Lode Runner Classic review

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Pros

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    A fast

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    faithful port of the original

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    Surprisingly good on iPad

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    even though it's not optimized

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    Cleverly designed levels that can be tackled in any order

Cons

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    Every control scheme is awkward in different ways

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    No level editor

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Lode Runner's setup is deceptively simple; in each single-screen level, yor intrepid stick-man tries to collect all the gold bars while being pursued relentlessly by a group of red-shirted guards. His abilities include climbing ladders, shimmying across horizontal bars, and – most importantly – digging holes that can be used both to tunnel through levels and to temporarily trap guards...

Check out MacLife's full review of Lode Runner Classic.

Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.