Lode Runner belongs up there with Mario, Sonic and Donkey Kong

If the little stick guy from Lode Runner only had a face to go with the way he/she/it moved across levels and mowed down bad guys, his/her/its mug would probably be plastered on every video game magazine available at least once a year.
What? You’ve never heard of Lode Runner? Well, that’s kinda impossible, but for those who aren’t kidding when they say that they’ve never even seen stick man running around brick platforms, climbing stairs and collecting mounds of what seems to be gold dust, here’s a little backgrounder for you:
Lode Runner is a 1983 platform game, first published by …read more