When Lode Runner first debuted on home computers in 1983, its compelling mix of fast-paced action and puzzling level design made it an addictive hit that was unlike anything that had come before. More ...

Lode Runner Classic, a remastered version of the original 1983 video game, releases for iOS and Android smartphone devices today. With the original 150 levels of the game intact, along with a few nods ...

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Tozai Games, the Seattle-area game developer, is bringing its action-puzzle game Lode Runner Legacy, the most recent installment in the long-running Lode Runner series, to the Nintendo Switch. When it ...

Microsoft sent over the tip that the updated version of Lode Runner was available to play in the lobby of Moscone South, and I was reading the e-mail as I happened to be heading… well, to Moscone ...

Lode Runner creator Douglas E. Smith has been reported dead. The news comes via Tozai Games, which developed the Xbox Live Arcade version of Lode Runner, and has collaborated with Smith. It has been ...

The creator of Lode Runner, one of the seminal works of 1980s PC gaming, has died. Douglas E. Smith passed away this week, according to the company that currently owns the title. Tozai Games, which ...

Douglas E. Smith, creator of 1983 puzzler Lode Runner, has passed away. Tozai Games, the current holder of the Lode Runner license, tweeted its condolences yesterday and asked for fans to reflect on ...

“Japanese gamers hate American games.” So goes one of gaming’s most enduring misconceptions. As with all clichés, there is some kernel of truth to the idea that Japanese video game enthusiasts look ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Lode Runner Legacy Lode Runner Legacy is the latest edition in the popular Lode Runner series. Players control “Runner” to recover stolen gold while ...

BIG NEWS: Lode Runner is being remade for Mac OS X. Detlef Kahner, a fan of the original, is remaking the Apple II version, circa 1983. It's in "very very earlier alpha," he says. For months, players ...