Going deep beneath the Earth to find piles and piles of gold may sound exciting (and even profitable), but when you throw in a bunch of crazy monks chasing after you trying to protect those same riches, the scenario changes.

Lode Runner, brought to us by Natsume, dates way back to the '80s and has graced plenty of computer and console systems since, Interestingly enough, this new PlayStation version resembles a fairly recent remake called 'Lode Runner: The Legend Returns,' a game that appeared on the PC a few years back.

The game puts players in control of an adventurous chap named Jake Peril who tries his darnedest to take back the gold that the keepers of the underground stole from above. But to do so, he must avoid dozens of traps, deadly gaping holes and, of course, those wacky monks. But Jake is able to set some traps of his own and use various items like the jackhammer to get away from the hooded evil-doers.

The graphics look totally old-school, but that's alright-this game kind of has that feel. Jake is really tiny on screen (about the same size as the little army men from Command & Conquer), but it's no problem. The thing to remember is that Lode Runner is a puzzle game at its core.

Like many puzzle games, Lode Runner has well over 50 levels to make your way through (set up like Mario with sets of levels inside 'worlds'). And as you may have guessed, the further along you get. the harder the levels become. The first level Is nothing more than a quick gathering of some coin, but the next introduces monks, and then more monks, and then hordes 0' monks, etc. Toward the end of the game, most mortal gamers want to pull their hair out from how hectic it is. But for puzzle games, this is a good thing.

Lode Runner also features a level editor that eases some of that pent-up anger from not being able to get past a certain level. You can fill your levels with whatever you want and make them as easy or as impossible (or as shameless) as you like. When you're done with a level, a quick save to a memory card immortalizes your creation.

It may look dated, but Lode Runner should give gamers plenty of good times with its classic 2-0 feel. Hopefully, this old-school game will fair well against all of the 3-D games out there.

Dec 31, 1994  Lode Runner: The Legend Returns is an Action game, developed by Presage Software and published by Sierra Entertainment, which was released in 1994. We Have No FAQs/Guides/Maps - Be the first to submit one! Oct 22, 2019  Lode Runner: The Legend Returns is the sequel/remake of the original Lode Runner created by Douglas E Smith. It was developed by Presage Software and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994 for DOS, Mac, and Windows 3.x. It was later ported to Playstation and Sega Saturn in 1996.

• MANUFACTURER - Presage Soft
• THEME - ACTION
• NUMBER OF PLAYERS - 1 or 2

Available Platform: Commodore 64 - Alias: LodeRunner

Lode Runner is a puzzle platformer created by Douglas E. Smith and released initially for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Vic-20, and Atari 8-bit in 1983. It's one of the most popular ...

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Lode Runner is a puzzle platformer created by Douglas E. Smith and released initially for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Vic-20, and Atari 8-bit in 1983. It's one of the most popular video games ever created.

Douglas Smith started working on the concept when he was still a student. The first version was called Kong, it was programmed in FORTRAN, and it was running on ASCII terminals (the hero was a dollar sign '$'). Trying to convince some publishers, he rewrote the game in 6502 Assembler, for the Apple II+, changing the name into Miner. But it was still black & white, with rough animations (despite stealing the frames of the running men from Dan Gorlin's Choplifter), so not good enough to publish it commercially. He accepted the offer from Brøderbund, taking $10,000 to finish the game, adding proper animations, sound effects, and 150 levels

Finally, at the end of 1982, a new version, with all the features requested by the publisher, was ready. To design all the levels, Smith asked some friends to help him. But to do that, he had to create a screen editor. This is why Lode Runner is one of the first games to include a proper level editor.

As you know, the goal of the game is to collect all the golds on the screen. You have to do that without getting caught by the guards.

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Each level presents new puzzles, making the game progressively more difficult. Understanding the guards' AI, trying to trap them, is fundamental.

Lode Runner was hugely successful, and it was Brøderbund's second best selling game until 1987. Since its release, it was also ported to Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, and basically, all others home computers.

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From GamesNostalgia you can download the Commodore 64 version, packed with the emulator and ready to be played!

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Review by: Manu
Published: 8 December 2019 5:47 pm