Hansmanns Loderunner

A modified Lode Runner game with some new features to experiment with.

• All changes of the original Lode Runner game are labeled in the source code with .HBUnnn.
• All changes of the original Lode Runner game are documented in Changes.txt of the asm sub-directory
• All levels of Hansmanns Lode Runner.d64 are collected from the attached Apple/MSX/C64 files
• All levels are solvable (hopefully), even the #227 one
• As the hard ones are picked up from the MSX binaries, you may want to watch an MSX solution video on YouTube to cure you from despair

Directory location

• dox
• npp
• C64
  • tools
    • 64tass
    • DisAsm
  • asm
    • Projects
      • file: Lode Runner.xml
      • data
        • inc
        • originals
        • mods
          • Hansmanns Lode Runner

New Start Game Commands

• S - Save a game in progress (Available only directly before the play has started)
• D - Toggle the demo move recorder (Beep + Grey Border)
  • Usage
    • Select the desired demo level
    • Press D to start the recording (Beep + Grey Border)
    • Play the level to record the moves. Only $ff tick are possible for each move. Especially if you need to wait longer try to change the Lode Runner view direction to restart at tick $00 again
    • There will be no buffer overflow check! The game will crash if more than $280 (640) moves are recorded (Overflow into the I/O area)
  • Auto Replay of the Recording (Beep + Dark Grey Border)
    • After a successful level completion
    • After getting caught by an enemy
    • After an R command
    • After an A command
  • End Replay Mode (Beep + Black Border)
    • Stop the replay by pressing FIRE or any KEY
    • Getting caught by an enemy
  • Take Over the recorded demo moves and level
    • Copy and adapt the moves data from the HL_MemBufDemoMoves buffer to its desired TabDemoMoves location
    • Copy level data from HL_LevelDataBuf to its desired TabDemoDataLevel location
    • Re-assemble the code

New In Game Commands

• P - Play previous level
• V - Toggle game mirror mode
• Z - Toggle game random level mode. This restarts the game from Level One
• Q - Return from test to editor
• L - Load and Play a saved game
• Special - Debug Mode (Championship Loderunner style)
  • Activation
    • Start playing a level
    • Press RUN/STOP to pause the game
    • Press F7 to toggle debug mode (Beep + Light Grey Border)
    • Press RUN/STOP to continue the game
  • Debug Mode commands
    • G - Collect all the missing gold
    • S - Score 1075 points
    • L - Discount number of lives down to 1
    • Commands U/P/F/G do not set the cheat flag anymore

New Board Editor Commands

• x - Swap two levels
• s - Show high score
• I - Init the disk level data/disk high score data/disk time data
• C - Clear a disk level
• T - Clear the level best time blocks on disk
• S - Clear the save games block on disk
• L - Clear the leaderboard block on disk

New Level Editor Commands

• l - Additional move edit cursor right
• t - Edit the level success message
• T - Test the level from edit
• A - Reload the level
• U - Forward a level
• P - Backward a level
• V - Mirror the level
• C - Clear the level
• I - Rotate the level a row up
• M - Rotate the level a row down
• J - Rotate the level a column left
• K - Rotate the level a column right
• L - Rotate the level a column right
• Cursor l/r/u/d - Allow cursor keys for edit movement (emulator usage)

Special

• X - Toggle xmit mode
  • Copy the actual level from disk #8 to a selected level on disk #9
  • Preparation
    • A disk in drive #9 must be available
  • Xmit Mode commands
  • x - xmit the actual level
    • The target level number is automatically increased
    • The xmit mode is switched off automatically after each xmit
  • + - Set next target xmit level (SHIFT+ - Add 10)
  • - - Set previous target xmit level (SHIFT- - Subtract 10)