<s>
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle-platform	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1998	B-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
and	O
its	O
remakes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
earlier	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
's	I-Application
Rescue	I-Application
,	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
isometric-perspective	O
2D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Presage	O
Software	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
MacSoft	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
play	O
as	O
a	O
male	O
or	O
female	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
,	O
named	O
Jake	O
Peril	O
and	O
Jane	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
manual	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
default	O
name	O
is	O
Digmo	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
changeable	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
1998.Lode	O
Runner	O
creator	O
Doug	O
Smith	O
retained	O
co-ownership	O
of	O
the	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
and	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
consultant	O
and	O
level	O
designer	O
on	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworlds	O
Michael	O
Gowan	O
wrote	O
that	O
Lode	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
2	I-Application
"	O
lacks	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
most	O
attractive	O
feature	O
:	O
simplicity	O
.	O
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