| Re: Who remembers GAUNTLET? [message #127472] |
Wed, 15 August 2007 00:26 |
The Leach
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I know this is a really old message (Nov 11 LOL) but I thought I
would answer this...
Yes I have done the quest 3 times on my Gauntlet IV. As for it
being a great party game. Oh yeah it was, Every friday night was
Gauntlet night. Where a few friends would come over to help beat the
quest. :D
The Leach
In article <1069051219.475982@news-1.nethere.net>, Daniel W. Rouse Jr.
<dwrousejr@nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote:
> "Mike North's Toupe" <mike_norths_toupe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7578f85e.0311161650.129bc329@posting.google.com...
>
> [snip...]
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>> 5) I believe that it was about 1994 or '95 that "Gauntlet IV" was
>> released by Tengen for the 16-bit Sega Genesis. This 4-player title
>> boasted an all new quest adventure, a battle mode, a record mode, and
>> the arcade mode. It is in my humble opinion and the opinion of the
>> majority of gaming fandom (that I've seen) that the arcade mode of
>> this 16-bit cart represents the *closest* most-faithful, pixel-perfect
>> translation of the original Gauntlet arcade machine ever seen on a
>> home system (console or PC). It's *almost* identical. I might even
>> go so far as to say that it's the closest arcade
>> port/emulation/whatever of *any* game ever done on *any* home system.
>> Everything from the graphics, perfect game play, the DM's voice (which
>> does get a little muffled at times), the text boxes, etc. You *will*
>> believe you are playing the original arcade version of Gauntlet. It's
>> just that damn good. And even in this day and age of super-powered
>> consoles like the X-box, no version of Gauntlet before or after has
>> come even close to matching the Genesis version. Now if only we could
>> get a port of Gauntlet 2 that is just as good.
>>
> The DM's voice is actually a different voice entirely except for the one
> that says "Kill thief to recover stolen item".
>
> They also added BGM that could be used during play, and it was actually
> quite good enough to add to the regular Gauntlet arcade mode game in
> addition to the quest mode.
>
> Did anyone ever actually solve the quest mode, BTW? It seemed after reaching
> the Castle dragon, it was just a dead end--the dragon just couldn't be
> killed it seemed, and ultimately, health just ran out.
>
> [snip...]
>
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