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Lode Runner series

Super Lode Runner

The game keeps the typical gameplay of the Lode Runner series. Players have to collect all the gold on the stage, while either avoiding or trapping the robotic guards who are constantly giving them chase. The…

5 March 1987

Super Lode Runner is a platform, released 5 March 1987 on Family Computer Disk System and MSX2.

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What Super Lode Runner is

Super Lode Runner was released in 1987. It was published by Irem. It is available on Family Computer Disk System and MSX2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game keeps the typical gameplay of the Lode Runner series. Players have to collect all the gold on the stage, while either avoiding or trapping the robotic guards who are constantly giving them chase. The game also features a level editor so players can create their own stages to play on.
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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.

Where it sits in the Lode Runner series

Super Lode Runner is the third of 9 entries we hold in the Lode Runner series. It arrived 2 years after Lode Runner III - The Golden Labyrinth. The next entry was Super Lode Runner II in 1987.

See all 9 Lode Runner games in release order →

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When did Super Lode Runner come out?
Super Lode Runner was released on 5 March 1987 for Family Computer Disk System and MSX2.

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