Lode Runner 2
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Lode Runner 2
|image = Lode Runner 2 Coverart.png
|developer = Presage Software
|publisher = GT Interactive (Windows)
MacSoft (Mac OS)
|designer = Andrew Howat
Scott Mathews
|engine =
|released = October 1998 (Mac OS)
October 2, 1998{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/news/5102.html|title=News Briefs|date=October 2, 1998|website=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000425055045/http://pc.ign.com/news/5102.html|archive-date=April 25, 2000|url-status=dead|access-date=December 6, 2019}}
"GT Interactive has released Lode Runner 2, a 3D remake of the classic Apple ][ puzzle game released back in 1983..." (Windows)
|genre = Puzzle-platform
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Lode Runner 2 is a puzzle-platform game released in 1998 for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to Lode Runner and its remakes. Like the earlier Lode Runner's Rescue,{{cite web|title=Lode Runner's Rescue |url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-lode-runner-s-rescue_3022.html|website=Atari Mania}} Lode Runner 2 has isometric-perspective 2D graphics. It was developed by Presage Software and distributed by GT Interactive for Microsoft Windows and MacSoft for the Macintosh.
Gameplay
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Players can play as a male or female Lode Runner, named Jake Peril and Jane according to the manual, but the player's default name is Digmo (which is changeable). The goal is to collect gold to advance to the next level, avoiding the Mad Monks along the way. Players are able to move in six different directions on a freeform map (accounting for falling and going up and down ladders). There are separate levels designed for cooperation, as well as deathmatch in multiplayer mode.
Development
The game uses a distant perspective so as to minimize scrolling. Initially the developers were using a more conventional perspective, but while playing the game they found they were frustrated by their inability to see key elements that were not immediately at hand.{{cite magazine |title=NG Alphas: Lode Runner 2 |magazine=Next Generation|issue=38 |publisher=Imagine Media |date=February 1998 |pages=99–100}}
The game was announced in April 1998.{{cite web|first=Harley|last=Jebens|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_04/10_lode/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001007211123/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_04/10_lode/index.html|title=Lode Runner 2 Announced|website=GameSpot|archivedate=October 7, 2000|date=April 10, 1998|accessdate=November 4, 2022}} Lode Runner creator Doug Smith retained co-ownership of the Lode Runner intellectual property, and served as a consultant and level designer on Lode Runner 2.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = Macworld
| rev2 = Inside Mac Games
| rev2Score = 4/5{{cite web|first=Dan |last=Radmacher|url=http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/99/loderunner2/loderunner2.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815195243/http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/99/loderunner2/loderunner2.shtml|title=Lode Runner 2|website=Inside Mac Games|archivedate=August 15, 2000|date=1999|accessdate=June 13, 2023}}
}}
Macworld{{'}}s Michael Gowan wrote that Lode Runner 2 "lacks the original game's most attractive feature: simplicity. The 3-D perspective requires that you move diagonally rather than left and right, which can be confounding".{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810062339/http://www.macworld.com/1999/02/games/games.html |url=http://www.macworld.com:80/1999/02/games/games.html |title=Name Your Game; From Goofy to Gory, Macworld Reviews 48 Ways to Play |author=Gowan, Michael |work=Macworld |date=February 1999 |archivedate=August 10, 2001 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/lode-runner-2|name=Lode Runner 2}}
{{Lode Runner Series}}
Category:Cooperative video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Presage Software games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games with gender-selectable protagonists
Category:Video games with isometric graphics
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