Rumor: Mystery XBLA game is Lode Runner
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Sep 21st 2006 at 3:00PM }
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)
J.Goodwin @ Sep 21st 2006 3:26PM
It fits, I'll be pleased if it's true :D
BklynKid @ Sep 21st 2006 3:50PM
I hope they nailed it.
Todd Dominey @ Sep 21st 2006 7:14PM
Bring on Lode Runner! A classic.
Spy Bat @ Sep 21st 2006 5:43PM
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.
Hexx @ Sep 21st 2006 6:00PM
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.
epobirs @ Sep 22nd 2006 7:53AM
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?
eb @ Sep 23rd 2006 12:31AM
Who fucking give a shit about this. Why not release some decent games from the NES/Genesis era instead of this bullshit Atari shit?
snacs @ Sep 25th 2006 6:12AM
it's embarrassing consumerism. start with the 1990s titles already.