Lode Runner
An unreleased version of the game for the Atari Lynx was discovered in 2008 on an old Atari Corp. hard drive and was eventually released by Video 61. The Bungeling Empire has stolen a huge cache of gold from…
16 July 2008
Lode Runner is an arcade, released 16 July 2008 on Atari Lynx.
What Lode Runner is
Lode Runner was released in 2008. It is available on Atari Lynx only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An unreleased version of the game for the Atari Lynx was discovered in 2008 on an old Atari Corp. hard drive and was eventually released by Video 61. The Bungeling Empire has stolen a huge cache of gold from its rightful owners, and your mission is to infiltrate its treasury and recapture it. This entails progressing through 150 screens of platforms, ladders and ropes. The Empire has sent robotic guards down to protect the gold, and contact with any of these will cost you a life. Your method of escaping them is to press fire to dig a hole in their line of movement, thus causing them to fall in briefly, allowing you to move across the gap safely. Once all the gold has been collected, a…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Lode Runner launched on 16 July 2008, within three weeks of Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV and Rhythm Heaven.
Released around the same time: Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Rhythm Heaven.
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When did Lode Runner come out?
Lode Runner was released on 16 July 2008 for Atari Lynx.
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