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Battle Lode Runner

Once an ancient arcade game, and with a previous version on the PC Engine by Pack In Video, Hudson Soft have taken the addictive gameplay of Lode Runner and given the graphics a complete face lift. The…

1 March 1993

Battle Lode Runner is a puzzle developed by Hudson Soft, released 1 March 1993 on Wii U, Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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What Battle Lode Runner is

Battle Lode Runner is a puzzle game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 1993. It is available on Wii U, Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Once an ancient arcade game, and with a previous version on the PC Engine by Pack In Video, Hudson Soft have taken the addictive gameplay of Lode Runner and given the graphics a complete face lift. The puzzle-based action in Lode Runner is simple: You are presented with a side-view platforms-and-ladders based level and you have to collect all the gold and escape without getting caught by the baddies. To defend yourself, you can dig holes in the ground, either to the left or to the right, and enemies stumbling upon them will fall down and be trapped. If you time it right, the hole will re-fill before the enemy can climb out, forcing them to respawn elsewhere in the level. If you prefer…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Lode Runner series

Battle Lode Runner is the fifth of 9 entries we hold in the Lode Runner series. It arrived 6 years after Super Lode Runner II. The next entry was Lode Runner On-Line: The Mad Monks' Revenge in 1995.

See all 9 Lode Runner games in release order →

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When did Battle Lode Runner come out?
Battle Lode Runner was released on 1 March 1993 for Wii U, Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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