Lode Runner

Lode Runner, another famous game.

Lode Runner-6000.prg
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/commodore/vic20/roms/16k/Lode%20Runner-6000.prg

Lode Runner-a000.prg
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/commodore/vic20/roms/16k/Lode%20Runner-a000.prg

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Game name:
	Lode Runner
Company:
	Broderbund
Author:
	Mike Wise and Doug Smith (198_)
Game Type:
	Climb and run game, with some puzzle-solving aspects involved.
Required:
	16k RAM (8k each in banks 3 & 5). Joystick.
Graphics:
	Plainly colored but detailed enough. Great character animation.
Sound:
	Average.
Gameplay:
	Wonderful in any of its ports. Extremely well balanced and paced.
Overall:
	A classic game. In any of its versions, on just about any gaming platform, Lode Runner can offer hours of contented entertainment.
Ad Text:
	"...You will maneuver through scene after scene, running, jumping, drilling passages and outfoxing enemy guards in a secret underground hideaway as you pick up chests of gold stolen from the citizens of the Bungeling Empire. There's no end to the thrills, chills and challenge." (Partial text from Broderbund ad in Dec 1983 Compute's Gazette.)
Trivia:
	See the entry for Apple Panic for some historical notations.


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