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Game title

Lode Runner

Japan 1984-07-31 / puzzle video game /Hudson Soft

About this game title

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Japanese title
Lode Runner
Japan release date
1984-07-31
North America release date
1987-09-01
Europe release date
Not released, or unknown
Publisher (Japan)
Hudson Soft
Publisher (North America)
Hudson Soft / Brøderbund
Developer
Hudson Soft
Genre
puzzle video game / platformer
Formats
FC / FDS / NES
Launch price
4,500 yen
Copies sold
1,500,000 copies
Famitsu score
Unknown
Players
1 players
Officially playable today
Not confirmed

Products sold (1)

Even for the same game title, packs, bundles and budget re-releases count as separate products. Only those listed in the public record (Media Arts Database) are shown.

Lode Runner
Model no. HFC-LR / 4,500 yen / 1984-07-31

More details

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design
Douglas E. Smith
Medium
ROM cartridge / Digital download

Where it stands today

How much this title is read and edited today. Wikipedia page views and edit history, counted on 2026-8-30.

Readers of the Japanese article
about 2,673 views per month
Readers of the overseas article
about 5,268 views per month
Edits in the past 1 year
21 times
Last edited
2026-08-09

Current records (3 of 4)

The fastest completions of this title, as of 2026-8-30, and still being updated (the newest record is from 2026-05-07). These records are the work of the runners and authors. Their names and sources are given.

38 min 44 sec
50 Levels (any speed) / Neural89 / 2024-02-20
View on speedrun.com
43 min 52 sec
50 Levels (default speed) / Neural89 / 2026-03-01
View on speedrun.com
13 min 40 sec
baseline / adelikat / 2026-05-07
View on TASVideos

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What we still don't know

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Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)