Gauntlet

Description

Gauntlet, the original arcade smash hit, is a fighting game where you choose a character and let rip into the hordes of enemies that assault you on you way to the end of the level. One or two players must make their way through 100 levels of mayhem and magic.

It featured 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 your 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 your energy level. Treasure is abundant throughout the levels and adds to your score.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Group

• Gauntlet series

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User Reviews

One of the most addictive games ever, and a downright excellent arcade conversion.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4491)
OH YES! The Arcade classic comes to the C-64 Personal Computer!	Commodore 64	XplOrOrOr (16)

The Press Says

Mean Machines	Sega Master System	Oct, 1990	92 out of 100	92
Mobile Game Faqs	J2ME	Nov 08, 2004	88 out of 100	88
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
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Nov 23, 2005	6.7 out of 10	67
Game Chronicles	Xbox 360	Mar 04, 2006	6 out of 10	60
IGN	Xbox 360	Dec 01, 2005	6 out of 10	60
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Feb 19, 2006		60
XBox Evolved	Xbox 360	Nov 17, 2005	4.9 out of 10	49
Wham! gaming	Xbox 360	Jan 25, 2006	3 out of 10	30

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Trivia

There is an interesting note in the documentation for PCjr users:

Note to Pcjr users: If you wish to run the program in 16-color mode, the line DEVICE=PCJRMEM.COM present in the config.sys file on your boot disk must be changed to read DEVICE=PCJRMEM.COM /C instead.

This gives a clue as to how to get other Tandy 1000 graphic-mode games running on a PCjr (ironic, since the Tandy is a clone of the PCjr).