Lode Runner The Legend Returns
(Playstation - US, Platformer)
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Published_By:
Petra
Released On:
16 Feb 1996
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Lode Runner The Legend Returns is a platformer game released on the Playstation in 1998. The story follows the character Crash Bandicoot as he attempts to reclaim his stolen treasure from the clutches of Doctor Neo Cortex.
Gameplay involves navigating Crash through various levels, avoiding obstacles and enemies while collecting treasures and power-ups to aid him in his quest. Players can also utilize special abilities such as spinning, gliding, or using dynamite to overcome challenges and defeat foes.
UPC-A:
4988649573245 (Japan)
Part #:
SLPS-00182 (Japan)
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Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This action-puzzle game casts players as Jake Peril, a "Lode Runner" who must outwit rival runners and the gold-hoarding Mad Monks. Players navigate treacherous caverns, utilizing bombs, goo, and teleporters to steal treasure and escape a post-apocalyptic Earth. The ultimate goal is to gather enough gold to buy freedom and flee the planet.
Story
INTRODUCTION
THE LEGEND RETURNS
Under the surface of barren, polluted Earth, what is left of humanity survives in man-made caverns. In such an environment, anarchy reigns and paper money has no meaning.
Gold is the only thing of value, and there are those who will do anything to get it in order to buy their way off the planet. The most skilled are known as Lode Runners and Jake Peril is the best among them.
Between Jake and his dream of escape lies the Mad Monks. A subterranean cult of gold worshippers, the Mad Monks hoard the wealth of the Earth. Even if Jake can outrun the other Lode Runners and steal enough of the Monks' gold to buy his freedom, he must still escape the fiendishly devised caverns or fall prey to the Monks' revenge.
EXTRA
The thief is stolen! Under the surface of a scarred, polluted Earth the Mad Monks have hoarded the world's gold. Jake Peril, bravest and most skilled of the Lode Runners, has stolen enough to buy his way off the planet.
However, Jake has underestimated the Monks' desire for gold and revenge. Using their wealth, the Monks have conspired to abduct Jake and banish him to their deepest and deadliest caverns.
Now Jake must use every tool at his disposal, among them bombs, goo, and teleporters to outwit the Mad Monks and rival Lode Runners, steal their treasure, and escape the planet.
How to Play
STARTING UP
TOP VIEW
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RESET BUTTON
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POWER INDICATOR
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POWER BUTTON
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SONY PlayStation
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DISC COVER
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OPEN BUTTON
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CONTROLLER PORT
FRONT VIEW
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CONTROLLER PORT 1
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CONTROLLER PORT 2
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MEMORY CARD SLOT 1
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MEMORY CARD SLOT 2
1. Set up your PlayStation game according to the instructions in the console manual.
2. Insert the Lode Runner disc and close the disc cover.
3. Insert a game controller and turn the PlayStation game console on.
Follow the on-screen instructions to start a game.
RANKING OF 1 PLAYER
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PLAYER
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SCORE
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LEVEL
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1- MARTY 82730 857 L
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PLAYER1 89886 634 L
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3- DRee 96885 634 L
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4- PLAYER1 99884 634 L
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5- PLAYER1 86859 938 L
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6- GREYFAX 69399 B1S L
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7- HOELTERGEIST 99299 G1S L
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8- SUNSET BUNNY 08299 B1S L
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1 PLAYER
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2 PLAYERS
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CANCEL
THE LEGEND RETURNS/EXTRA
At the main menu, select "The Legend Returns" or "Extra" with the directional controller and press start. Then select 1 player or 2 players and press start. In the 2 player game, both players work together to solve scenarios requiring perfect cooperation.
"The Legend Returns" is composed of quite a few levels that become progressively more difficult. Your advancement depends on you learning new moves to keep the enemy away.
"Extra" continues where "The Legend Returns" left off. It starts with a fiendishly difficult puzzle and becomes more and more challenging.
CONSTRUCTION
To start creating your own levels, select "Construction" on the Main menu. You'll see a blank backdrop with an object menu at the bottom. Scroll through the three different menu bars as you build your level.
Menu Options
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EXIT Return to the Main menu.
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SAVE Save the custom level to the memory card.
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LOAD Load a custom level.
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DAY/SPOT Select whether the level is day or casts a spot light.
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MUSIC Choose a track from the 10 available as background music.
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BG Choose 1 of 10 background patterns.
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A NAME Name this level and save it.
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RUN Play a saved custom level.
Start "Construction" mode by selecting a background pattern. Highlight "select" once you have chosen the appropriate background. Press the button and you will go on to the item menu. Use any combination of the 32 items available in constructing your level.
You can play test your level at any time while you are building it. To do so, make sure the #1 controller is plugged in and press the "start" button. There are five levels which you can create, load, and modify while you are in "Construction" mode.
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Move cursor on screen.
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Remove an icon.
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Change menu bar
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Hold to link Teleporters.
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Place selected icon.
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L2 Move cursor left on menu bar
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R2 Move cursor right on menu bar:
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START Test the custom level.
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SELECT Exit test mode and go back to construction.
NOTE: Linking Teleporters
To link Teleporters, place the cursor on the "entrance". Press the button and a line will appear: Select an "exit", and confirm by pressing the button.
NOTE: Creating a New Level
To create a new level, after you have saved the level you have created, hold down L1, L2, R1, R2, and the Select button. This will erase your previous work.
OPTIONS
GAME OPTIONS
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MUSIC ON/OFF Turns the music on and off.
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SOUND ON/OFF Turns the sound effects on and off.
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CONTROLLER1 CONFIG. Configure controller 1.
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CONTROLLER2 CONFIG. Configure controller 2.
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CONFIG LOAD Load a saved controller configuration.
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CONFIG SAVE Save current controller configuration.
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EXIT Return to the Main menu.
SCENARIOS
GET THE IMPOSSIBLE GOLD
In some cases, the last bars are unreachable. Rather than try for it yourself, it is best to try to coerce a guard to pick it up and bring it to you. Try to maneuver the guard so it is forced to run over the gold.
If it is not already carrying a bar: it will grab the gold. Then all you need to do is convince the guard to give up its new wealth.
Some scenarios have buried treasure. If you have collected all the visible gold and the exit doesn't appear, then dig through the soft ground to find any hidden gold bars.
If you find buried gold, you will have to drop through the hole you created to pick it up. Make sure you have a way out before you fall, or you might get stuck.
Controls
Up
Climb up ladder
Down
Climb down ladder
Left
Walk left
Right
Walk right
BUTTON
Burn right
L1
Set bomb
L2
Set bomb
R1
Set bomb
R2
Set bomb
L1, L2, R1, R2
Restart level
square button
create hole
circle button
create hole
CONTINUE
Continue play on the same level
RESTART
Restart the level - costs one life
LOAD
Load a saved game
SAVE
Save the current level
QUIT GAME
End the game and return to the main menu
Tips & Maps
BOMBING YOUR WAY THROUGH
Bombs can destroy walls or clear paths through guards. Place a bomb in their path to make up to five guards reappear at a comfortable distance.
GET THE GOLD FROM THE REAPER
If a guard has stolen gold, get them to follow you and dig a hole for them to fall into, causing them to drop the gold. Be careful that another guard doesn't grab the gold.
HIDE AND GO SEEK
Hideout huts provide refuge from guards; stand in the opening and press up to enter. Guards will ignore you as you hide, allowing you to escape when the coast is clear.
Items & Weapons
SOFT GROUND
This ground is soft and easy to burn, dig, or blow holes through.
SOLID GROUND
This ground can only be dug or blown through with the jack hammer or big bomb.
STICKY GROUND
You and the guards are slowed tremendously through this.
HOLE IN THE GROUND
It looks like normal ground, but it really is a hole.
GOLD BARS
One gold bar is one point.
CART OF GOLD BARS
A mining cart full of gold is worth 2 points.
GOLD SKULL
A golden skull is 3 points.
STACK OF GOLD BARS
A stack of gold bars is 4 points.
LADDER
Climb this to reach a plane.
HIDDEN LADDER
These ladders appear when all the gold has been collected.
ROPE
Allows you and the guards to cross wide pits.
TELEPORTER ENTRANCE
Step on this to teleport.
TELEPORTER EXIT
You appear in this when you use the teleporter.
GOLD KEY
Use this to open the gold door.
GREEN KEY
Use this to open the green door.
RED KEY
Use this to open the red door.
BIG BOMB
Permanently destroys both solid and soft ground and will ignite other bombs, guards, and you.
BOMB
Blows up the soft ground and will ignite other bombs, guards, and you.
GLUE
Spread this on the ground to turn it sticky.
BUG SPRAYER
Sprays a green cloud which slows any guards.
PLAYER 1
This is player 1.
PLAYER 2
This is player 2.
GUARD
The folk whose gold you are stealing. One touch, and you are finished.
GUARD GENERATOR
When guards die, they reappear here.
JACK HAMMER
Use this to drill through solid ground.
PICKAX
Use this to create a pile of rubble from the ceiling and block any guard's progress.
SNARE
Use this to trap guards and hang them by their feet.
HIDEOUT
Hide by pressing up when standing in front of it, leave by pressing down.
EXIT
Leave this level after you've collected the gold.
GOLD DOOR
Use the gold key to unlock this exit.
GREEN DOOR
Use the green key to unlock this exit.
RED DOOR
Use the red key to unlock this exit.
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