Infernal Runner Explained

Infernal Runner is a French satirical horror-themed platform game for the Commodore 64 published by Loriciel in 1985. Originally designed by Michel Koell and Yves Korta, the satirical tone has been compared to Jet Set Willy and Takeshi's Challenge.^[1] Éric Chahi, who later created Another World, is credited with porting the game to the Amstrad CPC.^[2] It has been described as one of the first survival horror games.^[3]

Gameplay

Players find themselves trapped in a house with lethal traps and various other menaces, and they must escape alive by collecting all keys and opening all trunks, all while avoiding starvation by collecting food. It is unknown what the actual story is: after collecting enough items, a wall on the map will disappear and the player can escape the game, upon which the character is run over by an ambulance car and is carried offscreen on a stretcher.

External links

• Infernal Runner on Eric Chahi's personal site
  • Infernal Runner at Loriciel's website

Notes and References

1. Book: Jankowski . Filip . Giappone . Krista Bonello Rutter . Tomasz Z. . Majkowski . Švelch . Jaroslav . Video Games and Comedy . 2022 . 173–190 . "Sorry, You Had Won": Satirical French Digital Games Responding to National Sociopolitical Crisis (1984–1986) . https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-88338-6_9. Palgrave Macmillan. 10.1007/978-3-030-88338-6_9.
2. Another World 20th Anniversary Edition . Retro Gamer . 100-101 . Image Publishing . 132 . September 2016 . Darren . Jones.
3. Jankowski . Filip . Political and social issues in French digital games, 1982-1993 . TransMissions . 2017 . 2 . 2 . 162-176 . TransMissions . 2451-5116.