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Lode Runner

Shipped the level editor in the box and made every buyer a potential designer.

Released 1983 Developer Douglas E. Smith Publisher Broderbund Platform Apple II Genre Puzzle-platformer Era The home cartridge

Mechanics this game introduced

These are recorded as first appearing here. Each links to a full history of where the idea went next.

Creation & Modding · 1983
Bundled Level Editor
A bundled level editor ships the authoring tool inside the game itself, letting players build, save and share their ow…
Origin: Lode Runner

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Lode Runner inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Single-Screen Arena 1972Numeric Score 1972Lives and Continues 1978

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