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One of the most playable retro games of all time. It never gets old.

Lode Runner the Legend Returns and Mad Monk's Revenge were the pure definition of my childhood gaming. So many good memories...

@JaggedJack1

2 ай бұрын

Same here brother, same here. I had been trying to remember the name of that old game for ages when I finally stumbled across this video. Scrubbing through all the old versions of Lode Runner that just didn't look right until I got to The Legend Returns and that was it. Amazing game. Amazing memories.

Don't forget to mention Championship Lode Runner, it's like the Mario 2 of the Lode Runners, insane new levels with higher difficulty

Dev 1: Let's port this game to 5 systems. Dev 2: Got it! we will port it to *50* systems. Dev 1: Wait I said 5 not 50 Dev 2: To late

@poble

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tretheperson for some reason, hearts get removed if you edit your comments

@Tretheperson

3 жыл бұрын

@@poble oh, That explains it. I just fixed a spelling error.

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tretheperson if a person unhearts your comment it devalues their own opinion

@danc3933

2 жыл бұрын

Too*

First version I’ve played was the NES version, and to be fair, those Hudson Soft ports seem to have the most aggressive AI. I also found out later why the enemies in Lode Runner NES looked like the enemies in BomberMan; there’s a plot. Lode Runner X was also a free pack-in title for Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro owners. I remember playing it when I bought that smartphone.

@ryun.8072

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, dev of hudson soft were lazy at making player sprite of bomberman

@basicallysnake

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryun.8072 they had actually made a connection to explain laziness, just look at the ending of bomberman on NES.

@ryun.8072

2 жыл бұрын

@@basicallysnake i know that

@yordansic

Жыл бұрын

“To be fair” doesn’t make any sense here.

The Atari 8 bits version is using color artifacts, if you run the game in a CTR you will see it in "colors" instead of monochrome.

@theallknowingsause8940

3 жыл бұрын

It's CRT

@theallknowingsause8940

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wait you're taking about Crash Team Racing

@javierguerra8066

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, but you can enable "artifacting mode" in the emulator's video settings. Almost all emulator users forget to enable that mode ...

@basicallysnake

2 жыл бұрын

@@theallknowingsause8940 what

@Kasia55

4 ай бұрын

Good game

Loricel did some good sound sample compression in the ST adaption! I always admire the fact they managed to get the old speaker to play authentic samples as a means of music and sound effects in an otherwise primitive sound card. The game controls in their games may not be very good, but I definitely can say that they win in the sound department for computer games in the mid-late 1980s!

One 'version' that this video's author (understandably) didn't know about is *Apple Lode Runner* , a remake by Spoonbill Software. Along with a level editor, this freebie has thousands of levels available including the original and Championship ones. People originally had to e-mail the author and wait a few days to get this game but it's currently available for download via his web site. Feel free to give it a try when you have the chance. ^_^

@evknucklehead

3 жыл бұрын

They tend to exclude "unofficial" ports from these videos. All of the ones included are officially licensed titles.

The PC version by Sierra was being made about the time they were talking about merging with Broderbund. If that'd gone ahead, it'd have meant Activision would own Lode Runner now.

The N64 port looks really ahead of it's time.

@AliAbdullah-oi3wc

3 жыл бұрын

Feel like I would get motion sickness 🤢

@Turbulation1

3 жыл бұрын

@@AliAbdullah-oi3wc You wouldn't if you're used to games in that type of perspective.

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

N64 Lode Runner might have looked ahead of its time it seems short 5 worlds + 136 levels + 20 bonus levels visually it seems like it was made in a lazy, rushed, way

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

@Diskun or the N64 Lode Runner looked like the publisher infograms wanted to cut the costs as in pay the developer less by cutting the quality if the original Lode Runner creator Doug Smith had helped them out or was involved it could’ve, might’ve, would’ve be better

So many good times when playing Co-op. Always a bit of shenanigans to sabotage your team mate. Played during the Windows 1994 era.

Lode Runner Legacy looks beautiful! It goves me Mega Man 11 and Tron Legacy vibes as well.

Lode Runner DS and Battle Lode Runner I think are some of my personal favouritesthe former because I just fell in love with the Cubic redesign. That being said, Lode Runner Legacy has been an amazing nostalgia trip to play through.

Played the c64 version back then and still give it a try sometimes....the sprite animations look really well for that era and still hold up. Great gameplay

@jasonlee7816

2 жыл бұрын

you must be deluded the C64 version didn’t or hasn’t aged well

Legend Returns/Mad Monks revenge are the absolute best versions - great music(atleast from psx/saturn version on), beautiful drawn graphics that are not too retro but not too modern either, great gameplay additions(bombs, items )that don't interfere with classic gameplay too much(if the level doesn't have them you play just like the old lode runner), online and splitscreen multiplayer, easy level editing/sharing for infinite replay value. It's just the absolute best of the ports

Man your videos make me so happy and everytime I watch a new video I grab the controller and I try those games 😀

My earliest memory of lode runner is the monochrome version I used to play at my cousins' place.

43:47 the enemies falling in cubic lode runner: *S P I N N*

I played the Windows '95 SVGA version. It's wonderful 👏 😊.

I just know the PC-Engine Version, but therefore I know it profound: it's one of our most played party games since 30 years! It is almost on par with Bomberman! I would even imagine it is the best multiplayer version of lone runner ever

Thanks. Excellent

Cubic is the only one, other than direct ports of the NES version, to keep the Bomberman bots.

Played the heck out of the DOS version of this back in the day...

The port of the Lode Runner game on the NES remains the best and most importantly this is the very first game made not by Nintendo itself, but by third-party developer and publisher Hudson Soft!!!

@scottythegreat1

2 жыл бұрын

Its also the first American game to hit Japan. As far as I know, its also the best selling port of the game, as most people that played the game on computer got it from a pirated copy of the game.

@J-Ren.Ninobla

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, most iconic version.

@bartekmil

9 ай бұрын

It's a mediocre version, because of limited field of view. People are so fond of it probably only because it was distributed for NES and cute music/graphics

@warrenorbe7329

Ай бұрын

True, it was common for some normal video gamers

Pour rappel, le premier Lode Runner est sorti... en arcade en novembre 1980 chez UNIVERSAL Co. LTD ! Il s'appelait Space Panic ^^

I remember playing Lode Runner 3D on the N64 as a kid, it was hard as hell. Never got to finish it

Apple 2 is 1 st and arcade port is 7th Me:Wait that's illegal

I remember playing the Apple II version. Loved it. Interesting Irem’s Arcaro version replaced the robot guards with cavemen, and one SNES version had the focus on sweets instead of gold (the runner had to get candies instead of gold bullion) while another had the runner as an anthropomorphic animal. Lode Runner Legacy you wonder if in the non-classic mode it was Minecraft-inspired.

Man. I have loved Lode runner ever since I played it on the Atari 800 (8 bit version). I have played Lode runner The legend returns back on windows and had played a little of the demo of Load Runner Legacy. I didn't know about these other versions that were for the super famicom, GBC, GBA, or the one on DS. The 360 one I never saw and looked sweet too! If only I knew about it at the time I would have grabbed it.

The original will always be my favorite (and that of my late grandmom), but on the go, Legacy on the Switch in Classic Mode will always be worth it.

@mattx5499

2 жыл бұрын

Legacy Mode seems ok. Lode Runner doesn't need enhanced graphics. And Japanese games for Super Famicom are absurd. Why the hell they added 5 minutes long intro, top down nonsense and shit load of text boxes? This game doesn't need a freaking story. 🤦‍♂️

@DeevDaRabbit

5 ай бұрын

​@@mattx5499There's nothing wrong with giving the game a fresh coat of paint

Hello thank you for this fantastic video I discovered many other versions of this game that I really like thanks to you ! On the other hand, you forgot a machine... I'll let you guess which one... greetings !

THANKS MAN!!!! I LIKE LODE RUNNER!!!!

@celinesenden4142

3 жыл бұрын

Are Nice game version

@retropia8132

3 жыл бұрын

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@celinesenden4142

3 жыл бұрын

@@retropia8132 👍🏻

Pre-1984 ports: - NES/Famicom is one of my favorite port due to Field of View, graphics and sound. - Enterprise have additional enemy for extra difficulty Sharp X68000 port: It's NES/Famicom port on STEROIDS uh i mean x2 speed Although the uploader missed the Lode Runner Championship which is one of the challenging lode runner games on that time (originally released in 1983 on Apple II while Famicom in 1985). I only cleared 7/50 stages during my childhood days.

Обожаю эту игру, но она очень сложная. Спасибо за этот сборник!

"So there are all basically exactly the same." 27:14 "What the fuck?"

I loved the Windows 95 version. I do recall it had a redbook soundtrack like the console counterparts, though.

43:56 That Art👾🙊🙊

Ooh I can't wait until the clones/hacks one for this. There are some interesting ones, like "Turtles" and the "Conte Enegy" series.

@Jeansowaty

3 жыл бұрын

I have Conte Enegy on my Famiclone lol

PC Window DOS and PlayStation that's all you'll need.

To be fair, most of the lode runner ports who look basic seem to have no music. While the rest seem to look modern and refrenced.

I love how the ST version uses a bit from smooth criminal for its intro 💀

Some of the earlier more elaborate versions made me think "what if there was a super intense lode runner" and then I got to the GBA version and laughed

@wheany

10 ай бұрын

Okay, the 360 version is pretty good too

Nice versions

I get up on the DOS version. Memories

So many versions! I guess it's a pretty undemanding game, so even the VIC20 has a decent version!

I like Lode Runner 1 and Lode Runner Legacy. Lode Runner up because of the main character's design and Legacy because it reminds me of Tron Legacy

I like in that part 10:55 Lode Runner Nintendo version from NES. With a theme song, the player, gold, and the evil has make by Nintendo. RIP Doug Smith, Publisher of Lode Runner

That game have atleast 54 versions! AND Lode Runner is one of the most bootlegged famicom/NES games

21:00 Thought we were gonna go into Smooth Criminal for a second there.

オリジナルをブロードバンド社？ が作ってから数多のメーカーから数多の機種に移植されたが ハドソン版だけオリジナル製作者から出来の良さにビックリされたらしいっすね

@2totok

3 жыл бұрын

しかも実質マイナス評価から始まってますからね。１画面→スクロールに変更した点が不評だったとか。

I would like for the next video the Ballblazer ports for Atari 8-bit, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Atari 7800 & Famicom. Saludes from Costa Rica.

@Ms_Drake

3 жыл бұрын

There's a Famicom version?

@cliverth94

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5qgya97YbjUgdY.html

A game made by Doug E. Smith in 1983/84 for Brøderbund, in all computer systems must be followed by Brøderbund globally and while designed for Japanese-audiences version such as Arcade (for Irem) and Hudson's conversion (a FAMICOM/NES version of enemy looks like Bomber-Man). In the years later, the ownership of Lode Runner was taken by Tozai until today for making HD Lode Runner.

Retrosultra, thank you

I like it!

11:16 the origin of bomberman

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

the bomber-man video game originated as a MSX game in 1983 or a NES game in 1985

@frostwolf5499

3 жыл бұрын

@Diskun yes

Is there a Championship Lode Runner on other consoles too? or just NES?

My mom was literally on drugs with these on the Apple IIc and the Macintosh to the point I had to yell at her to let me play/do homework/use Paint 😂

@retrosutra

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha

How many Dougs does it take to make a Lode Runner game? At least 5, according to the Atari ST port.

The Atari version wouldn't have looked like that on a real TV, it would have looked more colorful, due to the way color artifacting worked, the lines would merge and create colors.

C64 version so simple and love those sound effects :) It came at 1983 many of systems werent even out yet lol

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

the Atari ST version had better audio, graphics, sound, visuals

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

@Diskun why didn’t the Atari ST version look and sound better? was it a lazy remake of an older version?

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

@Diskun if ST version was delayed until 1990, 1991, 1992 would it look and sound better?

@ivarfiske1913

3 жыл бұрын

If you were born later, would it helped?

My favourite one is Milky Bear: Riches Rider, it was similar to load runner

이게 컬렉션으로 다 나왔으면 좋겠네요 로드러너 컬렉션!!

Thanks 😃that was the request I made long ago, also are you looking forward to Bart vs the space mutants?

@retrosutra

3 жыл бұрын

We were working on it but some versions are giving us serious headaches. We hope we can finish it soon...

@retrosutra

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes! I'm talking about its insane difficult.

They have it on Intellivision now and it has a level editor and a save feature for the custom levels and High Scores.

Always like the games since nes but the lode runner twin was nice, also like the ps1 version, xbla, lode runner 1

The Enterprise 64/128 version has "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach. It seems strange for a game like this.

I had no idea there were so many versions. I see now that the version I played back in the day was The Legend Returns one, 1994, for Windows. I finished all the levels (could it have been as many as 150 levels?)

I remember playing lode runner at school when i was young (1990~1994). No idea which version it was nor which computer it was played on, but I remember levels had different colors (I remember levels with blue bricks, and others with red bricks). However, the longplays of all the versions I have watched so far only have one color. Any idea which version it could be? It was somewhat like ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64 / Enterprise 64 / BBC Micro versions I believe.

I played the Apple II version to death and my sister & I had multiple floppy disks full of levels we made. The only other version I played was the gameboy version. I was disappointed that you couldn’t save your own created levels…

Alguien recuerda que era muñeco que en ves de arena eran flores, ☹️❤️estado buscando este juego pero en esa versión de flores me recuerda a mi abuela

The atari ST version is by far the best version of all of all time.

A pox on whoever came up with the idea of larger sprites at the expense of being able to see the whole screen at once.

Lo jugaba mi Mamá De pequeña

35:04 Released almost to the end of the Super Famicom's lifespan (1990-2003).

Genuine question; what's the best console version?

@swordofdanu

3 жыл бұрын

@Diskun thanks! I'll give it a whirl

@NinjaRunningWild

3 жыл бұрын

PS1.

it looks like Lode Runner isn't very easy to mess up, as the less powerful computers were able to run it easily.

The ZX Spectrum version is great. And have still the original on 48K tape.

The NEC PC-100 version is missing.

What about about Lode Runner 2 on windows from 1998?

Which Lode Runner version is the best and should be worth playing / owning ?

@dohko3060

3 жыл бұрын

legacy

@NinjaRunningWild

3 жыл бұрын

Online : Mad Monk's Revenge / The Legend Returns.

@paburo-san6667

2 жыл бұрын

Famicom or everything who was made by Hudson soft

@tommojphillips

4 ай бұрын

Arcade!

The VIC-20 version is surprisingly good considering the system's limitations.

@jasonlee7816

3 жыл бұрын

awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible

@Desmaad

3 жыл бұрын

@Diskun There's only so much you can do with character-based graphics, I guess.

Mi favorito en mis Atari 8-bits (800XL/XE/XEGS), veo que la versión de C64 tiene más colores, pero los sonidos en la Atari me gustan más, quizás porque me traen recuerdos. Todavía tengo el cartucho. La versión de la NES no me gusta, al no poder verse todo en la pantalla, añade dificultad, pero cambia el juego.

I had a VIC-20 growing up, and it looks like the Vic version is one of the better games that was made for it. But I never had that game.

Super Lode Runner FDS - MSX2 (1987)

Lode runner y Championship Lode runner son el mismo juego, solo que el 2º son 4 pantallas, pero cuentan como el mismo juego y no esta "Lode runner - The dig fight"

@retrosutra

3 жыл бұрын

Gracias @FortunaChan. El Championship Lode Runner no lo añadimos deliberadamente pensando en dedicarle un nuevo vídeo, pero quizás tu razonamiento es el correcto y debimos añadirlo aquí. En cuanto al The Dig Fight, el criterio fue similar. Había demasiadas versiones de Arcade y decidimos añadir solo la más similar al original.

My favourites would have to be Lode Runner X and its XBLA counterpart

Which one is my favorite? Gba or legacy? Of course both!

The enterprise 64 has fire music

I'd say my favorite version would probably be the SG-1000 version

@HyperKaito

2 жыл бұрын

NES

The version I’ve got is hyper load runner for the game boy. I play it on the game boy color so I can see it in color not black and green!

I love how inventive the Japanese Nintendo ones were.

6:39 song

Lode Runner - Fujitsu Micro 7/FM-7 (1984)

Lode Runner's Daughter! which is kind of a different game, isometric 3D

weird. i played soviet knockoff of famicom/nes in 97-98 and the version i had was exactly the one from sharpx6800.

Lode Runner - NEC PC-6001 (1984)

I'll stick with the Apple II version...the one I grew up on playing Lode Runner:) ..and ahhh man what's with the music in the gameboy color version intro music haha wow...holy crap my ears are bleeding haha

Lode Runner - NEC PC-8801 (1985)

Lode Runner - NEC PC-9801 (1983)