<s>
Ultima	B-Device
:	O
Escape	O
from	O
Mt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drash	O
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
does	O
n't	O
employ	O
custom	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
uses	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
'	O
s	O
standard	B-Protocol
set	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
graphical	I-Protocol
characters	I-Protocol
to	O
draw	O
the	O
game	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
soundtrack	O
;	O
using	O
the	O
4-voice	O
sound	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
MOS	B-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
VIC	I-General_Concept
video	O
chip	O
in	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
to	O
provide	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Very	O
few	O
games	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
featured	O
such	O
a	O
background	O
soundtrack	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
commonplace	O
in	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
VIC-BASIC	O
,	O
with	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
routines	O
for	O
faster	O
animation	O
of	O
graphics	O
and	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
VIC-20	B-Device
games	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
n't	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridge	I-Protocol
but	O
rather	O
on	O
cassette	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
the	O
unusual	O
(	O
by	O
VIC-20	B-Device
standards	O
)	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
unlike	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
game	O
all	O
of	O
it	O
had	O
to	O
fit	O
in	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
an	O
8k	O
or	O
16k	O
RAM	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
expansion	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
was	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
in	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
before	O
running	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
further	O
limiting	O
the	O
target	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Copy	O
protection	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
RUN-STOP	O
and	O
RESTORE	O
keys	O
on	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
keyboard	O
being	O
disabled	O
(	O
to	O
prevent	O
"	O
breaking	O
in	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
BASIC	O
code	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
cassette	O
being	O
recorded	O
and	O
mastered	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
which	O
made	O
duplicating	O
on	O
a	O
dual-cassette	O
deck	O
troublesome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
itself	O
does	O
n't	O
tie	O
in	O
to	O
the	O
Ultima	B-Device
series	O
in	O
too	O
many	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drash	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
dungeon	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
garrintrots	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
obvious	O
pun	O
on	O
Richard	O
Garriot	O
's	O
surname	O
;	O
but	O
there	O
the	O
similarity	O
ends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
published	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
named	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
Ultima	B-Device
to	O
improve	O
its	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
was	O
skeptical	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
appeal	O
given	O
the	O
declining	O
VIC-20	B-Device
market	O
and	O
need	O
for	O
memory	O
expansion	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
manufactured	O
the	O
few	O
thousand	O
copies	O
needed	O
to	O
meet	O
contractual	O
requirements	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
advertisement	O
in	O
the	O
July	O
1983	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
believed	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Datasette	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
falsely	O
believed	O
that	O
Sierra	O
named	O
the	O
game	O
Ultima	B-Device
without	O
Garriott	O
's	O
knowledge	O
or	O
authorization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
complete	O
,	O
rediscovered	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2004	O
for	O
US$	O
3,605	O
to	O
collector	O
Peter	O
Olafson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
another	O
boxed	O
copy	O
(	O
without	O
manual	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
listed	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Not	O
knowing	O
the	O
extreme	O
rarity	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
listed	O
it	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
at	O
a	O
starting	O
bid	O
of	O
US	O
$4.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
31	O
bids	O
;	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
this	O
auction	O
was	O
Enrico	O
Ricciardi	O
,	O
an	O
Italian	O
Ultima	B-Device
collector	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
accused	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
scamming	O
people	O
with	O
counterfeit	O
copies	O
of	O
retrogames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
June	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
PC	B-Device
(	O
under	O
GPLv2	O
license	B-License
)	O
by	O
Kasper	O
Fauerby	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
BASIC	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
some	O
smaller	O
binary	O
reverse	O
engineered	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
VIC-20	B-Device
cassette	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
suitable	O
for	O
VIC-20	B-Device
emulators	O
,	O
although	O
to	O
detract	O
from	O
the	O
greater	O
likelihood	O
of	O
counterfeiting	O
tapes	O
,	O
the	O
TAP	O
file	O
(	O
a	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
tape	O
itself	O
)	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
still-sealed	O
boxed	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
listed	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
