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

The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Jul, 1988	93 out of 100	93
Amstrad Action	Amstrad CPC	Jan, 1988	90 out of 100	90
Total!! UK Magazine	NES	Jan, 1992	88 out of 100	88
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Mar, 1988	81 out of 100	81
Power Play	NES	May, 1991	78 out of 100	78
Megablast	NES	1992	75 out of 100	75
Play Time	Game Boy	May, 1992	74 out of 100	74
Your Amiga	Amiga	Jun, 1989	70 out of 100	70
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	NES	2016		70
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	NES	Sep, 1991	7.6 out of 12	63

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
MG wouldn't take my documentation of the hexedit..	3	Pseudo_Intellectual (64326) Feb 02, 2015
Best of the series?	6	AaronGamer (45) Jun 11, 2011
Pending correction	3	Indra was here (20853) 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