| Time Runner | |
| Designer: | Yves Lempereur |
| Programmer: | TRS-80, Atari 8-bit Yves Lempereur Commodore 64 Scott Maxwell Troy Lyndon |
| Publisher: | Funsoft |
| Released: | 1982: TRS-80, Atari 1983: C64 |
| Genre: | Maze |
| Modes: | Single-player |
| Platforms: | TRS-80, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 |
Time Runner is a maze video game, similar to Konami's Amidar arcade game, published by Funsoft in 1981. It was written for the TRS-80 by Yves who also wrote a version for Atari 8-bit computers released the same year. A port to the Commodore 64 by Scott Maxwell and Troy Lyndon was published in 1983.
Time Runner is a game in which the player goes around the edges of 20 rectangular boxes on a checkerboard playing area to claim one as territory.
Dick McGrath in Computer Gaming World stated that "Time Runner may hold out some challenge to nimble-fingered whiz kids, but in my book it only rates about a 5 out of a possible 10 for arcade games".[1] 80 Micros Eric Maloney said that the TRS-80 version of the game was the best from Funsoft. He approved of its simple but challenging and non-violent gameplay suitable for children, albeit describing it as repetitive.[2] Comparing it to "the old arcade flop" Amidar, R. J. Michaels of Ahoy! enjoyed Time Runner for Commodore 64 despite the "uninspiring" graphics and "familiar" gameplay.[3]