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===1990s=== * ''Lode Runner: The Lost Labyrinth'', 1990 updated version for the [[PC Engine|TurboGrafx-16]] featuring all 150 levels of the 1983 set. * ''[[Lode Runner: The Legend Returns]]'', a 1994 Sierra incarnation of the original game with enhanced graphics and tools. * ''[[Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge]]'', the 1995 [[Video game remake|remake]] which replaced all the elements of the previous plus new online play. * ''[[Lode Runner 2]]'' (1998), a game with isometric 3D gameplay. * ''[[Lode Runner (1998 video game)|Lode Runner]]'' (1998), a compilation game for PlayStation, which includes ''Lode Runner: The Legend Returns'' and ''Lode Runner Extra''. * ''[[Lode Runner 3-D]]'' (1999) for the [[Nintendo 64]]. Several versions of ''Lode Runner'' were not released in the U.S., such as ''Lode Runner Twin'' and ''Power Lode Runner'' (1999, [[Super Famicom|SFC]]), which vary gameplay, mostly by adding different characters and scenarios. Another title, ''[[Battle Lode Runner]]'', was originally exclusive to Japan, but made available on 23 April 2007 as the first Japan-only game to appear on [[Nintendo]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/04/battle_lode_run/|title=''Battle Lode Runner'' First Japan-Only Retro Game on U.S. Virtual Console|author=Chriskohler|magazine=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date= 23 April 2007|access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> The original ''Lode Runner'' followed in June 2007. There is also a ''Cubic Lode Runner'', a 3-D ''Lode Runner'' variant released only in Japan for the [[GameCube]] and [[PlayStation 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/hu_select/load/load1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304202409/http://www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/hu_select/load/load1.html|title=γγ₯γΌγγγ―γγΌγγ©γ³γγΌε ¬εΌγ΅γ€γ|archive-date=4 March 2007|work=hudson.co.jp}}</ref> The [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version, developed by [[Hudson Soft]], marked the first appearance of [[Bomberman|Bombermen]] as the opposing robots.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/seemingly-unrelated-games-you-probably-didnt-know-were-set-same-universe/|title=Seemingly Unrelated Games [Which] You Probably Didn't Know Were Set in the Same Universe|author=David Houghton|website=[[GamesRadar+]]|date=23 November 2012|access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref> The end screen to ''[[Bomberman (1983 video game)|Bomberman]]'' for the NES notes that the original White Bomberman has turned human and hints at his appearance in another game, with the Lode Runner behind him. In the Japanese version, the reference is more direct: "Congratulations - Bomber Man becomes Runner - See you again in Lode Runner". In Japan, the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] version of ''Lode Runner'' allows editing and creating levels to share with friends using a [[Famicom Data Recorder]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/27929/nintendos-expansion-ports-famicom-basic-and-data-recorder | first=Danny | last=Bivens | work=Nintendo World Report | date=October 26, 2011 | title=Famicom BASIC and Data Recorder - Feature | access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> [[Hudson Soft]] released a version of ''Lode Runner'' for [[Nintendo DS]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hudson.jp/puzzle/loderunner/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119065606/http://www.hudson.jp/puzzle/loderunner/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 19, 2007|title=γ³γγ εεγ»γ΅γΌγγΉ - KONAMI|author=KONAMI|work=hudson.jp}}</ref> An unreleased version of the game for the [[Atari Lynx]] was discovered in 2008 on an old Atari Corp. hard drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lode Runner Found and Released!|url=https://atariage.com/forums/topic/128853-lode-runner-found-and-released/|website=Atari Age Forums|date=July 16, 2008}}</ref>
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