Lode Runner |
Release Date | 1984 |
Original Publisher | Software Projects Ltd (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Platform |
Max. Players | 1 |
Original Price | £9.95 |
Mods | 1 title(s) |
Features | AY Sound, Padlock Protection |
Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick, Redefineable keys |
Tie-in Licences | Lode Runner (Software) from Broderbund Software (USA) |
Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, NES |
Average mag. score | 66.83% (6 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 81.4% (87 votes) |
David J. Anderson (UK) | at Platinum Productions | - ? | |
Ian Morrison (UK) | at Platinum Productions | - ? | |
Roger Tissyman | - Inlay/Poster Art |
"PCG Hit" | at Personal Computer Games | issue #15 - 1985/Feb | page 34 |
Includes the following music: [128K] J. S. Bach, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" |
This game was later converted to an arcade coin-op by Irem Corporation. |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
LodeRunner48.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - Side A (48K) | |
LodeRunner(48K)(SideA).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - Side A (48K) | |
LodeRunner(48K)(SideB).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - Side B (48K) | |
LodeRunner.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | - Side B (48K) | |
LodeRunner128.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English | - Sides A/B (128K) | |
LodeRunner128.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (None) | English | - Sides A/B (128K) | |
LodeRunner(NewGameSet).z80.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - Side B (48K) |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
LodeRunner.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
LodeRunner(NewGameSet).gif | 3,214 | Original | Running screen | - Side B | ||
LodeRunner.gif | 2,097 | Original | Running screen | |||
LodeRunner.jpg | 338,216 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
LodeRunner_2.jpg | 387,936 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
LodeRunner_Back.jpg | 277,891 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
LodeRunner_Back_2.jpg | 118,476 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
LodeRunner.ay.zip | 1,893 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
LodeRunner.txt | 2,399 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
LodeRunner.png | 181,579 | Original | Game map | |||
LodeRunner_CodeSheet.gif | 221,423 | Original | Code sheet | |||
LodeRunner_CodeSheet.txt | 20,660 | Original | Code sheet | |||
LodeRunner_CodeSheet.zip | 13,218,373 | Original | Code sheet | |||
LodeRunner.jpg | 98,284 | Original | Advertisement | |||
LodeRunner_2.jpg | 215,572 | Original | Advertisement | |||
loderunner.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rouslan Gordeyev (with rollback) | ||
Lode Runner (1984)(Software Projects).pok | 132 | Original | POK pokes file |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #41-1985/Mar | page 105 | - Review | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #41-1985/Mar supplement "Book of Adventure" | page 105 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #12-1985/Jan special "Christmas Special 1984/85" | page 38 | - Review: 81% | |
Home Computing Weekly | issue #94-1985/Jan/8 special "week#2" | page 9 | - Review | |
Personal Computer Games | issue #15-1985/Feb | page 34 | - Review: 8/10 | |
Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #47-1984/Nov/22 special "week#4" | page 67 | - Review | |
Sinclair Programs | issue #28-1985/Feb | page 15 | - Review: 60% | |
Sinclair User | issue #35-1985/Feb | page 29 | - Review: 6/10 | |
Sinclair User | issue #49-1986/Apr | page 55 | - Review: 3/5 | |
Your Computer | issue v.5 #1-1985/Jan | page 65 | - Review: 3/5 |
Big K | issue #7-1984/Oct | page 4 | - News/Note | |
Crash | issue v.1 #27-1986/Apr | page 48 | - Letters | |
Home Computing Weekly | issue #107-1985/Apr/9 special "week#2" | page 4 | - News/Note | |
Personal Computer Games | issue #14-1985/Jan | page 20 | - News/Note | |
SSD-II | issue 1999/Sep | page 0 | - Information | |
Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 88 | - Feature - Matthew Smith interview |
Big K | issue #9-1984/Dec | page 64 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #37-1984/Nov | page 110 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #38-1984/Dec | page 140 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #39-1985/Jan | page 118 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #40-1985/Feb | page 88 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #44-1985/Jun | page 35 | - Advert | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #45-1985/Jul | page 103 | - Advert | |
Crash | issue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86" | page 187 | - Advert | |
Personal Computer Games | issue #12-1984/Nov | page 144 | - Full-page ad | |
Personal Computer Games | issue #13-1984/Dec | page 164 | - Full-page ad | |
Personal Computer Games | issue #14-1985/Jan | page 32 | - Full-page ad | |
Personal Computer News | issue #87-1984/Nov/17 | page 52 | - Full-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 67 | - Full-page ad | |
Sinclair User | issue #35-1985/Feb | page 73 | - Full-page ad |
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