Gauntlet II

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Description

Gauntlet II is very similar to its predecessor. Up to four players (a wizard, a warrior, an elf, and a valkyrie) make their way through various mazes, collect treasures and magic potions, and fend off assorted creatures and ghosts.

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Alternate Titles

• "圣铠传说II" -- Simplified Chinese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Fantasy Creatures: Elves
• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
• Gauntlet series

User Reviews

Disappointing sequel to the traditional 'coin-op'

NES

The_Ferryman (14)

Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Jul, 1988	9 out of 10	90
Compute's Amiga Resource	Amiga	Feb, 1990	17 out of 20	85
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Amiga	May, 1989	820 out of 1000	82
Power Play	Atari ST	Jul, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Total! (Germany)	NES	Apr, 1996	2.25 out of 6	75
Amiga User International	Amiga	Feb, 1989	29 out of 40	72
All Game Guide	Arcade	1998		70
Commodore Computing International	Commodore 64	Apr, 1988	60 out of 100	60
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	NES	Jan, 1991	21 out of 40	52
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1988	6.1 out of 12	51

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
MG wouldn't take my documentation of the hexedit..	3	Pseudo_Intellectual (62613) Feb 02, 2015
Best of the series?	6	AaronGamer (45) Jun 11, 2011
Pending correction	3	Indra was here (20905) May 06, 2011

Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Gauntlet II appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Cuntlet 2

A hex-edited, X-rated copy of the MS-DOS version of this game circulated underground under the name Cuntlet 2. As well as an explicit title screen (liberating the the valkyrie of her constrictive loincloth), enemy sprites were changed vulgar versions of themselves and "IT" (the communicable monster-attractor) was tastefully renamed "AIDS." Instead of leaving behind a key ring upon character death, instead in your wake is left a wet puddle. The 4 selectable gauntlet characters were also renamed.

Speech

Gauntlet II featured digitized sounds through the PC internal speaker. Some packages also included a Tandy SL / TL upgrade which took advantage of the digital sound capabilities of these computers (The SL / TL disk was also available from Mindscape if the package didn't include it. It seems inclusion of the enhanced sound disk was random)

Information also contributed by Pseudo_Intellectual