This version of Championship Lode Runner was designed for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), which was an eight-bit video game console manufacturedīy Nintendo in the years 1983 - 2003. įind digital download of this game on GOG or Steam. īuy original game or NES console on or.
More details about this game can be found on .įind this game on video server or. The game is an example of the 'trap-em-up' genre, which also includes games like Heiankyo Alien (1979) and Space Panic (1980). NES players can start at any of the first ten levels while needing passwords to skip to the next levels. The Apple II version allows monsters to be suppressed until they are about to appear while the NES version makes their resurrection completely fatal to the player. However, the NES dumps the player straight back to the first level. Players sent in a code that was on the package's sticker along with a countercode (to prove that the game was beaten). The Apple II version offered players a certificate for completing the game. While games can be saved, the player automatically loses a life for restoring his game.
Fifty of the hardest levels ever designed are used and they had to be tackled in proper sequential order. Bumping into enemies cost the player a life and all of his hard-earned gold pieces. Using non-violent methods, enemies had to be overcome. The object of the game is to pick up all the gold pieces (which appear as piles of gold) and get them to the top. Expect a very long game with either this or any other game in the Lode Runner series. Far more Lode Runner games were released in Japan than there were in North America. This game shares the same status with the Ultima and Wizardry games which had sizeable spin-offs in Japan that were mostly unknown in North America. The game may also be found on a pirate NES cartridge under the names Super Load Runner or Load Runner 2. We are working on the others.Ĭhampionship Lode Runner is the champion's version of Lode Runner and its sequel. This game can be played also in a version for SG-1000. The following emulators are available for this game: NeptunJS (JavaScript), Nesbox (Flash), RetroGames (JS) and vNES (Java).