Lode Runner

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Originally launching on the Apple II and other computers of that era, Lode Runner went on to become intensely popular in Japan, resulting in a lot of alternate takes on Douglas E. Smith's original puzzle/platformer design.

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One of the key features of the original Lode Runner releases is the ability to create and save user-built levels, which could be just as big and robust as the levels that shipped with the game.

Games

Lode Runner (Game)

20 July 1983

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Apple IIPlatforms/Atari 8 bitPlatforms/Commodore 64Platforms/MSXPlatforms/ZX SpectrumPlatforms/Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/AndroidPlatforms/ArcadePlatforms/Wii ShopPlatforms/iPhonePlatforms/VIC 20Platforms/Wii UPlatforms/NEC PC 8801Platforms/NEC PC 9801Platforms/Sharp X68000Platforms/Sharp X1Platforms/FM 7Platforms/Sharp MZPlatforms/Sega SG 1000Platforms/Windows PhonePlatforms/NEC PC 6001Platforms/Sony SMC 777

Championship Lode Runner (Game)

17 April 1985

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Apple IIPlatforms/Atari 8 bitPlatforms/Commodore 64Platforms/MSXPlatforms/Nintendo Entertainment SystemPlatforms/Wii ShopPlatforms/NEC PC 8801Platforms/NEC PC 9801Platforms/Sharp X1Platforms/FM 7Platforms/Sega SG 1000Platforms/Sony SMC 777

Lode Runner's Rescue

31 December 1985

Platforms/Atari 8 bitPlatforms/Commodore 64

Super Lode Runner (Game)

5 March 1987

Platforms/Famicom Disk System

Super Lode Runner II (Game)

25 August 1987

Platforms/Famicom Disk System

Hyper Lode Runner (Game)

28 February 1990

Platforms/Game Boy

Lode Runner: Lost Labyrinth

27 July 1990

Platforms/TurboGrafx 16

Battle Lode Runner (Game)

10 February 1993

Platforms/Wii ShopPlatforms/Wii UPlatforms/TurboGrafx 16

Lode Runner Twin: Justy to Liberty no Daibouken

29 July 1994

Platforms/Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Lode Runner: The Legend Returns

31 December 1994

Platforms/PCPlatforms/MacPlatforms/PlayStationPlatforms/Saturn

Lode Runner On-Line: The Mad Monks' Revenge

31 December 1995

Platforms/PC

Lode Runner Extra (Game)

10 January 1997

Platforms/PlayStationPlatforms/Saturn

Lode Runner 2 (Game)

30 September 1998

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Mac

Power Lode Runner (Game)

1 January 1999

Platforms/Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Lode Runner 3D (Game)

31 March 1999

Platforms/Nintendo 64

Lode Runner for WonderSwan (Game)

20 April 2000

Platforms/WonderSwan

Lode Runner: Domdom Dan no Yabou!

28 April 2000

Platforms/Game Boy Color

Lode Runner: The Dig Fight

1 May 2000

Platforms/Arcade

Hudson Selection Volume 1: Cubic Lode Runner

10 July 2003

Platforms/PlayStation 2Platforms/GameCube

Hudson Best Collection Vol. 2: Lode Runner Collection

22 December 2005

Platforms/Game Boy Advance

Lode Runner

22 April 2009

Platforms/Xbox 360 Games Store

Lode Runner Classic (Game)

18 July 2012

Platforms/AndroidPlatforms/iPhonePlatforms/Windows Phone

Lode Runner Legacy (Game)

13 July 2017

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/PlayStation 4

Franchise details

Name

Lode Runner

Features

23 games

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First game

Lode Runner (Game)

Aliases

Characters

Locations

• Has locations: Underground (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: 2.5D (Concept), Third-Person Perspective (Concept), Leaderboard (Concept), Robot (Concept), No Jumping (Concept), Achievements (Concept), Misrepresentative Box Art (Concept), 2D (Concept), Unlockable Gamer Pics (Concept), Digging (Concept), Time Travel (Concept), 8-bit (Concept), Yetis (Concept), Pit (Concept), Tutorial (Concept), Cheat Code (Concept), Digital Distribution (Concept), Cooperative Play (Concept), Xbox Live (Concept), Zoom (Concept), Digital Rights Management (Concept), In-Game Map Editor (Concept), Options Menu (Concept), Predecessor Included (Concept), Remake (Concept), Reward Sound (Concept), User Generated Content (Concept), Virtual Console (Concept), Press Select to Select (Concept), Bungeling Empire (Concept), Disk Writer Exclusive (Concept), Virtual Joystick (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Icicle (Object), Gold (Object), Ladder (Object)

People

• Has people: Douglas E. Smith (Person), Kevin Lamb (Person), Michael Kennedy (Person), Paul Gorman (Person), Roe R. Adams III (Person), Gary Stevens (Person), Cherie Lutz (Person), Vic Merritt (Person), Evan Stein (Person), Dan Ross (Person), Jin Watanabe (Person), Masamitsu Niitani (Person), Sean Williams (Person), Eiji Aoyama (Person), Glenn Sugden (Person), Aaron Anderson (Person), Hideki Akiyama (Person), Joshua Scholar (Person)