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From: rogers@marge.math.binghamton.edu (John Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Lode Runner (where oh where)
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Date: 15 Jun 90 16:26:21 GMT
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In article <12252@june.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
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>The only game I miss from my mac days is Lode Runner.  The 
>built in levels were a real intellectual challenge, and the
>ability to create your own levels allowed creativity...
>
>Why didn't Broderbund port Lode Runner?  (Any PD versions I missed?)
>It kind of sounds like Pocoman may partly fill the void...but
>does it have a level editor?
>
>dylan mcnamee

   I do wonder if there is a Lode Runner (or the clone thereof, if it exists).
I used to play it on C-64 (cartridge format, only 17 built-in levels).
I've seen the Lode Runner on Mac and IBM PC, and it has ALL those "missing"
levels that I want to play --- *sigh*  Thanx for any lead...
                                    The Blue Wizard (a.k.a. John Rogers, the
                                      mortal, the ordinary on Planet Earth)
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