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Lode Runner arriving on XBLA tomorrow Comments by Ellie Gibson

21 April, 2009

Yours for 800 of Microsoft's Points.

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Dizzy
21/04/09 @ 08:25
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Wow great. Been ages since I played Lode Runner.
Huntcjna
21/04/09 @ 08:25
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1200 Points? Really?

/passes
crwoody
21/04/09 @ 08:27
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lol 1200 points lol
redneon
21/04/09 @ 08:30
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1200 points? No, thanks.
mazzl
21/04/09 @ 08:31
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indeed, that's just awful value for money, ms is loosing it!
Gnort
21/04/09 @ 08:40
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I have fond memories of the C64 version of Lode Runner, but I have plenty of other games to play at the moment and this needed to be cheap to justify an impulse purchase. Sadly, 1200MSP is not cheap enough.
DDevil
21/04/09 @ 08:41
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1200 points for Lode Runner?
Lode Runner for 1200 points?
1200 points?
1200?
For Lode Runner?
1200 points?

F*ck off.
RexRunti
21/04/09 @ 08:42
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The 1200 points isn't Microsofts fault (unless they are the publisher/developer). Still that's quite a lot for a game that's older than my last girlfriend.
estoo
21/04/09 @ 08:46
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The last line of the article summed it up perfectly I thought
Eraysor
21/04/09 @ 08:49
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Didn't you hear Microsoft? It's deflation now, not inflation...
Tyronne
21/04/09 @ 08:53
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Think i`ll pass on 1200 points for this, especially when there are so many various decent free pc versions just a goggle check away.
ostrasized
21/04/09 @ 08:59
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Spend 200 points on the 'Miner Dig Deep' community game instead - it's brilliant!
homerramone
21/04/09 @ 09:02
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I quite like this.... but at 1200 pts im not so sure i like it enough to buy it !
SlackMaster
21/04/09 @ 09:05
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800 points for Outrun I thought was fair but when games exceed the 1000 point I think it becomes too pricey for games that you don't actually own.

I know digital distribution is a growing market but I don't think they have got the pricing right yet considering when Live is no more, you will no longer have a copy of the the game.
BadBoyBonner
21/04/09 @ 09:05
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So Lode Runner is 1200 points and the sublime OutRun is 800 hmmm decisions decisions lol
FairgroundTown
21/04/09 @ 09:06
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Hopefully the controls won't be as borked as the iPod version! That was COMPLETELY impossible to play.
BBIAJ
21/04/09 @ 09:12
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@ RexRunti:

It's all M$'s fault, they set the price on EVERYTHING.
jim1975
21/04/09 @ 09:18
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i think MS made a mistake with their points. 1200 just sounds alot. but in reality 1200 is only £11, which is fuck all really.
Gearskin
21/04/09 @ 09:44
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Videos show off a nice visual update.
Dizzy
21/04/09 @ 09:46
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>Videos show off a nice visual update.

It is done by the same guys as R-Type. It is a total re-write with tons of extras (and a level editor). 11 quid is a good price for so much work.
SlackMaster
21/04/09 @ 10:03
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£11 might not be all that much, but it is when you think that you don't actually own the game in the traditional sense.
mrpon
21/04/09 @ 10:06
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Load ""
Royal Fool
21/04/09 @ 10:08
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I sure hope they enjoy their low sales numbers!
Toothball
21/04/09 @ 10:13
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@jim1975:

That's pretty much the same conclusion I come to every time I see a comments thread complaining about things costing 1200 points. If it's a game I want I'll pay that much without much concern. Otherwise if it's a game I don't want I wouldn't be spending anything on it anyway.
Beek4257
21/04/09 @ 10:27
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1200 LOLRunner!
Reihn
21/04/09 @ 11:10
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"****lode"

Heh. Ellie wins again!
Kraftwurm
21/04/09 @ 12:36
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There's no way I will EVER buy a downloadable game for 1200 Points.
NEVER.

Not even a downLODEable one.

Harhar.
convercide
21/04/09 @ 15:00
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It seems most current XBLA releases are pushing for the 1200 point price tag now. Cheeky price hike. It'd be great if some of these games didn't exist in the first place and only needed a quick conversion and achievement tags adding. No use complaining though, I'll be buying Banjo-Tooie.
Pasco
21/04/09 @ 18:27
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This is an old ruleset for a game but it is a new development. The work that has to be put in is the same as with a new game.

Don't you feel shame whining publicly that a game you don't even want costs a couple of euros more than others. It still costs me less than two glasses of wine when I go out here (gas not included). Acting as if this is a personal insult to your intelligence is just pathetic.
rinks
22/04/09 @ 09:06
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You know how nearly every comment here is complaining about the 1200 point price?

The game is actually only 800 points.
Kraftwurm
22/04/09 @ 15:46
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800? Really?
Thank you.
In that case I will buy it right away.
Gearskin
22/04/09 @ 18:09
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Yeah, it is 800 points. I would have paid 1200 if I'm honest, but whatever.
rinks
23/04/09 @ 17:03
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Apparently they've put it up to 1200 now. They couldn't organise a bear shitting in the pope contest in a brewery.

Glad I nabbed it at 800, though I too would have paid 1200.

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