![]() ![]() Loderunner has been ported to almost every platform – there was even a few arcade machines – no doubt ensuring a nice steady income for Mr. It all looks so simple until you start playing and these simple rules can present you with some really tough puzzles which would be challenging enough if you had no enemies to avoid. This basic gameplay delivers an exceptionally challenging, addictive and enjoyable game. Some platforms are made of harder material though, and you can’t dig holes there. Sometimes though the enemies will climb out so you have to time their fall into the hole so that there is little time for them to climb out. You do this by trapping the culprit in a hole long enough to be disposed of when the hole fills in which leaves the gold for you. Things are further complicated by the fact that some enemies will pick up a piece of gold, and it must be retrieved before the level exit is revealed. In fact it is more of an action puzzle game. ![]() The enemies are pretty dumb and their AI seems to work on following the shortest path to you – however when you consider that there are several enemies, and that the level layouts are quite complex, the game is very challenging. Levels have to be completed in one go – if you lose a life the whole level is reset which can be frustrating – you are forced into mastering each level instead of just crashing through by sacrificing lives. Enemies are replaced after their demise – you will lose a life. These holes will fill in after a short time, disposing of an enemy (or you) if in the hole. You are not totally helpless though – you start the game with the ability to dig holes to your immediate left or right into which the enemies will fall. They are limited to the same movements you are and you must evade them. It isn’t quite as simple as that however – there are enemies out to stop you. Gold bars are placed around the levels and your goal is to gather all of it at which time the level exit door appears and you complete the level by going through it. This game isn’t a platform game – there is no jumping here – you can move left and right, climb ladders and drop down to a platform below with no limit to the distance you can drop. This game first appeared back in 1983 and its a classic “ladders and levels” game where you guide a character through complex layouts made up of platforms and ladders. As a matter of fact, he deserves to be as he happens to be the person responsible for one of the very early platform games – Loderunner. Smith isn’t exactly a name that is written large in the gaming Hall of Fame. ![]()
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