The Running Man (1989) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Running Man

In the year 2019 an innocent cop is accused of a crime he did not commit. Ben Richards must face his punishment. In the highest rating gameshow in history, Prime Time real life and death TV action. Television…

31 December 1989

What The Running Man is

The Running Man is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Emerald Software and released in 1989. It was published by Grandslam Entertainments. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the year 2019 an innocent cop is accused of a crime he did not commit. Ben Richards must face his punishment. In the highest rating gameshow in history, Prime Time real life and death TV action. Television is King. You are the ultimate Star - it is time to be THE RUNNING MAN. DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE??? The Computer Game of the film - Arnold Schwarzenegger is THE RUNNING MAN.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Running Man launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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