Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge
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| Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge | |
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| Developer(s) | Presage Software[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Director(s) | Jake Hoelter |
| Designer(s) | Beth Daggert Mick Foley Jake Hoelter Craig A. Vinet |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS |
| Release | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle-platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge (stylized as Lode Runner On-Line) is an enhanced version of the 1994 game Lode Runner: The Legend Returns. The game includes online functionality so that players can battle or work together via network play. Despite the name, the game can be played as single-player and offline.
Gameplay
[edit]While maintaining all of the original features of The Legend Returns, Lode Runner Online adds several new features, such as bombs which constantly self-ignite and reappear on a set timer. New available "worlds", which determine background and terrain appearance on a map, are a chief addition. New hazards, such as phase blocks, which disappear and reappear on a set timer (and consequently can tear apart players or monks standing in the location of a vanished block in the process of reappearing), and items are among other additional features; notably, editors can specify certain items to be able to be picked up by only the player of corresponding color (e.g. bombs with blue outlines can only be picked up by the second player, Wes Reckless, not Jake Peril).
The level editor is more complex than in the original game. Multiple exits can be placed in a level, and the exits can be programmed to lead to differing levels in a pack.
Reception
[edit]| Publication | Score |
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| Albuquerque Journal | 5/5[2] |
| Computer Games Magazine | 1/5[3] |
| Philadelphia Daily News | 2.5/4[4] |
| PC Player | 2.5/5[5] |
| PC Action | 75%[6] |
Albuquerque Journal said "This is a superb update the entire family will enjoy"[2]
Computer Games Magazine said "Overall, this game is an absolute waste for anyone but a puzzle freak. Why spend hours upon hours running around stealing someone's gold for no apparent reason? I don't know, I wouldn't do it"[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pressage Products - Lode Runner Online". Presage Software. Archived from the original on June 14, 1997. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ a b Griego, Philip (July 2, 1996). "Who fans discover 'Tommy' lives on in CD-ROM". Albuquerque Journal. p. 10. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Henrich, Daryll (December 20, 1995). "LodeRunner Online". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ^ Costantinou, Marianne (August 1, 1996). "Putting a game face on it". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 27. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge". PC Player (in German). May 1996. p. 94. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ^ Vogler, Adrian (March 1996). "Lode Runner Online". PC Action (in German). p. 41. Retrieved December 4, 2024.