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TalesRunner
Developer(s) KoreaRHAON
Publisher(s) KoreaNOWCOM
TaiwanFunTown
Hong Kong SARFunTown
PR ChinaSNDA
ThailandTOT
Released
Genre Racing game
Mode(s) Single Race, 30P Race, Relay Race, 1P Race
Ratings Normal
Platform(s) Personal computer
Media Internet Download, Optical Disk
System requirements Pentium 3 800 MHz, 256MB RAM, Windows 98/2000/XP(not support Vista),DirectX 9.0, 32 MB video card, ADSL internet connection, sound card
Input methods Keyboard, mouse, gamepad (supported by using JoyToKey)

TalesRunner is a computer game created by the South Korean company Rhaon Entertainment and published by NOWCOM.[1] It is a racing game, but instead of using cars to race, players run. It is very popular in Korea, and it is winning support in other countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Mainland China. Each country has its own server, and users logging in to foreign servers are redirected to their local server. TalesRunner uses fairy tales as the story background. The Korean name for TalesRunner is "테일즈런너" (Teiljeu Reonneo, a transliteration of "TalesRunner"). In Hong Kong, it is known as "跑Online" (lit. Run Online), in Taiwan, "翻滾小子" (lit. Rolling Child), and in Mainland China, "超级跑跑" (lit. Super Run).

Contents

Storyline

King Henry is the king of a beautiful country. To make the people happy again, he started a competition named "Fairyland Sightseeing Racing Competition" with a "fairy tale" theme. The winners of the competition will be awarded a stone that can fulfill everyone's wishes. The contestants of the race are called "Tales Runner". [2]

Characters

Cho Won

  • Age: 11
  • Nationality: Korea
  • Height: 140cm
  • Weight: 35kg
  • Blood type: A
  • Job: Primary School Athletic Team

Ming Ming

  • Age: 10
  • Nationality: China
  • Height: 130cm
  • Weight: 32kg
  • Blood type: B
  • Job: Movie Star

Lina

  • Age: 17
  • Nationality: France
  • Height: 155cm
  • Weight: 38kg
  • Blood type: A
  • Job: French Opera Ballet Team

She has a crush on Narucis. Since 31st May, 2007 in the Hong Kong localization, Lina's voiceover is done by Stephy Tang, an Cantopop singer in Hong Kong. However, to enable the voiceover, you must finish the goddess mission and purchase a crystal ball in-game.

Big Bo

  • Age: 18
  • Nationality: Brazil
  • Height: 192cm
  • Weight: 125kg
  • Blood type: O
  • Job: Student

DnD

  • Age: 21
  • Nationality: Korea
  • Height: 168cm
  • Weight: 52kg
  • Blood type: O type
  • Job: Singer

This character is based on the Korean singer "DnD".

Narucis

  • Age: 19
  • Nationality: Hong Kong
  • Height: 190cm
  • Weight: 55kg
  • Blood type: AB
  • Job: Model

In the Hong Kong localization, Narucis's voiceover is done by Sammy Leung, a popular DJ in Hong Kong.

MaKi

  • Age: 16
  • Nationality: Japan
  • Height: 143cm
  • Weight: 34kg
  • Blood type: AB
  • Job: Student

In the Hong Kong localization, MaKi's voiceover is done by Vincci Cheuk, a popular DJ in Hong Kong.

Game Room

The game room of TalesRunner has a lot of modes, including normal races, 30-player races, relay races, Hell-mode races and practice races.

  • Normal races (single & team)
  • 30P Race
  • Relay Races
  • 1P race
  • Training race
  • TimeAttack

Mission

There are 2 types of missions: Beginner missions and Dr. Hell entry missions.

Channels

Beginner Channel

All maps are the same as Easy Channel, but only chickens can go into this channel. The maximum star rating (difficulty) of maps in this channel is 3*. These map's names do not include "Diff", "Hell", "Normal", etc.

Easy Channel

The same as Beginner Channel, but accessible to all players.

Normal Channel

This channel has more maps than Easy Channel, and a star rating of up to 5*. Some maps are basically the same as in Easy Channel, but with a new star rating and a new name. For example, "The Story of Finding Snowoman" in Easy Channel becomes "Marching to Snowoman's" in Normal Channel.

Dr. Hell Channel

Players must finish all Dr. Hell entry missions before being allowed to enter the Dr. Hell channel. None of the maps in this channel exist in Beginner, Easy, or Normal channel. All Dr. Hell's maps have the same background (purple sky). There are 3 maps in this channel:

  1. Hell's Skiing (Difficulty: 10 stars)
  2. Stepping on Dr. Hell (Difficulty: 10 stars)
  3. Hell's Puzzle (Difficulty: 15 stars)

Tales Land (Park)

Park name:

  • Korea: Tales Land
  • Hong Kong: Park of goddess (女神公園)
  • Tai Wan: Exploration park (探險公園)
  • China: Tales paradies (童话天堂)

Introduction of Goddess Park (Hong Kong)

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful lake in the goddess park. A woodcutter dropped a bronze hammer into the lake. The Goddess wanted to test the woodcutter's honesty. She took a bronze hammer and a golden harmer to let the woodcutter choose. The honest woodcutter took back his own bronze hammer. The Goddess wanted to reward the woodcutter, so she gave him both hammers. Time passes, and we forget this story. One day, Lina lost her voice. She walks through the lake again. The Goddess appeared again.

Exploration park (Taiwan)

Do you want to play with your friend? Do you want to have a place that can let us meet friends? Welcome to friend-making platform--- Exploration park . In Exploration park, you may play hide-and-seat, travel around, etc. Let's try the enjoyment of the group activity. What is the secret inside? Let's find them out!

Goddess Mission (Hong Kong version exclusive)

Story:... (continue the story of goddess park) Lina lost her voice. She can't cure everywhere. Lina saw the goddness. The goddness said that, "If you can realize my wish, I'll give you the voice. If the player finished the mission. The player will get a goddess' crystal ball and get the goddess' sound (dub by Stephy Tang).

Introduction of park

  • First, Korea wanted to open the park in 23/2. But a lot of player did updating on the same day. Therefore, the server became error. Then, official did a test in 3/3 - 7/3. Lastly, the park opened in 8/3.
  • Hong Kong open the park smoothly. No server error.
  • Taiwan open the park on 26/4 but the next other day, the park was closed again. Finally, the park opened at 10/5.
  • The park open while the game open. No server error.

Wedding

The system can only used in Hong Kong.[3]

References

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