Lode Runner Extra is a platform developed by Presage Software, Inc., released 10 January 1997 on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
What Lode Runner Extra is
Lode Runner Extra is a platform game developed by Presage Software, Inc. and released in 1997. It was published by Patra. It is available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Lode Runner Extra is a stand-alone expansion for Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, featuring 110 new levels for advanced players and an integrated level editor. The gameplay remains the same in this action-platformer, where the objective is to collect all the gold nuggets and bars scattered around each stage to activate a portal to the next level. Red monks chase the main character around the many platforms and ledges, killing the adventurer when finally reaching him. New tools and other helpful pieces of equipment are slowly introduced with cutscenes showing their usage.
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.
What it launched against
Lode Runner Extra launched on 10 January 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII (1997), Wild Arms, Money Puzzle Exchanger and NBA In the Zone 2.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII (1997), Wild Arms, Money Puzzle Exchanger, NBA In the Zone 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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