Lode Runner Classic App Reviews

Im a big LR fan, since 1984! But Tozai didnt find a way to make the game conveniently playable. 1) Music and sound: No way to cut the Music and keep the runner sound. Either have both, with the irritating music, or nothing. 2) Control: Basically, control the runner with D-pad, Touch, or Accelerometer. - Accelerometor is bugged. - D-pad has buttons that take 2/3 of the screen! The remaining 1/3 is a tiny tiny window... Guys, this game runs on a phone!! - Touch could be good, but practically this implementation makes it hard to play, and error prone. - no easy way to switch between the controls (have to go back, settings, ...) - does not save between apps switch, start from scratch each time And cherry on the cake: iOS warns you at first start that this app is so badly written that it may shorten your battery life.... Way overpriced.

Spent $3 on this game only to hate it. The controls are terrible and only work half the time. Very disappointing. Ill probably just delete it off my phone. What a shame.

Wondering if this game is available for OS X. While the mobile (iOS) version is convenient I find it difficult to play. Would much rather play on the bigger screen of my Mac.

Graphics and levels are just like I remember! Controls really bog it down. I uninstalled after level 11 where you really need a pad or joystick to have the feel needed to play effectively. Also, no way to disable sound?

I ve been waiting so much for that game! The dpad is not the best really and no support for the ipad... It s great to see the original levels though. Please update and give us a better dpad...

... Digipad is too bad... and why its not the original soundtrack? Expensive for a game so light.

Menu : help/options ------> crash Please update !!!!

This is good, but bad guys are sometimes behave strangely ( I should replay the original to compare ). The biggest issue for me is that there is no neutral point at the center of the cross to stop without removing the thumb. Please dear developers. It will be much more usable !! Is there any iPad version on its way ( Not zoomed ) ?

The gameplay is good and very close to the original version, but the app always crash during entering the settings. Fix it and then you get 5 stars.

Once I adjusted to the virtual d pad, this plays identical to the original, including all the little tricks I used in 1984 There is a "cheat". Leave the app if you are trapped or just lost a life but dont press retry. When you reopen the level will reset but you wont lose a life

Thie game is great. The game reminds me my childhood. Played upto lv 20. and will finish upto lv 150, but not easy tho.

This was the best game I had in the eighties!! Thanks for bringing it back!!

Great game. Thanks for bringing back this incredible game from the 80s! But some guy is cheating. How can you finish level 4 in under 5 seconds? Please fix.

I just to play this on the apple II computer when I was a child. Good times. I have been missing this game.

What a shame to see such a great classic being rendered so unplayable by horrible control schemes. Even with "touch mode" which is by far the most playable scheme it is still extremely hard to properly navigate the character, which is unfortunate given how little time enemies leave you to escape in many situations. If the controls were properly thought out I would have given the game 4 stars, as it is, it takes great effort and pain to play a few levels before frustration sets in for good and although I often come back to retry it, the bad controls prevent me from insisting any further. A sad fate for such a historic and iconic game.

操作性が良くないのはタッチパネル なので仕方ないとしても 雰囲気は満点。 Karatekaやchoplifter,wiz, surgion(笑) など思い出しました。 いっそApple ][時代の名作ゲーム 全部やりたい気分になりますね。 専用のbluetoothゲームパッドやジョイスティックを販売すれば 売れる気がします。

It crashes entering settings. Hope someone will fix it!

CRASHES Entering Settings !!! Gioco molto bello che mi ricorda quello che avevo su Apple II+ molto tempo fa. Peccato che si blocchi nelle "Impostazioni" e che il mouse non agisca molto bene negli spostamenti. Segnalato problema al produttore che ha risposto: WE TESTED THE GAME EXTENSIVELY ON THE IPHONE 4S WITH MULTPLE OSs AND NEVER HAD ANY OF THESE ISSUES. WE DISCUSSED YOUR ISSUE, BUT CANNOT DIRECT YOU EXCEPT POSSIBLY POWERING DOWN AND RESTARTING YOUR DEVICE SOFT RESET. TANK YOU TEAM TOZAI. I did soft reset as recommended but settings does not work! It returns to the main screen of the phone (not the game Lode Runner) iPhone 4S/32 Gb and iOS 6.1.3 Language:Italian

The game is fun but the controls can stick. It gets annoying when you lose a life over lag in the game.

Cant recall how many late nights I had pounding through levels on our Apple //e. Really glad to see this one on the app store. (Been following it for a while.) I took off one star simply because its not truly a faithful port. Gameplay and levels are there, but some of the details have been changed. The gold doesnt look as it used to, nor do some of the animations, the way the bad guys stack onto each other, etc. It is a good recreation, but its not really a port. Still, if you liked Lode Runner, this is a must have. The controls are quite serviceable and, well, its Lode Runner. :)