Douglas E. Smith, creator of 1983 puzzler Lode Runner, has passed away. Tozai Games, the current holder of the Lode Runner license, tweeted its condolences yesterday and asked for fans to reflect on ...

Every so often a game comes along that’s so wonderfully simple, intuitive and entertaining that it sparks a franchise. Mario did it, Zelda did it and, though not as many people may recognize its name, ...

Lode Runner Classic, a remastered version of the original 1983 video game, releases for iOS and Android smartphone devices today. With the original 150 levels of the game intact, along with a few nods ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Lode Runner Classic Classic Lode Runner action comes to Windows Phone. Constellations, block puzzles, magic, and a Taoist monk collide in this odd but ...

The creator of Lode Runner, one of the seminal works of 1980s PC gaming, has died. Douglas E. Smith passed away this week, according to the company that currently owns the title. Tozai Games, which ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. LAS VEGAS---A pretty easy way to gauge gamers' ages is to ask them if they played Lode Runner when it first came out. Today, though, gamers both young ...

Tozai Games, the Seattle-area game developer, is bringing its action-puzzle game Lode Runner Legacy, the most recent installment in the long-running Lode Runner series, to the Nintendo Switch. When it ...

Lode Runner creator Douglas E. Smith has been reported dead. The news comes via Tozai Games, which developed the Xbox Live Arcade version of Lode Runner, and has collaborated with Smith. It has been ...

Many Xbox 360 gamers were excited to learn that new Tozai/Southend games remake of the classic Lode Runner would be finally making its way to Xbox Live Arcade after a long wait; and in addition, it ...

BIG NEWS: Lode Runner is being remade for Mac OS X. Detlef Kahner, a fan of the original, is remaking the Apple II version, circa 1983. It's in "very very earlier alpha," he says. For months, players ...

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