Loderunner GB

Loderunner
Loderunner
General
Author	Dr. Thomas Tensi
Type	Platform
Version	0.9
License	Mixed
System	CGB
Last Updated	2010/08/02
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This is an open source Loderunner clone for the Nintendo Game Boy Color.

Installation

Play it using an emulator or on real hardware with a flashcart.

User guide

You control a character and collect all the gold sacks in a level while avoiding the monsters who try to catch you. When you have collected all the gold sacks, you must go to the top of the screen to end the level. In total the current game contains 80 levels.

The monsters going after you are not very clever: they only try to minimize the distance to you and will never increase it. Once they catch you, you have to repeat that level.

You can shoot holes in brick ground where the monsters fall through or are trapped. You can also use those holes to jump through, but also you get trapped when you are at the bottom or on concrete. Often is also necessary to shoot holes to get access to embedded gold sacks.

Note that holes occur at raster positions and that you must stand on a position either left or right of the hole. The space above the hole must be empty. So to get through layers of bricks you have to make sure that you shoot enough holes in top layers to make it through.

Holes only stay for some time after which the brick regenerates.

Note: that most levels are not mere jump-and-run-levels but require some planning. Sometimes even the monsters have to be used as carriers for the gold sacks.

Extra menu

Select level	You can change to an arbitrary level here, but a level is only considered completed when all previous levels also have been completed.
View current level	the current level is shown without player and monsters and can be analysed with the cursor buttons; viewing ends with the B-button.
Restart level	puts you at the beginning of the current level.
Update user settings	you can define name, gender and colours of your player figure (see below).
Show highscore table	shows the players ordered by highest levels completed.
Select user	change current user.

User settings menu

Name	You can enter your name here by using the up/down cursors to select characters and the left/right cursor to select the cursor positions.
Kind	You can select here between a boy an girl.
Shirt, pants, shoes, monster	For each of those topics you can select between seven colours.
Music, sound	You can select whether music or sounds should be produced or not.