LoadRunner vs. Lode Runner

Useless trivia time…

Back in 1983, Broderbund released a simple (and hugely popular) platform game called Lode Runner.

Lode Runner (the computer game)

Many years later, Mercury Interactive released a hugely popular load testing tool called LoadRunner.

LoadRunner (the testing tool)

Notice that the animated figures look very similar. Do you think that this is subtle homage, or just a case of all stick figures looking alike?

2 Responses to “LoadRunner vs. Lode Runner”

  1. Stuart, Thank you very much for provided screen shots of Load Runner game!
    Yes, I remember this game I liked to play in my childhood several times…

    And now I know its name – Load Runner. Cool!
    Maybe, this is a reason I choosed to work with greatest load testing tool – LoadRunner :)

    Thank you again, Stuart.
    Nice job!

  2. aruna says:

    Hi
    I think u can help me !
    I am working as a Manual tester and i am having knowledge on QTP
    Now i started working on Load Runner . I am very new to this Tool
    And I come to the point , i want to parameterize the field whit will hold the location of the file for import functionality.
    I am not able to do this one
    can u give the some tips to do this

    Aruna

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