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A Look at Gauntlet (4 player arcade action rpg)
Hi, guys. I was just thinking, what if Commodore had had millions of dollars back in...Just kidding!
![]() Anyway, here's the latest episode of Matt Chat. This week I look at one of my favorite arcade games, Gauntlet. I thought I had played Gauntlet on my Amiga, but I must have been thinking of Gauntlet II? At any rate, I did play a Gauntlet to death on my Amiga 1000 with my sister. Now, of course, I can play it with my wife using the original arcade version and my dual x-arcade! Good times! ![]() Here's the link: [ Show youtube player ] |
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Nice, one of the first games I tried on my ultra-crappy 4 player multiplayer adaptor
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Ha, nice coincidence. Just found the vid on my YT start page
![]() ![]() Maybe you think of Garrison? Never got how the deal between Rainbow Arts and Atari was, because this is almost an 1:1 ripoff ![]() |
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"Don't shoot your food." That's true.
![]() Another fine retrospective, Matt. I still love this dungeon crawler classic, which inspired Diablo a lot. ![]() |
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Yup, another great review
![]() I like the clever design of the arcade, so 4 people could play, and the players health went down slowly no matter what, and when close to 0, the players get a warning message :P... all this to keep the players feeding the machine with more coins. It's great you look all these things up (or taken from experience) in your reviews. |
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Another great review/look back at a classic game. I always hated the health system, but it did add a some tension to the game, especially when you are low on life and a hundred things are coming straight for you.
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Ahh, so they even made it so you could shoot the food?.. meh, such bastards
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Hehe, yeah, this machine was all about the quarters. Yet it still somehow worked even when ported to home machines. I didn't know about Garrison, but yes, that definitely looks like a rip to me. I always thought Into the Eagle's Nest was similar, too, but I don't think it had the 4-player multiplayer. Obviously that was easier on some machines than others depending on their # of joystick ports. The ST one could apparently use "midi joysticks" in addition to regular joysticks.
Thanks for all the great comments! |
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I also like the Druid series (Druid, Enlightenment: Druid II and Warlock the Avenger). Pretty hard but good games. There are tons of Gaunlet clones, but Garrison is indeed the best.
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![]() If you were saying that Druid II is a gauntlet clone, then I will have to disagree. |
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Druid is no 1:1 gauntlet clone, but it shares a lot of game elements. So yes, for me it's a "gauntlet style" game.
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It does have a lot of similarities, but it's not a clone,but apparently the original, which wasn't released on the Amiga, was a clone according to HOL.
"[1] Sequel to 8-bit GAUNTLET clone DRUID, which did not receive a standalone Amiga conversion but was included as an optional introductory level in Millennium's enhanced update WARLOCK THE AVENGER." |
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Druid 1 is pretty similar to Druid 2. Gauntlet clone isn't valid then too.
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