               Christmas Runner LITE
              (PocketPC/WindowsCE Edition)
                             

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     Christmas Runner LITE is a special version of Lode Runner game.

     XMAS Runner LITE is a remake of well-known classic game with 
     the same name. This reincarnation of the popular game comes 
     packed with improvements, such as new hi-color graphics and 
     bunch of new levels, oozing with  the spirit of the original
     immortal classic.

     The new XMAS Runner is available for different platforms:

       PocketPC/WindowsCE          :  www.ballshooter.com
       Casio BE-300 Pocket Manager :  www.be-300.com
       Win9x/WinNT/Win2000         :  ask us where to get the desktop version

     In order to complete a level, you have to collect all the treasures scattered
     in the labyrinth, while avoiding the guards roaming around. You start 
     with 3 lives. You can make holes in the floors to jump through them, 
     or to trap the enemies.

     Cristmas Runner LITE build 50

     (c) 2003-2005, BallShooter Games. All rights reserved.
        
     Disclaimer: This Software has no relation to Namco, 
     Sierra, Taito, GT Interactive, Atari, and other 
     creators of the original arcade game LodeRunner.



Christmas Runner

Not exactly a "free" title, "Christmas Runner" or "Lode Runner Lite," (which appears on the title screen) is sort of a cross between a demo and a freeware game. (Note to Ballshooter: you guys need to come up with more consistent naming conventions.) The game is basically Lode Runner with a Christmas theme and features 10 increasingly difficult levels. Although the graphics are middling and the characters are tiny, the game plays surprisingly well and has just about everything youˇd expect to see in this type of game, even though itˇs not officially licensed. 

If it's been awhile since you played the original or if youˇre uninitiated, instructions at the beginning of the first few levels explain how to get the job done. The enemies are dumber than a box of rocks, but that doesn't stop them from taking you down. Not a groundbreaker by any means, Christmas Runner is nevertheless a way for the adept to kill 15 minutes, or for newbies to get acquainted with the genre for free.

http://www.ballshooter.com/lode/files/lrlite86.exe
