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Time Runner

Released by Funsoft as Time Runner in North America and by WizardSoft as Blade Runner in Italy, this Amidar style action game was created by Scott Maxwell & Troy Lyndon. Time Runner is a game in which you move…

31 December 1982

Time Runner is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and TRS-80.

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What Time Runner is

Time Runner was released in 1982. It was published by Funsoft. It is available on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and TRS-80.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Released by Funsoft as Time Runner in North America and by WizardSoft as Blade Runner in Italy, this Amidar style action game was created by Scott Maxwell & Troy Lyndon. Time Runner is a game in which you move your character along a pellet grid, which changes from level to level, while you collect points and avoid enemy characters. The goal is to, similar to PacMan, cover the entire board and fill-in each rectangular area, which will then become colored in. Time Runner was first developed on the Atari 800 and later converted to the Commodore-64.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Time Runner launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Time Runner come out?
Time Runner was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and TRS-80.

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