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Time Runner (video game)

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Time Runner
Publisher(s)Funsoft
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 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]

Gameplay

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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

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Dick McGrath reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and 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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Reed, Matthew. "Time Runner". trs-80.org.
  2. ^ a b Time Runner at Lemon 64
  3. ^ a b McGrath, Dick (Jan–Feb 1983). "Route 80: The Road to TRS-80 Gaming". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 8. pp. 38–39.
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