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The game Lode Runner exists for a very long time, and pleased the owners of Spectrum, Amiga and PC back in the 80s of the last century. The essence of the game is completely unpretentious: there is a labyrinth, there are chests (with gold?), Set up by some kind assistant assistant farms throughout the labyrinth. Lode Runner is a game developed by Douglas Smith that was originally released in 1983. Here you can find a browser remake by Simon! Lode Runner was released in mid-1983. The original microcomputer versions were for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and IBM PC. The VIC-20 version was released on cartridge, including the level editor. To exit fullscreen mode, press escape. Playing experience can be poor due to your browser or your computer. Download Lode Runner: The Legend Returns and launch it with DOSBox to have the best playing experience! If the game is too fast or too slow, try. Lode Runner: The Legend Returns is an abandoned DOS action game, developed by Presage Software, designed by Jake Hoelter, Todd Daggert and published by Sierra On-Line in 1994. It's available for download. Lode Runner: The Legend Returns is also part of the Lode runner series.
I've been a Lode Runner fan since it originally came out (in the prehistoric 80's) and I played it on a dowdy old Macintosh 512K. Back then it simply did not get better than Lode Runner. The gameplay was fast, strategic, nail biting, and in all ways kickass. There were about 100 levels of thievery and fun. Hell, it was one of those games that defined what PC Gaming would become. Lode Runner is sacred, it is the seminal Virgin Mother Mary Convict of side-scrolling arcade games.
The basic premise was that you were some sort of thief who wanted gold. You ran around picking up gold, evading cops (or Mad Monks), blasting open holes in the ground, and dying quite a lot if you weren't slick. It was cool.
Basically, Lode Runner 2 fails because it is attempting to make a side-scrolling 2D game into an isometric, fake 3D game. See, in LR2 the gaming world is an isometric grid. This means that the four directions you have are North West, North East, South West, and South East. This means that control in this game has taken a terminal sh... Don't believe my angry words? Just try using the keypad 7,9,1,3 keys for the directions I just mentioned. Then try using q,w,a,s for zapping the ground in those directions.
It's insultingly awkward and it doesn't leave many free keys to perform all of the various other actions such as: let go, drop bomb, suicide, pick up/drop, use, and cycle bombs. You just don't have enough fingers to really control this sucker effectively unless you really jinx around the controls long enough that any interest you ever had in the game is gone. Then you play the game, and guess what? You might have gotten an elusively comfortable control set up, but the game sucks.
Problem 1: The control, even if you modify your keyboard or hands, is highly unresponsive. It sometimes takes two taps of a directional key just to turn to face that direction. At other times the slightest tap will have you bounding down the grid to an unfortunate encounter with one of the 'Mad Monks' (strange dudes dressed in blue robes who for some reason are protecting vast gold deposits and will slice you in half like a Jell-O pudding if they catch you).
Problem 2: False advertising. The punks who pushed this cheap dope lauded it's '3D-World' and 'Dazzling 3D Graphics.' This game is about as 3-D as Crusader: No Remorse. The entire game is in fixed viewpoint isometric 2D, not 3D, not remotely. To add further insult, the 2D graphics are about as compelling as those in Crusader, accepting of course that Crusader came out in late '95 and this is now late '98.
Problem 3: Is this some cheap bloody Acid Trip? Yes folks, there is no realism in what you see. All these island-like environments are suspended above some sort of misty backdrop that clashes blatantly with the underground environs of the recent Lode Runner Returns and Lode Runner Online (both excellent remakes of the original, look them up and give them an obscene phone call).
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To make it even worse there is only 1 good environment type: Jungle. The Jungle is fairly attractive to look at and features creepy plants with really big human eyes. The eyes don't hurt, mind you - the designers wouldn't have sprung for something so interesting, and this is merely window dressing. The other environs are bad Techno, bad contemporary construction yard, and really, really bad children's building blocks (Chutes and Ladders, anyone?).
Also, to kill off the gameplay, the designers included bombs. These bombs are your other way of killing the Monks or a multiplayer opponent. They work just like those bombs found in Bomberman, shooting their flames in an easily avoided +. They suck - add another to the tally. So does the multiplayer for that matter.
Is it any fun? No. Not remotely. And no, the included level editor just extends the misery. It adds nothing to the value. Look, overall this game simply blows. I cannot stress enough how much of a crime I think this game commits by its mere presence. I love the original Lode Runner and its two faithful sequels from way back in '96. This is not Lode Runner. It is not fun.
People who downloaded Lode Runner 2 have also downloaded:
Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, Lode Runner, Championship Lode Runner, Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes, Lemmings Revolution, Lemmings: Oh No! More Lemmings
Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge, Lode Runner: The Legend Returns, Lode Runner, Championship Lode Runner, Lemmings, Lemmings 2: The Tribes, Lemmings Revolution, Lemmings: Oh No! More Lemmings
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This game needs Windows 95. |
If you have windows 7 or vista 64 version i suggest VMware player it allows you to run older OS with very good effects. Its a free download and all you need is a windows OS to install. |
In attempting to load 'Lode Runner: The Legend Returns' a message says it cannot run as it is in a 32bit format. I have 64bit. Suggestions? Jill |
This is very good game. |
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