Lode Runner 2

Lode Runner 2 is an isometric incarnation of Lode Runner, with a host of neat powerups and puzzles, and online multiplayer capability.

Scrapped Worlds
By editing the byte of a custom level that tells LR2 which world the level uses and then trying to open it, you can determine this: 00         Mona 01       *CRASHES LR2* 02         Industry 03         Alien 04         Jungle 05         Builder 06         Gear 07         Mall 08         World Hub 09         Credit Level

There is no Alien World, nor a Mall World, and as such the editor will tell you that it couldn't find their graphics .PRX files. Presage must have intended to include them until some point in development...

(thanks to Stephen Appleby for figuring this out)

Unused Graphics
None of the graphics appear to be stored with names, so in some cases there is really no clue as to what they are.

(thanks to Toastline for reverse-engineering the graphics format)

Strange Objects


These appear in 4 of the .PRX files: Gbg, Glrs, Gog, and UI. Some of them within the same file appear to be duplicates, and they appear all in sequence as shown here (each row is from a different file, in alphabetical order).

Transforming Monk


A monk turning into a pillar for some reason. Maybe this was part of a scrapped mechanic? Appears in Gbg.PRX, which is where the Monk stuff all seems to be.

Detail Settings


These are in UI.PRX, but there is no menu that shows them. At least, if there is, it's disabled.

Team LR2


Appears in UI.PRX. The image was first discovered, and then all (probably) of the cheat strings were located. It turns out that typing "teamlr2" (sans quotes) at the very first menu, and then starting a new game, will cause this image to take the place of the usual rotation of instructive images. Upon entering the code, the usual dramatic laughter cue will not play.

In LR2.exe
Some strings are repeated, but this list will not feature the duplicates. Some of the particular instances of strings in the file may not be used, but the text appears ingame in other places, and so those will also not feature on this list because it's not known whether those particular instances are used or not. AI Turned On AI Turned Off Mem = %ld%% Phys = %ld %ld %ld Page = %ld %ld Virt = %ld %ld x = %ld Downloaded Levels\ Resource\ Movies\

In LR2Ed.exe
Many of the strings that ARE used in LR2.exe appear here as well, but are not used due to reasons like being related to online multiplayer modes, which the editor does not have.