Lode runner

Levels from the original Lode Runner copied over, there was then Lode Runner (Returns) for the PS/PSX and Lode Runner Extra, which featured bombs and other weapons and even timers and backgrounds that actually WORKED. Lode Runner Online allowed people to share levels made with the Lode Runner Extra/Returns engine, and Lode Runner 2 was an intriguing 3-d version that sadly did not achieve commercial success. Each one contained creative puzzles but Championship Lode Runner may well have packed the nastiest, simplest ones of all. Perhaps it was just that I had stick figures and a green screen to work with. It seemed so abstract and a puzzle and maybe even stick figures flopping around on the PSX made the future Lode Runners seem too much like a regular game for me. But apparently it still doesn't feel too regular to most normal gamers. 1-3. APPLE/NES DIFFERENCES The NES only has 50 levels, although they are comparable to the Apple's 50 levels. The interface for starting on levels is a bit easier but unfortunately there's no way to get past the stupid opening music. The big difference though is that the top two lines of a level are cut off, thus making the NES levels a lot simpler than their Apple counterparts. Oh, the NES has different scoring too. Occasionally I'll refer to N/S/E/W which should be equivalent to U/D/R/L i.e. Up down right left. I'll use one-letter abbreviations and 2L means two left, SSE means DDL or 2D 1L, and sometimes I'll call your enemies robots, monks, guys, or whatever. Chests may be coins or whatever. It should be clear, but then again you don't need any more distractions when learning how to beat this tough game.A 1-rope also refers to a rope of length one, and similarly for

Lode Runner(NES) FAQby Andrew Schultz schultz.andrew@sbcglobal.netversion 1.0.0, copyright 2005This FAQ is copyright 2005 by Andrew Schultz. Although it was LODES(ba-dum-bum-CRASH) of fun to make, it also took, er, lots of time to write. Therefore, please do not re-distribute for profit without my prior consent(i.e. please ask nicely to use my materials first with SPECIFIC queries and use my name please.For access to graphical(Apple-wise, because simpler is better) representations of these maps, go to (segue to SHAMELESS PROMOTION:) where you can check out whichever level map you please of both Lode Runner and Championship Lode Runner on the Apple. Other platforms should have only minor differences though the NES chops off the top two rows for Lode Runner.================================ OUTLINE 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CONTROLS 3. SCORING 4. ENEMY AI, STRATEGIES, ETC. 5. LEVEL WALKTHROUGHS 5-X. WALKTHROUGH FOR LEVEL X(1-50) 6. VERSIONS 7. CREDITS================================ 1. INTRODUCTIONIf you want to go ROM fishing, you'll want a Lode Runner that shows walls on both sides at the start of the level. I'm not giving any advice as to where. But there are bad copies out there, most notably the pirated one. 1-1. WHAT IT'S ABOUTThe object of Lode Runner is to pick up all the gold pieces on a screen and then get to the top, where you have another level. There are basic pieces for Lode Runner as well--ten of them.EMPTY SPACE: you can walk through it.BRICK: you can run across it. You can also dig into it, to create an impression that lasts six seconds or so. You or enemies can fall in. Enemies are trapped once they fall, but you can freefall into the space below. When it fills in, it can kill you--or enemies, who regenerate in various places at the top of the screen.CEMENT: you can run across it but

And when the enemies regenerate you can walk up the UL to...level 1. Weak last level, weak ending.End of FAQ proper================================ 6. VERSIONS1.0.0 submitted to GameFAQs 12/01/2005. Enough to stand alone from Apple Lode Runner. Pulled some Championship Lode Runner basic instructions too. 7. CREDITSI N F E R N O on GameFAQs for letting me have the information from his formative guide. It was hashed up and regurgitated in various sections. Thanks for doing the tough work I dislike.The NES FAQ writers for keeping the NES Completion Project long enough that I gave in and decided to write up this game.The people who gave me the pirated Lode Runner disks so long ago. (I think the statute of limitations has expired by now?)The people who wrote the program that listed Lode Runner moves when you typed "CATALOG."The FCEU folks for their general work and, specifically, for the save states which helped me plot out the levels when the NES binary had them compressed, which originally confused me.CJayC for having GameFAQs.For all the people I've gotten to know since the Apple version of this guide came out. There are too many to list off the top of my head. Here's a partial list: bloomer, Retro, falsehead, Snow Dragon, Masters, Sashanan, Lisanne, Brian Sulpher, ZoopSoul, AdamL and *who knows* who else.ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net which has the Apple(better) version of Lode Runner.Doug Smith for creating Lode Runner.

Can't dig it. Very dangerous without brick around, or...LADDERS: you can climb up these and often shuck and jive your enemies on them. You can also fall off them to the side, fool bad guys coming at you from below. You cannot dig a brick under a ladder.ROPE: you can't dig a brick under a rope, but you can walk across a rope when there's no brick under. You can fall off them, down to the ground below.FALSE BRICK: you will fall through this unless there's a rope or ladder directly above. Then you have the choice to fall in. These can trap you quickly, or they can provide you with a hidden secret passage to make things easier. Because they look like bricks, you need to learn how to map these out.GOLD CHEST: you can't dig under a gold chest, but you get points for collecting it. Once every gold chest is collected, you can reach the top of the level to advance to the next one. Enemies can pick up gold chests or release them, and if they drop into a brick-hole with a brick-hole right about it, the gold chest doesn't appear, but it gets counted as collected.ENEMIES: reddish guys keeping you from your goal, although sometimes you can make them fall into pits and use them as bridges.YOU: self-explanatory. The guy that needs to collect all the gold and then get to the top. 1-2. LODE RUNNER FRANCHISE Championship Lode Runner was the second title in the Lode Runner series of games. It started with Lode Runner, which had 150 levels on the Apple including an editor(and a high score list! That drove me wild!) before moving to a shorter, tougher game with 50 levels. Not counting various ports, which feature many of the rather easy