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Super Runner Classic – Action Game Review
Super Runner Classic is a Action/Casual game from ZIROTEK CORP., first launched in 30th September 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 20+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Super Runner Classic Stand Out
Classic lode runner game. Try to collect all the gold while avoiding guards who try to catch you. 201 free and unlock classic levels.
[Feature]
- 201 free and unlock levels
- Choose the joystick or D-Pad, and you can also resize it to give you the best control experience
- Retro game graphics and sound effects, let you relive the past experience
[Control]
- Joystick/D-Pad: move the player
- A button: Dig a hole at the right side
- B button: Dig a hole at the left side
[Introduction]
The player must collect all the gold in a level while avoiding guards who try to catch the player. After collecting all the gold, the player must touch the top of the screen to reach the next level.
Levels feature a multi-story, brick platform motif, with ladders and suspended hand-to-hand bars that offer multiple ways to travel throughout. The player can dig holes into floors to temporarily trap guards and may safely walk atop trapped guards. Should a guard be carrying a bar of gold when he falls into a hole it will be left behind, and can be retrieved by the player. Over time, floors dug into will regenerate, filling in these holes. A trapped guard who cannot escape a hole before it fills is consumed, immediately respawning in a random location at the top of the level. Unlike guards, the player's character may not climb up out of a hole, and will be killed if it fills before he can escape by other means. Floors may also contain trapdoors, through which the player and guards will fall, and bedrock, through which the player cannot dig.
The player can only dig a hole to the sides, and not directly underneath himself. This introduces an important strategy for when digging a hole x blocks deep, the player must first dig a gap at least x wide to be able to dig through it, as the number of spaces will shrink with each layer, and the player needs at least one free adjacent space to be able to dig. However, exceptions to this rule arise when the player digs from the position of standing on a ladder, or hanging from a hand-to-hand bar, which allows the player to repeatedly dig and descend one row. This kind of digging is involved in solving many of the levels.
The player starts with five lives; each level completion awards an extra life. Should a guard catch the player, one life is subtracted, and the current level restarts. The player's character can fall from arbitrary heights without any injury but cannot jump, and players can trap themselves in pits from which the only escape is to abort the level, costing a life, and begin again.
The player may come into contact with a guard directly from above, with the stick figure's feet touching the guard's head. This is what enables the player to walk over guards who are temporarily stuck in a hole that has been dug. It is also possible to make this contact while both the guard and the player are in free fall, since the player not only runs faster than the guards, but also falls faster; moreover, it is possible to survive the feet-to-head contact while a guard is standing on a platform and begins to move. Both forms of contact are necessary to solve some levels. Sometimes it is necessary to liberate a trapped guard by digging while standing on his head, but then moving rapidly in the opposite direction when the guard begins marching to freedom. In a few levels, it is necessary to use a falling guard as a bridge to reach an otherwise unreachable area. One subtlety is that if a down movement is initiated while standing on a guard's head, or briefly touching the guard's head during free fall, the consequences are fatal.
In some levels, guards can be deliberately trapped in various ways. They can be lured into entering a part of the level from which there is no escape. In some situations, the player can liberate trapped guards by digging them out. In some levels, to collect some gold pieces, the player must exploit the guards into collecting gold pieces.Enjoy!
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Super Runner Classic is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st July 2024
Recent improvements include:
- Fixed the game speed issue
- Reviewed all levels to make sure each level can be completed
- Added some minor features into the game, e.g. If a guard has gold with him, he will appear in different colors
Download & Availability
Super Runner Classic is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Super Runner Classic on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Please make an ad-free version, fix bugs.
With the recent changes to speed, level 184 cannot be completed.
This is it! The real deal! Just like the original Lode Runner from the 1980s! AWESOME! There are 201 levels in all. Only negative is that a couple levels like 170 and 172 are not solvable due to a software glitch.
We loved Lode Runner in the early 80s and this is a classic remake. But Im pretty sure level 161 is impossible.
Levels 170, 172, 177 and 198 have bugs that make their completion impossible. Otherwise, we enjoyed this game.
Please fix this level as even YouTube shows how its supposed to function.
It is completely impossible to pass. The bugs on this level and in the system keeps from the bad guys from falling through and instead is stuck. We are not able to complete the game.. Id give it a five star until it gets fixed.
We cannot seem to break this level. We are wondering if there is a software issue like those on levels 170/172/174. Any help would be appreciated.
Level 170 is not working. The enemies get stuck in the wrong spots and dont fall through the gaps correctly. The rest of the game works well up to this point.
While we appreciate the free to play game, we cant help noticing the glaring fact here. Its almost unplayable on edge to edge screen iphones, the d pad is way too far out near the edge where you cant possibly place your thumb without making constant mistakes. This is something that could be discovered within 10 seconds of testing, literally. These devices with edge to edge screens have been out for years, and the latest update was only 9 months ago, its clear that there were no testing done whatsoever.
It is completely impossible to pass 170 and several other levels due to bug of men not falling through properly.
Game copies whatever you have in your clipboard into the app. Probably some scammy advertising thing. Controls are bad. Skip.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.4
- Size: 44.82 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: ZIROTEK CORP.
Last updated: 21st July 2024 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: ZIROTEK CORP.