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Collect gold while avoiding enemies and digging holes to trap them.
Lode Runner (J) on NES is one of those games that looks simple but gets surprisingly tense. You're just digging holes to trap robots while collecting gold, but the timing has to be perfect—mess up and you're stuck watching your little guy get chased down.
The first few levels ease you in, but by screen 20 or so, you start seeing patterns where you have to dig multiple holes in sequence, almost like solving a puzzle. The robots aren't smart, but they're relentless, and the later levels feel like a race against their predictable but overwhelming numbers.
What stands out is the level editor—for an NES game, it's wild that you could make your own stages. I remember spending hours trying to recreate the harder official levels, only to realize how carefully they were designed. Lode Runner (J) holds up because it's pure, straightforward gameplay with just enough depth to keep you coming back.
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