Reviewer: Dos-Games-Online
Gold Runner might give you a good classic feeling when you play it. The intention is to run to the gold in the level and to pick it up. Take care of the bad guys who want to kill you. Just don't walk where they walk and nothing will happen.
The graphics will give you the classic game feeling I was talking about. The gameplay is nice too, and if you can get the sound working, I'm sure you'll like to play this game for a couple of minutes.
Reviewer: ReverendGypsy
Gold Runner is a classic DOS game in the same vein as say "Donkey Kong", "Ice Breakers" or the similarly named "Lode Runner". The straight forward interface is quite simple as are the graphics, but as with classic games this is not much of a detriment to the game, but it is rather a blessing as the game is not bogged down by overly excessive flashy imagery. No, rather with the straight forward presentation the purpose and task in the game quickly becomes rather obvious.
The goal in the game is easy. You guide the character about, avoiding guards and gathering gold bricks. Its classic platform gaming, as your character can do little more than run around and jump. Well, you can dig holes which does help and in true fashion for games of the era that spawned this one with some skill you can dig those holes in such a way that guarantees those pursuing guards will experience quite the delay as they fall into the hole.
With 33 levels to go through, the game is not as short as one might suspect from its simple appearance, and while in the first few levels are easy enough the ones that follow become progressively harder until you are left tearing at your hair in frustration over the challenge. However, don't worry about feeling the need to beat Gold Runner in order to achieve a sense of accomplishment, because there is offered another chance for a victory along the way of play in the form of a high-score board which the game maintains to show who has managed to retrieve the most gold.
This game is a great "family" game, ideal for those just entering the gaming scene, or for those parents who want their little ones to experience a game that is light-hearted, without violence or anything offensive of any sort and yet has some fun to it. It wouldn't be an ideal game for older children, teenagers, or young adults however as the simplistic format of the game might be viewed as dull, unexciting and repetitive. Yet, again, outside of those groups this game should be quite appreciated, and to those of us who remember the good old days when a game didn't need flash to be good, it is a breath of fresh air.
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