<s>
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
Returns	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
remake	O
of	O
1982	O
's	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
level	O
editor	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
allowing	O
several	O
levels	O
to	O
constitute	O
a	O
single	O
group	O
of	O
levels	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
different	O
tile	B-Application
sets	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
set	O
the	O
level	O
in	O
night	O
or	O
day	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
change	O
the	O
background	O
music	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
tile	B-Application
set	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
gave	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
though	O
the	O
new	O
graphics	O
,	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
are	O
all	O
pleasing	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
not	O
different	O
enough	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
to	O
interest	O
players	O
looking	O
for	O
something	O
new.Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five.Lode	O
Runner	O
:	O
The	O
Legend	O
Returns	O
won	O
the	O
1994	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
from	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
New	O
Arcade	O
Game	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Sierra	O
released	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
Online	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Mad	I-Application
Monks	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
,	O
which	O
fixed	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
bugs	O
and	O
added	O
additional	O
gameplay	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Natsume	O
packaged	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
Returns	I-Application
with	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
Extra	O
as	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
,	O
a	O
2-in-1	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
included	O
a	O
video	O
introduction	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creator	O
Doug	O
Smith	O
explaining	O
how	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
came	O
about	O
.	O
</s>
