Hyper Lode Runner

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title: "Hyper Lode Runner" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1989-video-games", "bandai-games", "game-boy-games", "game-boy-only-games", "multiplayer-and-single-player-video-games", "platformers", "tose-(company)-games", "sequel-video-games", "video-games-developed-in-japan"] description: "1989 video game" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_Lode_Runner" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1989 video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Hyper Lode Runner
image	Hyper_Lode_Runner_Game_Boy_Cover_Art.jpg
caption	North American box art
developer	Tose
publisher	Bandai
series	Lode Runner
platforms	Game Boy
released
genre	Platform, puzzle
modes	Single-player, multiplayer
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|title = Hyper Lode Runner |image = Hyper_Lode_Runner_Game_Boy_Cover_Art.jpg |caption = North American box art |developer = Tose |publisher = Bandai |designer = |series = Lode Runner |engine = |platforms = Game Boy |released = |genre = Platform, puzzle |modes = Single-player, multiplayer Hyper Lode Runner is a video game for the Game Boy from Bandai released in 1989 in Japan and 1990 in North America. It is based on the 1983 game Lode Runner from Broderbund. While each level in the original fit on a single screen, Hyper Lode Runner has a scrolling playfield.

Reception

| EGM = 3.25/10

| NLife = 6/10

| TOT = 84%

Hyper Lode Runner received mixed reviews upon release. Total! described the game as the "toughest [Game Boy] cart to date by far", citing frustrations with its "incredibly hard" difficulty. Despite noting the game's "decent gameplay" and the inclusion of an edit mode, Electronic Gaming Monthly found Hyper Lode Runner to offer little enjoyment as an unremarkable port of the original title. In a retrospective review, Dave Frear of Nintendo Life described the game as "enjoyable" but critiqued the game's "off-putting" difficulty, expressing disappointment with the lack of a save function for the level editor.

References

References

1. (April 1990). "Hyper Lode Runner".
2. Frear, Dave. (27 February 2011). "Hyper Lode Runner Review".
3. (February 1992). "Hyper Lode Runner".

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