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Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu

Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu - Japanese Title

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Name: Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu
Developer: Irem

Year: 1986
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Irem

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Either
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 [Dig Left|Dig Right]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard

Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu Description

Very similar to the home computer game by Broderbund. Your commando runs around a vertical maze of tunnels made of brick and dirt. Use your blaster to dig holes, collect gold nuggets, and escape to the next level.

Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu was produced by Irem in 1986.

Irem released 87 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu was produced include Kaiketsu Yanchamaru, Kid Niki: Radical Ninja, Youjyuden, Battle Bird, Battle Chopper, Lode Runner - Majin No Fukkatsu, Atomic Boy, Lot Lot, Lode Runner - Golden Labyrinth, and Spelunker.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu Census

There are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Scarce - There are approximately 5 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 4 of these machines are owned by our active Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu collectors. And of these, 4 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Legacy

  1. Lode Runner (1984)
  2. Lode Runner - The Bungeling Strikes Back (1984)
  3. Lode Runner - Majin No Fukkatsu (1985)
  4. Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu (1986)
  5. Lode Runner: The Dig Fight (2000)

Video Clips


    IREM Lode Runner â…£ 2P-04

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Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Lode Runner - Teikoku Karano Dasshutsu Flyer #574    

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