Lode Runner
Nintendo Entertainment System · 1987
About this game
The Bungeling Empire has stolen a huge cache of gold from its rightful owners, and your mission is to infiltrate its treasury and recapture it.
This entails progressing through 150 screens of platforms, ladders and ropes.
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The Empire has sent robotic guards down to protect the gold, and contact with any of these will cost you a life.
Your method of escaping them is to press fire to dig a hole in their line of movement, thus causing them to fall in briefly, allowing you to move across the gap safely.
Once all the gold has been collected, a ladder allowing you to move onto the next screen is added.
Completing these screens often requires forward planning and precision.
This was one of the earliest games to include a level editor, allowing the creation of new level designs with no programming skill.
About Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System (1983 in Japan, 1985 in the West) revived the North American video game industry after the 1983 crash and established conventions — cartridges, licensing seals, save systems — that shaped the industry for decades. NES collecting is one of the most established retro markets: common titles remain cheap, but a well-known handful of low-print-run games (many from smaller third-party publishers) are among the most expensive video games in existence.
Gamevaro tracks Lode Runner for Nintendo Entertainment System with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.
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Price history
Market values by condition
NTSC-U
NTSC-J
Recent sales
| Date | Type | Region | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €59.62 |
| 2026-07-16 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €4.66 |
| 2026-07-16 | Complete in Box | NTSC-J | €18.60 |
| 2026-07-16 | Box Only | NTSC-J | €7.44 |
| 2026-07-16 | Graded New | NTSC-J | €65.58 |
| 2026-07-16 | Item only | NTSC-J | €1.06 |
| 2026-07-14 | Box Only | NTSC-J | €7.43 |
| 2026-07-14 | Complete in Box | NTSC-J | €18.57 |
| 2026-07-14 | Graded New | NTSC-J | €65.48 |
| 2026-07-14 | Item only | NTSC-J | €1.06 |
| 2026-07-14 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €59.52 |
| 2026-07-14 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €4.65 |
| 2026-07-13 | Box Only | NTSC-J | €7.43 |
| 2026-07-13 | Item only | NTSC-J | €1.06 |
| 2026-07-13 | Graded New | NTSC-J | €65.44 |
| 2026-07-13 | Complete in Box | NTSC-J | €18.57 |
| 2026-07-13 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €59.49 |
| 2026-07-13 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €4.65 |
| 2026-07-12 | Graded New | NTSC-J | €65.44 |
| 2026-07-12 | Complete in Box | NTSC-J | €18.57 |
| 2026-07-12 | Box Only | NTSC-J | €7.43 |
| 2026-07-12 | Box Only | NTSC-U | €13.56 |
| 2026-07-12 | New (sealed) | NTSC-J | €59.49 |
| 2026-07-12 | Complete in Box | NTSC-U | €38.36 |
| 2026-07-12 | Item only | NTSC-J | €1.06 |
| 2026-07-12 | Manual Only | NTSC-J | €4.65 |
| 2026-07-12 | New (sealed) | NTSC-U | €153.11 |
| 2026-07-12 | Item only | NTSC-U | €11.37 |
| 2026-07-12 | Graded New | NTSC-U | €2083.49 |
| 2026-07-12 | Manual Only | NTSC-U | €7.84 |
Market insights
Rarity & condition
Lode Runner has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning enough copies circulate to establish a reliable market price.
Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.
Frequently asked questions
How much is Lode Runner worth?
Gamevaro hasn't tracked a market sale for Lode Runner (Nintendo Entertainment System) yet, so no current value is available. Prices are sourced from real marketplace sales, and this page will update automatically once sales data comes in.
Is Lode Runner rare?
Lode Runner has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.
What's the difference between loose, CIB and sealed for Lode Runner?
Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.
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