Lode runner tricks

lode runner childhood game

The 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 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.

-controls:

* Direction pad: move the player

* A button: Dig a hold at the right side

* B button: Dig a hold at the left side

* Start button: Start/Pause the game

* Select button: press 'select', then 'start' to re-try a level