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Games like Lode Runner

1983 · Douglas E. Smith · Platformer, Puzzle · Open the game page →

Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it

304 games like Lode Runner · 1981 – 2025

  • Why 85Form.25World.85Curated.86Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired · Described alike

    Hudson Soft · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +8

    PlatformerPuzzleActionScience fictionSide view

    The object of the game is to pick up all the gold pieces (which appear as piles of gold) and get them to the top. Using non-violent methods, enemies had to be overcome. Bumping into enemies cost the player a life and all of his hard-earned

    7 listsOften paired

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  • Why 73Form.09World.25Curated.84Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Game Boy, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III

    PlatformerPuzzleActionScience fictionSide view

    Penguin Land, known as Doki Doki Penguin Land Uchū Daibōken (どきどきペンギンランド宇宙大冒険? lit. "Thump Thump Penguin Land: Great Outer Space Adventure") in Japan, is a Sega Master System game and the second game in the Doki Doki Penguin Land series. In

    90 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 62Form.32World.25Curated.50Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Windows, iOS

    PlatformerPuzzleUser generated contentIn-game map editorAction

    Elasto Mania (also known as Elma) is a physics-simulation game released in 2000. It claims to be "based on a real physical model." It explores the notion of elastic motorcycles. The goal of each level is to collect every apple (disappearing

    89 rating1 list5.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 62Form.23World.25Curated.57Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Switch, Windows, macOS

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewAdventure

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and t

    75 rating1 list4 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 55Form.13World.25Curated.52Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    Windows, macOS

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewAdventure

    Clockwork, set in the great mechanical city of Watchtower, is a story about unlikely friends coming together to try to fix an imperfect world. The city’s mysterious past is questioned when Atto’s trusty pocket watch suddenly wakes up and in

    60 rating1 list5 h main storyOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 54Form.12World.25Curated.50Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Often paired

    PS5, Windows

    PlatformerPuzzleActionScience fictionSide view

    An ordinary man in an extraordinary world. Bionic Bay is a new kind of a 2D platformer. It introduces a unique Swap mechanic, allowing players to interact with the physics-based world in new ways. The immersive gameplay is completed by spec

    85 rating1 list7 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 49Form.52World1.00Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Described alike

    O-TWO Inc. · Switch, PS4, Windows

    PlatformerPuzzlePictographic level designActionSide view

    Lode Runner Legacy is the latest edition in the popular Lode Runner series. Players control “Runner” to recover stolen gold while avoiding enemies and minefields. Enjoy the ingenious balance of puzzle and action gameplay, an updated Voxel v

    76 rating2 lists43 h main storyDescribed alike

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  • Why 48Form.08World.25Curated.45Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Game Freak · Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    PlatformerPuzzleActionScience fictionSide view

    "Giga Wrecker is a 2D puzzle-platform action game developed and published by Game Freak. You play as a cyborg girl, who has the power of reconstructing debris and scraps into various weapons, and explore a world invaded by an army of myster

    80 rating3 lists11 h main story

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 46Form.27World.82Curated.14Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle · Described alike

    Hudson Soft · TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Wii U

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide view

    Once an ancient arcade game, and with a previous version on the PC Engine by Pack In Video, Hudson Soft have taken the addictive gameplay of Lode Runner and given the graphics a complete face lift. The puzzle-based action in Lode Runner is

    5 listsDescribed alike

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  • Why 43Form.51World.46Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Broderbund · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +3

    PlatformerPuzzleCga graphicsActionSide view

    Apple Panic is a clone of the arcade game, Space Panic.

    4 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 41Form.28World.25Curated.20Lists.00Platformer · 8-bit

    ActionPlatformer8-bitSide viewAdventure

    GI Joe's squad of mean, lean combat experts moves into action! Cobra Commander has raised the ancient island of Atlantis from the ocean depths, and is using it as a base. With a nearly indestructible army, and powerful space weapons, the po

    69 rating3 lists

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.09World.25Curated.32Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Linux, Switch, PS4 +2

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewAdventure

    Antonblast is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-fillin

    78 rating3 lists7 h main story

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  • Timed Nintendo exclusiveWhy 40Form.31World.25Curated.16Lists1.00Platformer · Puzzle · Also in Puzzle games

    Switch, Windows, Xbox One

    PlatformerPuzzle8-bitActionSide view

    In ElecHead you control a short circuiting robot called Elec, who electrically charges any object or structure they are in contact with.

    80 rating2 lists2 h main storyAlso in Puzzle games

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 39Form.35World.00Curated.17Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Intelligent Systems · Wii U

    PlatformerPuzzlePictographic level designIn-game map editorSide view

    Expanding on the mind-bending puzzle challenges previously found only on Nintendo 3DS, this Wii U title offers a variety of challenges that can only be solved by manipulating a wall of 3D obstacles. Pushmo World finds players pushing, pulli

    80 rating3 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 36Form.10World.13Curated.27Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    PS3, PlayStation Vita, Windows

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewAdventure

    Prepare yourself for another journey through series of new worlds, featuring multiple challenges with many ways to pass a level and resolve puzzles. A-MEN 2 allows you to hang out with your good, old friends once more.

    35 rating2 lists14 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 36Form.13World.39Curated.20Lists.00Platformer

    Epyx · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4

    PlatformerActionSide viewAdventurePixel art

    Jumpman is a platform game written by Randy Glover and released by Epyx in 1983. Originally developed for the Atari 8-bit family, versions were also released for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, and ColecoVision.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 36Form.08World.41Curated.22Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    SCE Japan Studio · PS3

    PlatformerPuzzleActionAbstractNon-humanoid protagonist

    LocoRoco Cocoreccho! (or Oideyo LocoRoco!! BuuBuu Cocoreccho! (おいでよロコロコ!! BuuBuu Cocoreccho!?), in Japan, meaning "LocoRoco Come On Over(!)! BuuBuu Cocoreccho!") is a video game in the LocoRoco series released on the PlayStation Network for

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  • Why 36Form.46World.27Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Cga graphics

    Big Five Software · Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +7

    PlatformerCga graphicsActionScience fictionSide view

    "Bounty Bob" is mining a radioactive mine in the year 2049. Help him "claim" all of the various stations (multiple screens). Avoid contact with the deadly mutant organisms by running away, or hopping over them. Collect various articles left

    70 rating7 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 35Form.29World.13Curated.12Lists.00User generated content · In-game map editor

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Arcade, NEC PC-8800 series, NES +3

    User generated contentIn-game map editorActionSide viewArcade

    Excitebike is a motocross racing video game franchise made by Nintendo. It first debuted as a game for the Famicom in Japan in 1984 and as a launch title for the NES in 1985. It is the first game of the Excite series.

    71 rating1 list1 h main story

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 35Form.31World.13Curated.11Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Nintendo Software Technology · Nintendo 3DS

    PlatformerPuzzleUser generated contentActionAnimal antagonist

    A puzzle game where you have to place blocks on a game board and create a path for a "Mini" character to traverse. You must reach a certain goal area in a fix amount of time and have to opportunity to collect power ups along the way.

    72 rating6 lists

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 34Form.23World.21Curated.12Lists.00Platformer · User generated content

    Hello Games · Android, Ouya, PS3 +4

    ActionPlatformerUser generated contentIn-game map editorSide view

    Can you put the world’s most determined stuntman back into the limelight? Combo, boost and pull ludicrous stunts as Joe attempts to race his way back into the record books in over 100 eye-popping levels. Leap school buses full of screaming

    81 rating8 lists6 h main story

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 34Form.25World.25Curated.11Lists.00Platformer · 8-bit

    Aspect · Game Gear, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III +1

    Platformer8-bitActionSide viewAdventure

    Dr. Robotnik has stolen the Red Chaos Emerald, causing the other five to "lose balance" and scatter themselves into a parallel universe. As a result of the instability, South Island is now sinking into the ocean. It is up to Sonic and Tails

    87 rating5 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 33Form.38World.26Curated.00Lists.00Pictographic level design · In-game map editor

    Namco · Arcade, FM-7, Game Boy +5

    Pictographic level designIn-game map editorActionFightingShooter

    Battle City, also known as Tank 1990 or Tank in some pirate multicart releases, is a multi-directional shooter video game for the Family Computer produced and published in 1985 by Namco. The game was later released for the Game Boy and was

    78 rating6 lists

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  • Why 33Form.16World.33Curated.13Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Android, PS4, Windows +3

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewAdventure

    Leo’s Fortune is an award-winning platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning and mysterious thief that stole your gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life in this epic adventure.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.43World.13Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · 8-bit

    Platformer8-bitActionSide viewRacing

    Test your speedrunning skills across more than 150 challenging moments from 13 classic NES games! Compete against players around the world online, challenge your friends on the couch, or try to see how far you can push your personal bests.

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  • Why 33Form.23World.76Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    EA Seattle · Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    PlatformerPuzzleActionSide viewAdventure

    Pharaoh's Revenge is a puzzle-platform game developed by Ivan Manley and released by Publishing International in 1988 for the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game is similar in style to Lode Runner (1983).

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 33Form.43World.13Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Taito · Arcade, MSX, NES +3

    PlatformerPuzzlePictographic level designActionSide view

    The Fairyland Story is a arcade platform game released by Taito in July 1985. The game was ported to the MSX and X68000 computers, and later was included in Taito Memories and Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2 for the Xbox and the PC.

    4 lists

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  • Why 33Form.27World.25Curated.08Lists.00User generated content · In-game map editor

    Nadeo · Windows

    User generated contentIn-game map editorActionArcadeRacing

    TrackMania is a racing game and the first entry in the TrackMania series, combining driving with track construction. Players race across circuits filled with jumps, loops, and tight corners to earn in-game currency, which is spent on buildi

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 32Form.36World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · User generated content

    PlatformerUser generated contentActionSide viewAction-adventure

    Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter is a platform game developed by Planet Moon Studios and published by THQ for the Wii. Despite having the same title, it has a different plot compared to the DS version.

    1 list

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 32Form.35World.25Curated.00Lists.00Puzzle · User generated content

    Sidhe · PS3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360

    ActionPuzzleUser generated contentIn-game map editorRacing

    Speed your way through insane levels in this nitrous fueled, star collecting, driving action game!

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 31Form.33World.25Curated.00Lists.008-bit · Pictographic level design

    Taito · Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Arcade +11

    8-bitPictographic level designActionScience fictionArcade

    Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It expanded upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s by adding power-ups, different types of bricks, and a variety of level layouts. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which

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  • Why 31Form.33World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Apogee Software · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS

    PlatformerPuzzlePictographic level designCga graphicsAction

    Like Pharaoh's Tomb, Arctic Adventure is a CGA game containing 80 all-new diabolical levels, packed with mind-bending arcade action designed to keep you from ever succeeding. Nevada will face freezing waters, diabolical traps, slippery ice

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 31Form.32World.26Curated.00Lists.00Pictographic level design · In-game map editor

    Namco · Arcade, FM-7, Game Boy +6

    Pictographic level designIn-game map editorActionFightingShoot 'em up

    Battle City, also known as Tank 1990 or Tank in some pirate multicart releases, is a multi-directional shooter video game for the Family Computer produced and published in 1985 by Namco. The game was later released for the Game Boy and was

    78 rating2 lists

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  • Why 31Form.35World.16Curated.00Lists1.00Puzzle · 8-bit · Also in Puzzle games

    3DO, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga +23

    Puzzle8-bitPictographic level designCga graphicsAction

    Lemmings is a puzzle-platform game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1991. Players guide a group of lemmings through hazardous levels to a designated exit. The gameplay involves assigning specific skills, such as digging

    72 rating2 listsAlso in Puzzle games

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  • Why 31Form.32World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Elasto Mania Team · Windows, iOS

    PlatformerPuzzleUser generated contentIn-game map editorAction

    Elasto Mania (also known as Elma) is a physics-simulation game released in 2000. It claims to be "based on a real physical model." It explores the notion of elastic motorcycles. The goal of each level is to collect every apple (disappearing

    89 rating1 list

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 31Form.40World.00Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Media Molecule · PS3

    PlatformerPuzzleUser generated contentSide viewAbstract

    Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you c

    88 rating1 list8 h main story

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 31Form.30World.29Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    N

    2015

    Metanet Software · PS4, Linux, Windows +3

    PlatformerPuzzleUser generated contentPictographic level designAction

    N++ is a fast-paced, action-packed platformer set in the distant future. You play as a ninja, darting through obstacles, narrowly evading a slew of inadvertently homicidal enemy robots and collecting gold in a minimalist, sci-fi world. N++

    86 rating3 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.37World.00Curated.00Lists.00Puzzle · User generated content

    Cuboid

    2009

    Creat Studios · PS3, PlayStation Portable

    PuzzleUser generated contentIn-game map editorTeleportationPlaystation now

    In this puzzle game, you move a block along a puzzling path, trying to push it to and fit it into the exit. Cuboid's 66 twisted levels will bend your mind with their addictive puzzles, and engage the senses with amazing graphics and soothin

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.08World.41Curated.11Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    Japan Studio · PS3, PlayStation Portable

    PlatformerPuzzleActionAbstractNon-humanoid protagonist

    LocoRoco Cocoreccho! (or Oideyo LocoRoco!! BuuBuu Cocoreccho! (おいでよロコロコ!! BuuBuu Cocoreccho!?), in Japan, meaning "LocoRoco Come On Over(!)! BuuBuu Cocoreccho!") is a video game in the LocoRoco series released on the PlayStation Network for

    75 rating1 list

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 30Form.31World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · Puzzle

    N++

    2014

    Metanet Software · Linux, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +4

    PlatformerPuzzleUser generated contentPictographic level designAction

    N++ is a fast-paced, action-packed platformer set in the distant future. You play as a ninja, darting through obstacles, narrowly evading a slew of inadvertently homicidal enemy robots and collecting gold in a minimalist, sci-fi world. N++

    86 rating6 lists27 h main story

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  • Why 30Form.29World.30Curated.00Lists.00Cga graphics

    Ninja

    1986

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    Cga graphicsActionSide viewBeat 'em upFighting

    Ninja is a beat 'em up game. As a Ninja, the player attacks a fortress made of individual fixed screens which can be explored non-linearly.

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  • Why 30Form.29World.30Curated.00Lists.00Cga graphics

    Greg Kuperberg · MS-DOS, VIC-20

    Cga graphicsActionSide viewArcadeShooter

    Paratrooper is a single screen arcade action game where the player controls a stationary machine gun turret trying to shoot down all incoming enemies. The turret has unlimited ammo but a limited angle of fire (up to 90 degrees left and righ

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.25Curated.00Lists.00Cga graphics

    Epyx · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4

    Cga graphicsActionArcadeRacingMotorsports

    Pitstop II is the first 3D racing game to implement a split-screen simultaneous two-player game mode. Players could be in completely different places on the racing track, and each split screen would show the view of the track according to t

    71 rating6 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Puzzle · User generated content · Also in Puzzle games

    Mitchell Corporation · Nintendo DS

    PuzzleUser generated contentActionStrategyBlocks

    Polarium mixes way-cool gameplay with an electronica soundtrack for the trippiest experience yet on the DS. It's the first game that would look cool at a rave. Polarium is a simple, stylish puzzle game you play entirely with the Nintendo DS

    74 rating3 listsAlso in Puzzle games

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  • Why 30Form.29World.25Curated.00Lists.00Puzzle · Cga graphics

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    PuzzleCga graphicsScience fictionSide viewAdventure

    As a floating orb, players must perform repairs to a spaceship.

    3 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 30Form.29World.25Curated.00Lists.00Platformer · 8-bit

    Aspect · Game Gear, Nintendo 3DS

    Platformer8-bitActionSide viewAdventure

    Sonic and Tails are back with three times the fun and three times the trouble! Dr. Robotnik is building the ultimate super-weapon with the help of Knuckles, but you can stop him by getting the Chaos Emeralds first. Rip across snow and water

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.26Curated.00Lists.008-bit · Pictographic level design

    Nintendo Integrated Research & Development · NES, Wii, Wii U

    8-bitPictographic level designActionScience fictionAction-adventure

    Find out just how resourceful you can be in this classic game, with its mixture of adventure and RPG elements. Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star pitcher from Seattle who has come to the tropics to visit his famous archeologi

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