Editing Lode Runner (section)

{{short description|1983 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Lode Runner
| image = Lode Runner Coverart.png
| caption = VIC-20 cover art
| developer = [[Douglas E. Smith|Doug Smith]] <br> [[Irem]] (arcade) <br> [[Hudson Soft]] (NES)
| publisher = [[Broderbund]] (US) <br> [[Ariolasoft]] <br> [[SystemSoft]] (PC-88)<ref name=PC88>{{cite web |title=Lode Runner (PC-8801) |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M736018 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> <br> Irem (arcade)
| engine = 
| programmer = Shinichi Nakamoto (NES)
| composer = Isamu Hirano (NES)
| platforms = [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Commodore 64]], [[VIC-20]], [[FM-7]], [[FM16β]], [[Hitachi S1]], [[IBM PC]], [[IBM JX]], [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[PC-100]], [[NEC PC-6001|NEC PC-6001mkII]], [[PC-8000 series|NEC PC-8001mkII]], [[PC-88]], [[PC-98]], [[SG-1000]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[MSX]], [[Sharp MZ]], [[Atari ST]], [[PC Engine]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Windows]], [[iPod]], [[Classic Mac OS]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[BBC Micro]], [[PlayStation]], [[Sony SMC-777]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Game Boy]], [[Sharp X1]]
| released = '''Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64''' {{vgrelease|NA|June 23, 1983<ref name="Copyright"/>}} '''PC-88''' {{vgrelease|JP|December 1983<ref name="PC88"/>}} '''Arcade''' {{vgrelease|JP|July 1984<ref>{{cite web |title=Lode Runner (Irem) |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M730712 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref>|EU|October 1984<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 October 1984 |issue=37 (November 1984) |pages=98–9 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/191/546}}</ref>|NA|November 1984<ref>{{cite book |last=Akagi |first=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |pages=120–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n121/mode/2up}}</ref>}} '''Famicom/NES'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP|July 20, 1984<ref>''Hudson Best Collection Vol. 2: Lode Runner Collection'' (Game Boy Advance)</ref>|NA|September 1987}}
| genre = [[Puzzle-platform game|Puzzle-platform]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
}}

'''''Lode Runner''''' is a [[2D computer graphics|2D]] [[puzzle-platform game]], developed by [[Douglas E. Smith|Doug Smith]] and published by [[Broderbund]] in 1983. Its gameplay mechanics are similar to ''[[Space Panic]]'' from 1980. The player controls a character who must collect all the gold pieces in a level and get to the end while being chased by a number of enemies. It is one of the first games to include a [[level editor]].

After the original game, a number of remakes, spin-offs and sequels were published in the [[Lode Runner#Legacy|''Lode Runner'' series]] for different computers and consoles by different developers and publishers. Tozai Games holds the copyright and trademark rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tozaigames.com/legacy|title=Tozai Games ®|work=tozaigames.com|access-date=2017-07-26|archive-date=2019-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215101222/http://www.tozaigames.com/legacy/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.konami.com/games/ca/en/products/dl_battleloderunner_tg_e/|title=BATTLE LODE RUNNER|website=Konami Product Information}}</ref>