Software:Time Runner (video game)

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Time Runner
Time Runner Atari 8-bit Cover Art.jpg
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 1981 Amidar arcade game, published by Funsoft in 1981. It was written for the TRS-80 by Yves Lempereur who also wrote an Atari 8-bit family version released the same year.[1] A port to the Commodore 64 by Scott Maxwell and Troy Lyndon was published in 1983.[2]

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 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reed, Matthew. "Time Runner". http://www.trs-80.org/time-runner/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Time Runner at Lemon 64
  3. 3.0 3.1 McGrath, Dick (Jan–Feb 1983). "Route 80: The Road to TRS-80 Gaming". Computer Gaming World 1 (8): 38–39. 

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