Infernal Runner

Infernal Runner is a computer game of the French Publishers Loriciels of 1985, which was mainly known for its excessive display of violence. It first appeared on the Commodore 64 (Authors: Michel Koell and Yves Korta ), then it was by Eric Chahi (who later Another World and Heart of Darkness developed ) converted for the Schneider / Amstrad CPC.

Description

The game is a Jump 'n' Run or platform game. It can also assign the survival horror genre, which, however, had established a few years later established. The character is located in a large, enclosed building, which is equipped with deadly traps. The aim of the game is to collect various objects to escape from the building.

While the gameplay was rated by the trade press, at best, mediocre, the death scenes of the character were a - presented unique richness of detail up to this point - in the context of that computer performance. The difficulty felt the most players to be too high and the game scope too low. Nevertheless, the game gained a certain dispersal by the macabre content.

In Germany Infernal Runner of the BPjS indexed 1987 was been indexed ( Federal Gazette No. 114 on 26 June 1987 ); indexing ended in May 2012 with the expiration of the statutory period.