GeoRunner
You are a member of the Blit Rescue and Tracking Squad (BRATS). Your unit's mission is to rescue Blit whenever he gets captured, which is basically his job. Blit skateboards, crashes, and ends up in a cage. In…
GeoRunner is a puzzle developed by Ohio Distinctive Software, released 4 February 1998 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What GeoRunner is
GeoRunner is a puzzle game developed by Ohio Distinctive Software and released in 1998. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are a member of the Blit Rescue and Tracking Squad (BRATS). Your unit's mission is to rescue Blit whenever he gets captured, which is basically his job. Blit skateboards, crashes, and ends up in a cage. In order to free Blit, you must find a number of keys scattered across different countries in a region. To obtain the keys, the game tests your geographical knowledge. GeoRunner prompts you to select a region of the world (North & Central America, South America, Africa, etc.) and to configure a skill level. The skill level determines a number of settings:* The difficulty of the clues. Early levels simply tell the player to visit a certain country. Later levels challenge the player on…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
GeoRunner launched on 4 February 1998, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Resident Evil 2 and Sega Rally 2.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Resident Evil 2, Sega Rally 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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