The game was made for PAL consoles, and an NTSC build followed. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0, its music uses the MUSE engine, and Jonas Hortell drew the cartridge labels. Driar is also on the first Action 53 multicart.

In January 2025 bitmagine Studio released Driar Revival for Windows, Linux and browsers, and later a free ZX Spectrum version.

How to play

Controls: The D-pad moves, A jumps, B runs, Start pauses.

Facts

Announced as released on the NESdev forum on 26 February 2012.
Licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 Unported.
Included on Action 53 Volume 1.
bitmagine Studio's Driar Revival came out on 20 January 2025.

Cartridge

Mapper: 1 · MMC1 / SxROM
PRG / CHR: 128 KB / RAM
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: No

131,088 bytes · CRC32 9AC644F4 · MD5 1276bd89a20f343ac230370acdd8d8a0

Keyboard controls

D-pad: ← ↑ ↓ →
A: Z
B: X
Start: Enter
Select: V

Steam Controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: A
B: B
Start: Start
Select: Select

Xbox controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: A
B: B
Start: Menu
Select: View

DualSense controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: ✕
B: ○
Start: Options
Select: Create

Keys and controller buttons can be remapped with the Controls button under the game. Save and Load keep a snapshot of the game in your browser. Steam Controller works as a gamepad through Steam Input. On phones, on-screen buttons appear.