Gameplay was shown on a massive Sony Jumbotron (then the world's largest television at 80x150 feet). One of the biggest ever Lode Runner competitions took place during Japan's World Fair in August 1985. Presumably, it was cancelled at a late stage, since programmer Roy Coates, who converted Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for Software Projects, later came out with Beanstalker on his own label. A Dragon 32 port is advertised as "coming soon" in an ad in C&VG magazine.An Amiga version is mentioned in the French manual, ported by Loriciels' Annecy studio, but beyond that, no information of an official Amiga port exists.Lode Runner was being ported to the Atari Lynx but was abandoned while in a fairly advanced state.
All three games (all published by Brøderbund) ultimately featured the militaristic denizens of the Bungeling Empire as the primary antagonists. While they both spawned strings of sequels to lead series of their own, Lode Runner and Choplifter can be considered to share not just human sprite animation, but a "game world" along with Will Wright's Raid on Bungeling Bay. However it contained only 99 levels instead of original 150 levels. The original Lode Runner proved so popular a coin-op version was commissioned and appeared in 1984 housed in its own cabinet and complete with artwork.
Lode Runner appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
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