1982 video game
Time Runner is a maze video game, similar to Konami's "Amidar" arcade game, published by Funsoft in 1981. It was written for the TRS-80 by Yves who also wrote a version for Atari 8-bit computers released the same year. A port to the Commodore 64 by Scott Maxwell and Troy Lyndon was published in 1983.
Gameplay.
"Time Runner" is a game in which the player goes around the edges of 20 rectangular boxes on a checkerboard playing area to claim one as territory.
Reception.
Dick McGrath in "Computer Gaming World" stated that ""Time Runner" may hold out some challenge to nimble-fingered whiz kids, but in my book it only rates about a 5 out of a possible 10 for arcade games". "80 Micro"'s Eric Maloney said that the TRS-80 version of the game was the best from Funsoft. He approved of its simple but challenging and non-violent gameplay suitable for children, albeit describing it as repetitive. Comparing it to "the old arcade flop" "Amidar", R. J. Michaels of "Ahoy!" enjoyed "Time Runner" for Commodore 64 despite the "uninspiring" graphics and "familiar" gameplay.
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