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## Free Game Downloads - Abandonware - PC - Arcade action - Games L

## Lode Runner

Review 1:
Mention this game to some old gamer (such as myself) and you'll notice a small, nostalgic smile on the face. Ah, the good old times...
Lode Runner is...great! You control your tiny little character on a pretty big screen and make your way to the treasure chest. Once you have it you gotta exit the level and advance. Easy? Yeah, right. Download this game and enjoy it for hours to come...wait, not hours - days, months, years!
Review 2:
I remember one day my mother took me with her to work. I wasn't very old at that time... One of her colleagues seated me in front of one of those black/green monitors at something that must have been an XT - it was old... even for that time. From somewhere he got a few disks (don't talk about harddisks!) and so he loaded up a few games for me to play. I ended up playing just one the whole time - Lode Runner. It's one of those simple games that can hook you for hours and hours. Your goal is to collect all the chests while avoiding the bad guys chasing you. You are able to burn holes into the ground and if one of the baddies falls down there you can simply walk over him till he manages to crawl out of it again. Once you collected all chests you only have to get out and into the next level. Simple yet ingenious concept. Every level is new and it will take you ages to complete them all.
One warning before you download this one: It doesn't seem to be possible to slow this down in a way that will allow you to play this game on a modern computer. You might be able to get the game itself to the right speed, but the controls will still be... extreme. One touch and you end up on the other end of the screen before you noticed a movement. If you got an old XT standing around - perfect! Get just the right gaming food for it here!
Review 3:
To describe Lode Runner as just another treasure-grabbing "action game" would be to undermine its ingenuity: suffice to say that it is arguably the world's first action game that combines puzzle elements successfully-- dexterity is required, yet at the same time your exit path (and holes to dig) must be carefully planned lest you get helplessly trapped. This game truly belongs in the rare breed of timeless classics that remain addictive no matter how old they are.

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