Gauntlet

Description

Gauntlet is an action game where players choose characters and fight their way through hordes of enemies that assault them on the way to the end of the level. One or two players must make their way through 100 levels of mayhem and magic.

The game features a choice of four characters to play with, each with different weapons. Thor the Warrior has a bludgeoning battle axe, Thyra the Valkyrie has a close range sword, Questor the Elf has his long range bow, and Merlin the Wizard has magical bolts.

Ghosts, goblins and even the life-draining Death are among the enemies. Enemies stream out of generators, so destroy these before tackling the rest.

Keys are needed to open the many doors within the levels, and in some situations a door will contain only bonus items, not a progressive route. Scattered magic potions act like smart bombs and clear the screen of all enemies. Beware of poison though, this reduces the character's energy level. Treasure is abundant throughout the levels and adds to the player's score.

Alternate Titles

• "圣铠传说" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)

Part of the Following Groups

• Gauntlet series
• Protagonist: Hunger daemon

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User Reviews

One of the most addictive games ever, and a downright excellent arcade conversion.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4429)
OH YES! The Arcade classic comes to the C-64 Personal Computer!	Commodore 64	XplOrOrOr (16)

The Press Says

Happy Computer	Amstrad CPC	1986	84 out of 100	84
Pixel-Heroes.de	Commodore 64	Jun, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Gaming Target	Xbox 360	Jan 26, 2006	7.1 out of 10	71
Games Radar	Xbox 360	Apr 01, 2006	7 out of 10	70
IGN	Xbox 360	Dec 01, 2005	6 out of 10	60
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Feb 19, 2006		60
Lawrence	Xbox 360	Aug 15, 2006	5.9 out of 10	59
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Xbox 360	Mar 14, 2006	4 out of 10	40
Wham! gaming	Xbox 360	Jan 25, 2006	3 out of 10	30
The Video Game Critic	Atari 8-bit	Apr 02, 2005	F	0

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Trivia

The DOS version uses a tweaked 256x200 pixel graphics mode and some other graphics trickery in EGA. Many VGA (and later) cards do not support this properly causing the game to hang after the character selection screen. DOSBox (starting at version 0.73) includes proper EGA emulation that allow this game to run when configured with the "machine=ega" option.