- Infernal Runner
"Infernal Runner" was a
survival horror computer game similar to "Lode Runner " published byLoriciel in1985 . The game was originally created for theCommodore 64 and later adapted to theAmstrad CPC . It was one of the first works of game designerEric Chahi .tyle
The game itself is a jump and run game where the player finds himself trapped in a house with lethal traps and various other menaces, and he must escape alive by collecting all keys and opening all trunks, all while avoiding starvation by collecting food. It is unknown what the actual story is.
The game had a surprisingly dark tone for its time, reached by the variety of traps (spikes, monsters, laser beams, fire, electricity, landmines), which all induced extremely detailed and violent death-animations when encountered. The game featured elaborate animations, meticulous detail (especially on the gore, such as the character twitching and wrangling when being impaled on spikes) and a haunting minor-key soundtrack with eerie sound-effects embedded into it. (The game itself had no sound, just music.) The Amstrad version's music was more playful than brooding.
"", as a later released fellow port of Lode Runner, borrowed many features from the game, such as items and hazards.
Credits
The C64 version is credited to
Yves Korta andMichel Koell . The Amstrad version was created byEric Chahi with music written byMichel Winogradof .Trivia
* The C64 version's music was eventually ripped into "
Sex Games ", a cartoony porn game on the same platform.External links
* [http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/jeux_videos/infernal_runner.htm "Infernal Runner"] on Eric Chahi's personal site
** [http://www.anotherworld.fr/download/inferrun.zip Amstrad disk image] (from the same site)
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* [http://www.loriciel.org/fiche.php?id=32 "Infernal Runner"] at Loriciel's website (includes free download of the CPC version, oddly accompanied by a C64 screenshot)
* [http://www.abyss-online.de/c64longplays/C64-Longplay%20-%20Infernal%20Runner.rar Longplay] at c64-longplays.de (complete video walkthrough)
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