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{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Hyper Lode Runner
|image = File:Hyper_Lode_Runner_Game_Boy_Cover_Art.jpg
|developer = [[Tose (company)|Tose]]
|publisher = [[Bandai]]
|designer =
|engine = 
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|September 21, 1989|WW|February 1990}}
|genre = [[Platform game|Platform]], [[Puzzle game|puzzle]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Game Boy]]
}}
'''''Hyper Lode Runner''''' is a [[video game]] for the [[Game Boy]] from [[Bandai]] released in 1989 in Japan and  1990 in North America. It is based on the 1983 game ''[[Lode Runner]]'' from [[Broderbund]]. While each level in the original fit on a single screen, ''Hyper Lode Runner'' has a scrolling playfield.

== Reception == 

{{ video game reviews

| EGM = 3.25/10<ref name=EGM>{{cite magazine|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=9|date=April 1990|title=Hyper Lode Runner|pages=22|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_Issue_009_April_1990/page/n23}}</ref>

| NLife = 6/10<ref name=NL>{{cite web|website=Nintendo Life|title=Hyper Lode Runner Review|last=Frear|first=Dave|date=27 February 2011|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/02/hyper_lode_runner_retro|accessdate=30 January 2024}}</ref>

| TOT = 84%<ref name=TOT>{{cite magazine|magazine=Total!|title=Hyper Lode Runner|issue=2|date=February 1992|pages=65|url=https://archive.org/details/Total_Issue_002_1992-02_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n64}}</ref>

}}

''Hyper Lode Runner'' received mixed reviews upon release. ''Total!'' described the game as the "toughest [Game Boy] cart to date by far", citing frustrations with its "incredibly hard" difficulty.<ref name=TOT/> Despite noting the game's "decent gameplay" and the inclusion of an edit mode, ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' found ''Hyper Lode Runner'' to offer little enjoyment as an unremarkable port of the original title.<ref name=EGM/> In a retrospective review, Dave Frear of ''Nintendo Life'' described the game as "enjoyable" but critiqued the game's "off-putting" difficulty, expressing disappointment with the lack of a save function for the level editor.<ref name=NL/>  

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{mobygames|id=/44377}}

{{Lode Runner Series}}

[[Category:1989 video games]]
[[Category:Bandai games]]
[[Category:Game Boy games]]
[[Category:Game Boy-only games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Platformers]]
[[Category:Tose (company) games]]
[[Category:Video game sequels]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]