LODE RUNNER 💰 Versions Comparison ▶ EVOLUTION through its PORTS

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Comparison video of the classic 2D puzzle-platform game Lode Runner designed by Douglas E. Smith in 1983. This video features one level of the following versions:
0:00 Apple II (1983)
1:04 Atari 8-bit family (1983)
2:01 Commodore 64 / C64 (1983)
2:46 Commodore VIC-20 (1983)
4:00 NEC PC-9801 (1983)
4:40 PC Booter (1983)
5:23 Arcade (1984)
6:36 Enterprise 64 / 128 (1984)
7:44 Fujitsu Micro 7 / FM-7 (1984)
8:26 Macintosh (1984)
9:14 MSX (1984)
10:03 NEC PC-6001 (1984)
10:55 Nintendo NES / Famicom (1984)
12:27 Sega SG-1000 (1984)
13:22 Sharp X1 (1984)
14:10 ZX Spectrum (1984)
15:21 BBC Micro (1985)
16:07 NEC PC-8801 (1985)
16:51 Famicom Disk System / FDS (Super Lode Runner) (1987)
18:08 MSX2 (Super Lode Runner) (1987)
19:21 Sharp X68000 (1987)
20:22 Amstrad CPC (1989)
21:15 Atari ST (1989)
22:01 Game Boy / GB (Hyper Lode Runner) (1989)
23:26 NEC PC-9801 (Hozonban Lode Runner) (1989)
24:33 PC Engine (Lode Runner: Lost Labyrinth) (1990)
25:29 PC Engine (Battle Lode Runner) (Puzzle mode) (1993)
26:41 Super Famicom / SFC (Lode Runner Twin: Justy to Liberty no Daibouken) (1994)
29:12 PC DOS (Lode Runner: The Legend Returns) (1994)
30:11 Windows (Lode Runner: The Legend Returns) (1994)
31:10 PlayStation / PSX (Lode Runner: The Legend Returns) (1996)
32:00 Sega Saturn (Lode Runner: The Legend Returns) (1996)
32:38 Windows (Lode Runner On-Line: The Mad Monks' Revenge) (1995)
33:42 Atari Lynx (Prototype) (1996)
34:12 Nintendo 64 / N64 (Lode Runner 3D) (1999)
35:04 Super Famicom (Power Lode Runner) (1999)
38:18 Game Boy Color / GBC (Lode Runner: Domudomu Dan no Yabou) (2000)
40:59 WonderSwan (Lode Runner for WonderSwan) (2000)
42:10 Game Boy Advance / GBA (2002)
43:12 GameCube / GC (Cubic Lode Runner) (2003)
44:08 PlayStation 2 / PS2 (Cubic Lode Runner) (2003)
45:08 J2ME / Java Mobile (2003)
45:41 J2ME / Java Mobile (2003)
46:20 Game Boy Advance / GBA (Hudson Best Collection Vol. 2: Lode Runner Collection) (2005)
47:47 Nintendo DS (Lode Runner DS) (2006)
49:00 Xbox 360 / XBLA (2009)
50:26 Android / iOS (Lode Runner Classic) (2012)
51:15 Android (Lode Runner X) (2012)
52:52 Android / iOS (Lode Runner 1) (2017)
53:35 Android / iOS (Lode Runner 1) (Classic mode) (2017)
54:43 PlayStation 4 / PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows (Lode Runner Legacy) (2017)
55:56 PlayStation 4 / PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows (Lode Runner Legacy) (Camera 2) (2017)
56:38 PlayStation 4 / PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows (Lode Runner Legacy) (Classic mode) (2017)
From the second part of the video, many titles have been added that, although they features a different name, graphic style and level design, maintain the same core mechanics of the original game. The sequels of all ports have been deliberately excluded.
This video does not contain all the existing versions of Lode Runner. Despite our efforts, we have not found some of them and we have not managed to load others.
The Version Comparison series only shows official versions of the games, so don't expect to see clones, homebrews or hacks (although we could add them from time to time if we see fit). Anyway, if you like the video, we can make a separate one dedicated to unofficial releases in the future for our Clone Comparison series. If you know of any, feel free to post them in the comments.
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@retrosutra 2 месяца назад

🕹 Explore retroserk, my other channel dedicated to retro game reviews and comparisons in Spanish. Join the fun! youtube.com/@retroserk

@mattx5499 2 года назад

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

@ChaosUnown Год назад

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

@JaggedJack1 16 дней назад

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.

@JackBandicootsBunker 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@basicallysnake 2 года назад

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

@ryun.8072 2 года назад

@@basicallysnake i know that

@yordansic Год назад

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

@Tretheperson 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@Tretheperson 3 года назад

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

@jasonlee7816 3 года назад

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

@danc3933 Год назад

Too*

@DaedalosC9 3 года назад

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

@bartekmil 8 месяцев назад

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

@swapd0 3 года назад

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 года назад

It's CRT

@theallknowingsause8940 3 года назад

Oh wait you're taking about Crash Team Racing

@javierguerra8066 3 года назад

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 года назад

@@theallknowingsause8940 what

@Kasia55 2 месяца назад

Good game

@sslaxx 3 года назад

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.

@ChainsawGenie 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@rebelfleettrooper9881 3 года назад

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

@elijahvincent985 3 года назад

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!

@TheoriginalBMT Год назад

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

@Turbulation1 3 года назад

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

@AliAbdullah-oi3wc 3 года назад

Feel like I would get motion sickness 🤢

@Turbulation1 3 года назад

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

@jasonlee7816 3 года назад

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 года назад

@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

@JustMe99999 8 месяцев назад

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

@Jared7873 3 года назад

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

@MintyTheRobloxVideoMaker 3 года назад

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

@DarkLink1996. 3 года назад

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

@lemerdeposteur 3 года назад

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

@schigischo Год назад

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

@Aurochhunter 3 месяца назад

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

@8BitPasta 3 года назад

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

@nik3776 3 года назад

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

@celinesenden4142 3 года назад

Are Nice game version

@retropia8132 3 года назад

I recent tried this game again and absolutely loved it. Never thought it was so fun back then. I made some playthrough videos for this game. Please do support my channel and hope you like it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-huI3JkwMPXM.html

@celinesenden4142 3 года назад

@@retropia8132 👍🏻

@marceltiel7919 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@leonardoriera4185 Год назад

43:56 That Art👾🙊🙊

@Saxdude26 2 года назад

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.

@anidiotonyoutube2022 3 года назад

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

@mikimouse3001 3 года назад

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

@NightSprinter 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 3 месяца назад

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

@FederSim 18 дней назад

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

@msd5808 3 года назад

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

@VitalikNerdChannel 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, most iconic version.

@bartekmil 8 месяцев назад

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

@sys5907 7 месяцев назад

이게 컬렉션으로 다 나왔으면 좋겠네요 로드러너 컬렉션!!

@chroma1004 3 года назад

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.

@theodorehsu5023 3 года назад

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.

@OlivierPauwels-boardgamefr Год назад

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

@tomo_7 3 года назад

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 года назад

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。

@TopRetroGames 3 года назад

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

@frostwolf5499 3 года назад

11:16 the origin of bomberman

@jasonlee7816 3 года назад

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

@frostwolf5499 3 года назад

@Diskun yes

@streled5361 Год назад

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

@cliverth94 3 года назад

Thanks. Excellent

@BeniTan-zm4gt 2 месяца назад

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

@Wrathgir 3 года назад

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.

@bluescat581 Год назад

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

@Sebiohazard 2 года назад

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 !

@swordblaster2596 10 месяцев назад

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

@shadowslayer1985 4 месяца назад

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

@basicallysnake 8 месяцев назад

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

@m.firzafadmaputra9569 3 года назад

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.

@marcosrivero8833 Год назад

I get up on the DOS version. Memories

@muthu32 Год назад

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

@stevenwhuntva 3 года назад

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 года назад

I have Conte Enegy on my Famiclone lol

@AnimationMaster167 3 года назад

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.

@stevenwhuntva 3 года назад

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

@dallase1 7 дней назад

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

@arletteguerrero6325 3 года назад

Lo jugaba mi Mamá De pequeña

@cliverth94 3 года назад

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 года назад

There's a Famicom version?

@cliverth94 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uflgMB1UnQs.html

@zzjimmai59 2 года назад

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

@wheany 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

Okay, the 360 version is pretty good too

@superpan218 3 месяца назад

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

@EmeraldoTheDragon 3 года назад

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

@miriammontanes3501 Год назад

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

@glocken04166 2 года назад

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

@RichardM-kv4uu 3 года назад

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.

@jorgeseda3311 9 месяцев назад

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.

@celinesenden4142 3 года назад

Nice versions

@mcorleonep Месяц назад

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…

@unknownuser1013 3 года назад

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

@johandenhertog6878 24 дня назад

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

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

Super Lode Runner FDS - MSX2 (1987)

@mstarsup 22 дня назад

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.

@OmarSierraltaV11 Год назад

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 Год назад

Hahaha

@ccpediafoundation8994 3 года назад

Retrosultra, thank you

@David_P132 2 года назад

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?)

@hakonhegli4718 Год назад

What about about Lode Runner 2 on windows from 1998?

@bhavigpointi4035 3 года назад

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

@retrosutra 3 года назад

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

@retrosutra 3 года назад

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

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

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

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

Lode Runner - NEC PC-6001 (1984)

@Scratchman2501 9 месяцев назад

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

@daveperry3186 Год назад

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!

@udinyusoh8368 3 года назад

I like it!

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

Lode Runner - NEC PC-9801 (1983)

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

Lode Runner - NEC PC-8801 (1985)

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

Lode Runner - Commodore VIC - 20 (1983)

@billcook4768 3 года назад

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.

@SpideyfanX 2 года назад

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

@sonicthehedgehog_1234offi 9 месяцев назад

11:38 Bomberman debut

@gaminghistoryfr6614 4 месяца назад

The NEC PC-100 version is missing.

@timiishola2950 10 месяцев назад

Super Lode Runner - Famicom Disk System (1987)

@Fortuna1 3 года назад

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 года назад

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.