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IGDB / 4603

Lode Runner

1983 78 / 100 Platform Puzzle

Lode Runner is a 1983 puzzle video game, first published by Brøderbund. It is one of the first games to include a level editor, a feature that allows players to create their own levels for the game. This feature bolstered the game's popularity, as magazines such as Computer Gaming World held contests to see who could build the best level.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayPuzzles

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Story & context

Lode Runner is a 1983 puzzle video game, first published by Brøderbund. It is one of the first games to include a level editor, a feature that allows players to create their own levels for the game. This feature bolstered the game's popularity, as magazines such as Computer Gaming World held contests to see who could build the best level.

GameplayPuzzles GenrePlatform GenrePuzzle ThemeAction ThemeScience fiction
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Game profile / Plain language

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Studio, play style, releases, and official sources — compactly prepared from external IGDB data.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Brøderbund Software, Irem, Brøderbund Software
Publisher
Banpresto, Microsoft Studios, Sony, Brøderbund Software, SystemSoft, Soft Pro International, Software Projects, Irem, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Amstrad CPC 1989
  • Arcade 1984
  • Apple II 1983
  • Atari 8-bit 1983
  • ZX Spectrum 1984
  • BBC Microcomputer System 1985
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX 1983
  • Commodore VIC-20 1983
  • DOS 1983
  • FM-7 Nov 01, 1984
  • Windows Phone Jul 10, 2012
  • WonderSwan Apr 20, 2000
  • MSX 1983
  • PC-8800 Series Dec 01, 1983
  • PC-9800 Series Oct 30, 1983
  • SG-1000 1984
  • Mac 1984
  • NEC PC-6000 Series 1984
  • Atari ST/STE 1989
  • Sharp X1 1984

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