Lode Runner
(c) 2024, Tozai Games
You are a Galactic Commando deep in enemy territory. Power hungry leaders of the repressive Bungeling Empire have stolen a fortune in gold from the people by means of excessive fast food taxes. Your task? To infiltrate each of 150 different treasury rooms, evade the deadly Bungeling guards, and recover every chest of Bungeling booty.
TO START:
To begin play, press return on the PLAY button. If you chose the CUSTOM levels, you will be presented the load file window. Select your levels file and load it to play. If you cancel, you will return to the main menu. Your player will start to flash. Move your player or push a joystick/joypad button to begin game action.
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KEYBOARD COMMANDS: I = move up K = move down J = move left L = move right U = dig left O = dig right |
JOYSTICK/JOYPAD COMMANDS: Up/Down/Left/Right Button 0 = dig left Button 1 = dig right |
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OPTIONS MENU: From the main menu, you can select the following different options. Either use the up and down arrows to select an option, and the left and right arrows to select another entry in the selection option:
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To complete a level, you must collect all the gold chests in a scene. When you succeed, you may then climb a ladder to the top of the screen and enter the next level. You will also gain bonus points and earn an extra life for each level you complete. You start with 5 lives.
You will use your laser drill pistol to drill pits and passageways through brick floors. You may dig through fissured bricks only, not through solid surfaces, and holes must be drilled all the way through to be effective. If a Bungeling guard falls into a pit and gets stuck, it will become safe (for a moment) for you to run over him; also, he will release any gold he is carrying. Any holes that you've drilled will fill in again after a period of time, and guards caught in them when they refill will die and be replenished by new guards at the top of the screen. Be careful: Guards can climb out of pits that do not close up around them. Your player, however, cannot climb out of pits and will die if trapped in a pit that is only a single brick wide. You will notice that gold chests carried by enemy guards cease to be visible. If you have picked up all the visible gold on the screen and the ladder leading to the next level has not yet appeared or you cannot reach the next level by climbing to the highest part of the screen, one or more of the guards is still carrying gold. You must trap the guards in a pit and pick up their gold. If an enemy carrying gold falls into a "dead end" that he and you are unable to leave, you will not be able to get that gold chest safely. If stuck in a "dead end," press CTRL-A to continue (see below). |
SCORING:
HIGH SCORES: If you achieve a new high score, a high score list will appear on the screen at game's end. Type in your initials then press RETURN. Note: You can use the left and right arrow keys to make corrections before pressing RETURN. |
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Lode Runner Editor
The Game Generator ("Edit mode") lets you design, move, erase, playtest, and save to disk your own unique Lode Runner games with no programming knowledge required! You may also use this editor to access directly (then play) any of Lode Runner's 150 different game screens, as well as to erase high scores and prepare new data files for use in saving your own game creations. Don't panic. It's all remarkably easy.
All 150 Classic Levels
All 150 Championship Levels
All 50 MSX Levels
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