Gauntlet 2
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| Publisher: US Gold | Sound: |
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| Year: 1988 | Difficulty: |
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| Genre: Action | Lastability: |
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| Number of players: 4 simultaneous | Rating: |
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An elf, a wizard, a barbarian, and a Valkyrie are trapped in a gigantic top-down labyrinth crammed with traps and monsters … oh, and treasures too.
Once again, there’s no point in replaying it on an Amiga emulator. Stick to the arcade version, if only to enjoy the commentary from the voice-over. Some of the lines have become iconic (“Remember! Don’t shoot food!”).
By the way, I recently cleared up that whole “partie d’cartes” mystery—it was actually “reflective shot”. Quite proud of my discovery, which only took twenty years!
I still wonder if this game even has an end? Apparently, it boasts 999 levels … mind-numbingly repetitive after the tenth.
The intro music vaguely resembles Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. If anyone knows the exact source, I’d love to hear about it.
For genealogy enthusiasts, you might be surprised to learn its inspiration wasn’t an arcade game: Dandy (Atari 8-bit, 1983).
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