The Running Man (MSX)

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Description

In this game inspired by the movie with the same name featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, you are an ex-cop presumed guilty for the murder of many civilians. One day, you escape from jail and go to the airport to flee. Unfortunately, you are captured again, but not by the police. This time your captor is man responsible for the Running Man TV show.
This show is the most popular hobby in the future, and people bet huge amounts of money on the outcome. You are hunted by professional killers, you must run and stay alive to win money. Along four levels, you must fight the hunters and reach the end if you want to be free again.

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• Inspiration: Movies
• Setting: Future now Past
• Theme: Future sports / Brutal sports

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Trivia

The movie The Running Man is inspired by a novel from Stephen King published in 1982. There are many similarities between this novel and the 1958 novel The Prize of Peril, written by Robert Sheckley. In 1983, the latter was also adapted into a movie, Le Prix du Danger with Gérard Lanvin and Michel Piccoli.