Repton from Prelude.

Welcome to my page about Repton!

Info on Repton
Passwords
Downloads
Pictures
Repton Full Info
Repton 2000

Repton was a 2D multi directional scrolling strategy game in the 80's a bit like Boulder Dash. It ran on the BBC Micro. The player had to solve various puzzles in order to complete the the level. Repton (a humanized lizard I think..) has to collect every single diamond on the current level. But Reptons life wasn't as easy as just going round collecting diamonds. There are rocks all over the level that fall if unsupported by some earth or some other such object. Also on the levels there are eggs that fall, crack and a monster hatches. This must be destroyed by either dropping or pushing rock on to it.

This is what a monster looks when it hatches: Nasty Monster

As well as monsters repton has to open safes to reveal diamonds that are hidden in them by collecting a key. In Repton 3 and Repton 2 there are a lot more obstacles including bugs that have to be let into cages to reveal another hidden diamond in the cage. These bugs do not chase Repton but instead cling to the left hand wall and follow it round.
Repton 3 came with improved display and extra character sets so that for example diamonds became teddies, rocks became humpty dumpties and monsters became mad dogs. For more info see my new full info page!

Passwords

You cheater! :-) Here are some passwords for some of the original Repton games:

Repton 1:

1 : Chameleon 2 : Terrapin
3 : Sidewinder 4 : Gecko
5 : Python 6 : Salamander
7 : Iguana 8 : Cuttlefish
9 : Octopus 10 : Giant Clam
11 : The Kraken (easy!)

Click here for the Repton 3 passwords.

Downloads

WARNING: You shouldn't really download these games unless you owned the original. But then I'm really sure ...

Did you know that you could download Repton for the PC?

Well here you can! There are two Repton games to download

Repton 3 conversion

Click here to download the best Repton 3 emulator around (about 141KB). This MUST be run from DOS and requires a mouse for the editor. It was created by Jasper Renow-Clarke. Click here to go to his page. Trust me its worth a visit!

To run this you must first extract it using pkunzip or winzip and then follow this:

Change to the directory containing Repton 3

Type "PRELIM (filename)" (filename being a file with the extension .REP).

The title screen will appear and press SPACE to start!

The keys are:

The cursors key to move around.
M - Show Map
Esc - Quit
Space - Skip current level.

There are no passwords (for obvious reasons).

Repton 1 clone

There's also another repton game online! Click here!(About 119K)
It's a clone of the original Repton 1. I only have one problem with this.
It's graphics are better than the original :-)! It was written by Paul Bieles who is a brilliant games programmer. His web site is at www.bielsibub.demon.co.uk I've written some new repton levels for this.Click here to download them! You must read the readme.txt before playing them. If anyone else has written any new levels for it please emailthem to me. I will put them on my site with your name in pixels!

The controls are:
LEFT - Z
RIGHT - X
UP - K
DOWN - M
SHOW MAP - SPACE
ESC - QUIT

Note: You MUST run this game with a mouse.

It also comes with a map editor that uses the mouse. The keys for this are:

+ - Flip to next map (max 8)
- - Flip to previous map
Esc - Save and Quit

One last thing. I have carefully created a Repton Library for Games Factory. Click here to download it.

Others:

Repton 1 Passwords
Repton 2 Strategy guide
New levels for Repton 3 for DOS
If you recognise any of these levels as being your creation please email me! I need as many contacts as possible.

Enjoy! (Trust me you will!)

Here are some interesting images:

Around the World in 40 Screens

This page was designed and made by Simon Foster
01/7/98
fapatsa@hotmail.com
or s.d.f@btinternet.com (preffered)

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