Goldrunner

Moby ID: 53082
Amiga Specs

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In Goldrunner, a vertically scrolling shooter, earth has to be evacuated because of the damage caused by environmental pollution. Unfortunately the space ships have to pass through the world of Triton - and the inhabitants are unfriendly. So the obvious solution is to destroy the rings, huge space stations. A full frontal attack is without a change of success because the rings have to be destroyed from within. So the player is chosen to man a small space ship to do the job.

Every ring has a certain amount of energy which has to be reduced by destroying everything inside. Of course the Tritons won't give up without a fight, but touching the enemies won't hurt the space ship (it hurts them): the only way to die is by touching enemy mines (the ship can take up to five hits) or by flying against a high, indestructible building (instant death). The ship also has a turbo boost function and between levels there are bonus rounds which are used to rack up points for the high score list.

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Unreleased Commodore 64 version

A Commodore 64 version was never released, but there exists a demo version for it.

Awards

  • Power Play
    • 1988 (Special Issue 2) – #3 Best Digitized Speech in 1987
    • Issue 01/1989 – The "Oops, we forgot that" Special Award (for the missing joystick support in the Amiga version)

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Game added by Patrick Bregger.

Game added October 3, 2011. Last modified October 25, 2023.