Lode Runner's Rescue

Lode Runner's Rescue is a 1985 action game developed by Joshua Scholar for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers as a follow-up to Doug Smiths's Lode Runner.^[3] Lode Runner was published by Broderbund, but the sequel was published under the Synapse Software name, a company acquired by Broderbund in 1984. Lode Runner's Rescue uses isometric projection to give a 3D feel.^[4]

Lode Runner's Rescue
Publisher(s)	Synapse Software
Designer(s)	Joshua Scholar[1]
Platform(s)	Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit
Release	NA: November 1985[2]
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Reception

Lode Runner's Rescue was positively received by the press, including Ahoy!,^[5] ANALOG Computing,^[6] Atari Explorer,^[7] and Commodore Magazine which described it as a surprise hit.^[8]

Greg Williams of Computer Gaming World praised the Atari version's graphics but asked "How likely is it that a game with girls, mice, cats, and magic mushrooms should be called Lode Runner's Rescue?" He speculated that the publisher put the series name on an unrelated and independently developed game.^[9] Roy Wagner reviewed the Commodore 64 version for Computer Gaming World and praised the ability of creating the player's screens with icon screen editor.^[10] Ahoy! stated that the Commodore 64 version's graphics were much better than the earlier games.^[11]