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Lode Runner C64 reverse engineering
Commented assembly source for the C64 Lode Runner, including copy protection, rebuilt to a bit-identical version of the original.
Matching decomp Not stated stalledFacts
- Original
- Lode Runner (Commodore 64) (1983)
- Platform
- Commodore 64
- Method
- Matching decomp
- Provenance
- Not stated what this means
- Status
- stalled
- Licence
- none
- Team
- Piddewitt
- Started
- 2024-03
- Runs on
- Commodore 64
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Lode Runner (Commodore 64) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was decompiled by Piddewitt. Facts last checked 2026-10-14. Suggest a correction
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