Lode Runner
A remake of the 1984 classic arcade puzzle game with the same name. You're a highly trained Galactic Commando, deep in enemy territory. Your mission: to recover a fortune in gold, stolen from the Bungeling…
Lode Runner is an arcade developed by Hudson Soft, released 26 October 2006 on Nintendo DS.
What Lode Runner is
Lode Runner is an arcade game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2006. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A remake of the 1984 classic arcade puzzle game with the same name. You're a highly trained Galactic Commando, deep in enemy territory. Your mission: to recover a fortune in gold, stolen from the Bungeling people by their power-hungry leaders. You'll be running, jumping, and climbing heroically, solving perplexing puzzles. With your laser pistol, you'll drill passageways through stone floors and barriers. To get through this mission alive, you'll need more than fleet feet and good looks. You'll need your quick wits and brains. And more than just a little luck.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Lode Runner series
Lode Runner is the eighth of 9 entries we hold in the Lode Runner series. It arrived 9 months after Hudson Best Collection Vol. 2: Lode Runner Collection. The next entry was Lode Runner 1 in 2017.
What it launched against
Lode Runner launched on 26 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II.
Released around the same time: Bully, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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