Hoards of the Deep Realm 1.1.2  
 
Submitted: April 20, 1999 

Uses 73KB of RAM 
Latest Update: May 6, 2001 
Category(s): Games:Action |Hobbies 
Product Type: Shareware $10.00  
Developer: ardiri.com mailto:ardiri@ardiri.com
Minimum Requirements: PalmPilot Professional
Palm OS 2.0 
 



Download: http://www.pilotgear.com/software/redirector.cfm/hoards.zip?prodID=3030&type=zip
 
 
Statistics: Total Downloads: 29526
Downloads this Month: 30 

Application Description:
Hoards of the Deep Realm is a port of the classic "LodeRunner" game for the Palm Pilot. 
The object is to collect all the jewels on the screen and avoiding the guards who protect them. 


Hoards of the Deep Realm (action)
$10.00, Aaron Ardiri
www.ardiri.com
Another game based on an early computer classic, Hoards of the Deep Realm bears a striking resemblance to Douglas E. Smiths classic Lode Runner. Smith had nothing to do with this remake, but its a fine game nonetheless, and is just as addictive today as it was over a decade ago. 

If you didnt know better, you might think that Smith had created the original Lode Runner with Palm devices in mind. Every aspect of the gamefrom the pacing to the visuals to the controlsworks perfectly on the Palm platform. The game supports both color and grayscale (with the latter the game allows you to set grayscale values so that you can tweak the display for optimal visibility). 

The object of the game is simple, and that too is well suited to gaming on the go. You guide the games protagonist, John Bandit, through a maze of plat-forms, ladders, and ropes while trying to avoid a number of evil monks. A number of gold nuggets lie scattered about, and you have to collect all of them before you can advance to the next level. You cant kill the monks, but you can trap them by digging holes (which they then fall into). 

One of the most interesting features that come with Hoards of the Deep Realm is the level editor, which is itself a part of the Palm application. That means you can create your own sets of levels and beam them to friends, adding replayability to an already excellent game.

http://www.hhcmag.com/backissues/103.html


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PLEASE REMOVE ANY PREVIOUS VERSIONS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION
LATEST VERSION IS "Championship Edition"

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classic look and feel (LodeRunner)
B+W, Grayscale and Color support
Instructions
Game State Saving
Preference Adjustment (Key and Sound)
Stylus Control 
[registered users only] Internet High Score support
[registered users only] Ability to play > 5 levels in succession.
|HaCkMe| protection scheme, enjoy crackers :P!
Numerous requests and bug-fixes 
NEW: level set beaming between devices. 


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Hoards of the Deep Realm (Championship Edition) is $10, click on the BUY button to purchase!

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Fill in the Deep Realm Survey for your registered copy - please see documentation for details. 

Supported Devices 
IBM Workpad 3c (40X, 40U), IBM Wordpad 30X, IBM Wordpad 20X, HandSpring Visor, HandSpring Visor Deluxe, Hanspring Visor Edge, HandSpring Visor Platinum, HandSpring Visor Prism, TRGPro, Palm Professional, Palm III, Palm IIIe, Palm IIIc, Palm IIIx, Palm IIIxe, Palm V, Palm Vx, Symbol SPT 1500, Symbol SPT 1700, Symbol SPT 1740, Palm VII, Palm VIIx, Palm m100, Palm m105, Palm m500 and Palm m505. 

Unsupported Devices 
Pilot 1000, Pilot 5000 and Palm Personal - due to operating system memory limitations. 



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Update Description
24-May-2001: 
minor graphic tweaks and animation calculation updates, removing strange pauses during gameplay

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Reviews
 10-Oct-00 by Ivan Olarte
WOW! what a pleasure to see Lode Runner on the Palm... and in color too.A beautifully and faithful reproduction of the apple\pc original Lode Runner game! Anyone who ever played just that one more quick game\level of Lode Runner as the burgers were burning on the grill MUST run and get this true nugget of gold (Pun intended). Lode Runner Lives ON! 
 07-Oct-00 by Kevin Drysdale
This game is the most awesome piece of work i have seen for the palm! It is the only game worth registering! You only have to go to www.ardiri.com and fill out a survey and its yours! The Level creator, is WOW! I stayed up till 3am making a level set named Korbos. This is availaible and www.homestead.palmvault.comGET THIS NOW! 
 18-Sep-00 by Piotr Kucharski
This game had caught me. Now I spend all my free time playing it. And more. It should be forbidden, it's like a drug! I want more and more. :-) 
 09-Aug-00 by Kevin Ravenscock
Ok forget the last review i wrote............This game has high score support but no high score table :( But still, it is a very nice piece of software written for palm pilot. And now that it has grayscale graphics, it ROCKS! 
 
