Lode Runner 3-D is a platform developed by Big Bang, released 26 March 1999 on Nintendo 64.
What Lode Runner 3-D is
Lode Runner 3-D is a platform game developed by Big Bang and released in 1999. It was published by Banpresto. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game mechanics are similar to the original; you outrun 'monsters' by using alternate routes, sliding on ropes, climbing ladders or drilling holes in the ground to trap them. This game differs from the other incarnations of games from the series because of its apparent three-dimensional perspective. While essentially running in 2-dimensional space, the player has an option to move in another direction every so often. The levels are mostly spirals that require climbing to complete. There are five worlds and each one must be unlocked by finding five cards from the previous world excluding the first. Each world is divided into five stages with each stage divided into four levels. The…
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.
How it was received
Lode Runner 3-D holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Lode Runner 3-D launched on 26 March 1999, within three weeks of RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy.
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