Verified buyer
Item came exactly as described and shipping from seller was Ultra fast! Would do business with seller again! Thank You :)
RighteousBlaze· September 2026
BoughtNinja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Lode Runner
- $70.99
- Regular price
-
$80.99 - Sale price
- $70.99
- Unit price
- per
Box, manual and game — all original, all in the photos. Game condition guide →
Ships in 1–2 business days·Tracking on every order·Signature required on orders $250+
Item Condition
Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original. Original inserts or paperwork shown in the photos are included; display stands and other photography props are not. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Few puzzle games have a premise as clean as Lode Runner's: grab every pile of gold on the stage, stay away from the guards, and get out. Doug Smith's 1983 computer game, published by Broderbund, turned that idea into one of the most influential puzzle-platformers of its era, and Hudson Soft's Famicom version brought it to the NES, published in North America by Broderbund in 1987.
You cannot jump and you cannot fight. Your only tool is the ability to blast holes in the brick floor to your left or right, and everything flows from that. Dig in a guard's path and he drops in, stuck until the brick fills back in, which gives you a moment to run straight across his head. Holes refill quickly, so timing is everything, and guards can pick up gold and carry it around, forcing you to trap them to make them give it back. Multi-layer floors call for widening your hole first, and clearing the last pile opens your escape route to the top of the stage, often from the one spot you hadn't planned for.
Hudson's version spreads each of its 50 stages across a playfield two screens wide that scrolls as you move, so every level has more to read and plan around. It is also a piece of Hudson history: the company's Famicom Bomberman was written as a prequel, and clearing Bomberman's final stage reveals that the little robot becomes the hero of Lode Runner.
It is a thinking player's platformer built from a single verb and a lot of ingenuity, and on the NES it makes a calm, absorbing puzzle game you can chip away at one stage at a time.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1984
- Publisher
- Konami
- Genre
- Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure
- Players
- Single player, Multiplayer
About the game
This updated take on the original Lode Runner is essentially an entirely new game, but it keeps the core of Douglas Smith's original ideas intact.
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayLode Runner on NES
Make an offer
Request more photos
Ships in 1–2 business days (Monday–Friday, excluding major U.S. holidays). During the holidays and big sales, allow one extra business day.
- Live USPS and UPS rates at checkout. Every order ships with tracking.
- We ship to all 50 states, U.S. military addresses (APO/FPO/DPO), and Canada. Canadian orders may owe duties and taxes on delivery.
- Orders of $250 or more ship with signature confirmation.
- Delivery dates shown at checkout are estimates, not guarantees.
Read the full Shipping Policy, including holiday order-by dates.
Most of what we sell is one of a kind, so all sales are final unless something goes wrong on our end.
Contact us within 14 days of delivery if your item doesn’t work, arrived damaged, is the wrong item, or isn’t as described. We’ll send a prepaid return label and make it right with a replacement or a refund. Orders placed November 1–December 24 can be reported through January 15.
Not covered: change of mind, compatibility issues, and opened sealed trading-card products.
Email support@coolection.com with your order number. Read the full Refund Policy.
NES
Lode Runner
$70.99
Offering on several items? Build an offer list →
Submitting an offer does not guarantee acceptance. Items aren’t held while an offer is open, and prices can change until then. We reply within 1–2 business days.
NES
Lode Runner
$70.99
Real photos of this exact item: we’ll photograph what you ask for and email them to you, usually within 1–2 business days.
