Championship Lode Runner (0)

Championship Lode Runner
First release date
1985-04-17
Platform
Game Boy Advance Apple II Commodore 64 MSX Nintendo Entertainment System Atari 8-bit Wii Shop PC NEC PC-8801 NEC PC-9801 Sharp X1 FM-7 Sega SG-1000
Developer
Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publisher
Brøderbund Software, Inc. Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Theme
Lode Runner
Franchise
Lode Runner

Overview

Championship Lode Runner is an expansion of sorts to the original . Intended for players who had already mastered the original, Championship Lode Runner starts off punishingly difficult and only gets more challenging from there.

The Famicom version of the game was exclusive to Japan, as were the NEC PC and Sega SG-1000 versions. This is due to the series' popularity in Japan where, like , it accrued a significantly larger fanbase than in its native country.

The game is best known to modern Western audiences for its appearance in the GameCenter CX television show. It was part of a special segment where Arino called up various Japanese citizens for advice and guidance through the exceptionally tough stages.