Time Runner (video game)

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Time Runner
Time Runner Atari 8-bit Cover Art.jpg
Publisher(s) Funsoft, Inc.
Designer(s) Yves Lempereur
Programmer(s) TRS-80, Atari 8-bit
Yves Lempereur [1]
Commodore 64
Scott Maxwell
Troy Lyndon [2]
Platform(s) TRS-80, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1982: TRS-80, Atari
1983: C64
Genre(s) Maze
Mode(s) Single-player

Time Runner is a maze video game, similar to Konami's Amidar arcade game, published by Funsoft in 1981. It was written for the TRS-80 by Yves Lempereur who also wrote a version for Atari 8-bit computers released the same year. [1] A port to the Commodore 64 by Scott Maxwell and Troy Lyndon was published in 1983. [2]

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Gameplay

Time Runner is a game in which the player goes around the edges of 20 rectangular boxes on a checkerboard playing area to claim one as territory. [3]

Reception

Dick McGrath in Computer Gaming World stated that "Time Runner may hold out some challenge to nimble-fingered whiz kids, but in my book it only rates about a 5 out of a possible 10 for arcade games". [3] 80 Micro 's Eric Maloney said that the TRS-80 version of the game was the best from Funsoft. He approved of its simple but challenging and non-violent gameplay suitable for children, albeit describing it as repetitive. [4] Comparing it to "the old arcade flop" Amidar, R. J. Michaels of Ahoy! enjoyed Time Runner for Commodore 64 despite the "uninspiring" graphics and "familiar" gameplay. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Reed, Matthew. "Time Runner". trs-80.org.
  2. 1 2 Time Runner at Lemon 64
  3. 1 2 McGrath, Dick (Jan–Feb 1983). "Route 80: The Road to TRS-80 Gaming". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 8. pp. 38–39.
  4. ↑ Maloney, Eric (April 1983). "Time Runner". 80 Micro. p. 65. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  5. ↑ Michaels, R. J. (May 1984). "Time Runner". Ahoy!. p. 58. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
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