Game

Lode Runner

1983 · Commodore VIC-20 · Arcade · SG-1000 · BBC Microcomputer System · Atari 8-bit · PC-9800 Series · Platform · Puzzle

78IGDB player score
59 ratings

Previously Take

A respectable 78 average that never found its audience. Puzzles first, with science fiction keeping things interesting between the "aha" moments. No multiplayer, no problem — the campaign carries the whole thing.

About this game

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.

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Game facts

Release date

Oct 30, 1983

Developer

Brøderbund Software, Irem

Publisher

Banpresto, Brøderbund Software, Irem, Microsoft Studios

Platforms

Commodore VIC-20, Arcade, SG-1000, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, PC-9800 Series, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, WonderSwan

Genres

Platform, Puzzle

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Game modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Critic score

80 / 100 (1 reviews)