Our man, Godfree, over at Gamertag Radio sent us another tip about our would be mystery XBLA game. Shake the magic 8 ball with us ... "signs point to Lode Runner." Check out this detective work on IloveXBLA.com:"No joke, I'm fairly certain I figured it out. Let's look at the trail of tips.
- Ross Erickson says that Lode Runner in very good hands, which would dictate hands that want to put it on Xbox Live Arcade (since he wants the game).
- Luke Smith thinks it might be Bomberman
- On this GamerScore blog post they dropped a hint that Peter Moore said "what happens in Shinjuku stays in Shinjuku."
- Later on this GamerTag Radio thread Microsoft's John Porcaro dropped a hint that "what happens in Montana stays in Montana".
- I originally thought the game must be Bomberman, so I was looking for links between Shinjuku, Montana and Hudson Entertainment the creators of Bomberman. Score! Hudson Soft moved to Shinjuku in 1985 shortly before releasing Bomberman.
- While on the page I noticed Hudson Software also released Lode Runner for NES, and remembered they are currently doing a DS version.
- Lode Runner was originally published by Broderbund, who operate out of MONTANA.
- According to Game Dev Map there are no current game developers operating in Montana.
Nice work. We couldn't agree more. Lode Runner is definitely a major franchise worthy of the hype that we've
[Thanks, Godfree]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-21-2006 @ 3:26PM
J.Goodwin said...
It fits, I'll be pleased if it's true :D
9-21-2006 @ 3:50PM
BklynKid said...
I hope they nailed it.
9-21-2006 @ 5:43PM
Spy Bat said...
Wow. Nice work! It sounds like Load Runner.
I'm not sure I would have ever guessed, because I never really thought of Load Runner as a major franchise. I know there's been at least one or two sequels, but I never paid much attention to anything outside of the original version.
9-21-2006 @ 6:00PM
Hexx said...
I'm glad other people are thinking it's the same way I thought. I had told my buddies about it and all of them thought I was crazy.
9-21-2006 @ 7:14PM
Todd Dominey said...
Bring on Lode Runner! A classic.
9-22-2006 @ 7:53AM
epobirs said...
Montana? When did that happen?
Is there a single person left at Broderbund from the era when Lode Runner was published? It started out as a family business, two brothers and their sister. What remains other than the name and IP?
9-23-2006 @ 12:31AM
eb said...
Who fucking give a shit about this. Why not release some decent games from the NES/Genesis era instead of this bullshit Atari shit?
9-25-2006 @ 6:12AM
snacs said...
it's embarrassing consumerism. start with the 1990s titles already.