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Lode Runner dashes to DS

Part port, part remake, the classic puzzle action game for Nintendo's portable in Japan will include wireless play and two visual modes.

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Broderbund's seminal, 1980s action game Lode Runner will make a return on the Nintendo DS, a couple of 21st-century upgrades--glossed-up graphics and Wi-Fi multiplayer--in tow.

More than a port of the 1987 NES version, Lode Runner for the DS will include two graphical options: an "original" mode that uses the 8-bit original's unaltered graphics, and an "arranged" mode that sports somewhat spruced-up visuals, according to Famitsu.com. Two new game modes will tweak the classic gameplay: "Championship Lode Runner" features enhanced difficulty and "Tsume Lode Runner" removes time limits, so players can concentrate on puzzle-solving.

Lode Runner will also make use of the DS's Wi-Fi support, although the multiplayer features were not announced. The game's publisher, Hudson, is aiming is for an October 26 release date in Japan.

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I played this on GB, and it sucked.

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is it that great of a fun, sorry but i was like 0 in 88 so i don't recognize this game?

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wow. i loved lode runner. it was the first game i played with a level editor. i wasted many a day just making levels up for my friends to play.

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Now, how about some Jumpman love?

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AAAArgh !!! Lode Runner !!! I want this on Xbox Live Arcade!!! Please, I don't wanna buy a portable console!

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i got hyper lode runner for the OG gameboy new back in the day...woot i'm glad to see this on my ds now!

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I can't remember which computer I played it on, but let me just say that Load Runner was a new game when I played it, lol. Regardless, I loved it! You could also make your own levels, which just opened it up for many more hours of enjoyment. I ended up getting the gameboy version, and was actually kind of dissapointed. Hopefully my attitude wil change with this new version. Sounds interresting to say the least!

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I loved Lode Runner on the N64, hopes this is better

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That was one of the first games I ever played back on my parents Apple II. This game was seriously a lot of fun. There weren't really any other games that had gameplay like it back then. If they do it right, this will be a really fun game for the DS. Someone said that this could be a mobile game. I don't think so, because it needs a little bit too tight of controls for a mobile phone. You would be spending too much time fighting with bad controls to have fun playing the game.

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@Gaming_Prince Wow - thanks. I feel old now - lol. It was originally on the computer (forget which one - yes, there was a time before Windows was everywhere and you had a lot of choices concerning computing platforms and operating systems). It was simple, but fun. Hope the gameplay gets spruced up - not sure how well it would stand up now (might do fine - seems more like a cell-phone game to me, though).

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....That was the weirest game ever! lol

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what is Lode Runner? I wasn;t around during the NES era, and yet to hear about lode runner until recently

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GREAT!!! ITs going to be amazing!

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i remember playing that on my old Apple II

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grrrr........ i don't understand japanese

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Hmm...

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looks cool

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sweet, its cool to see some classics getting reborn

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OMG I LOVE LODE RUNNER WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

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More than likely cause atleast 60% of games are made in Japan

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is it coming to europe? man, those japanese guys get EVERYTHING!

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I loved that game, hope it does well. I'm gonna have to borrow my friend's DS.

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this is gonna be awesome people who clame first are losers

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Why do people care about first so much? And this seems interesting...kinda

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Lode Runner is old, but it hasn't aged with grace, I'd like to see them pull it off, oh, and FIRST!!!

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first there was a forum page about this yesterday.

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