Conference rusure::nintendo

    Paula,
    
    I've played Gaunlet in the arcades but have been
    unable to find it for NES.  I would love to get 
    my hands on it.
    
    vs Zelda...
    Gauntlet is more of a shoot'em up game, with mazes.
    To my knowledge there are no hidden items, but you
    can play with 1-4 people in the arcade.  Hopefully
    this means that 2 can play on NES.
    
    Overall, I would say get it!  It's fun!
    
    Glenn

    Paula,
    
         I too have played Gauntlet in the arcade. The Nes version can
    only play two at a time but you can choose four different characters.
    I will pick it up tommorow and let you all know how it is.
    
    Scott

    I checked with the Toys r Us in Atlanta and they said they ran the
    add for Gauntlet a week ago but may not receive the game for another
    week or so.  I guess they want a feel for the demand for the game?
    
    Craig
    

    I checked with Toys R' Us in Wilmington and they said they'd expect
    it in a week also. I also checked Child World in Chelmsford, no
    luck.
    
    Is this going to be hard to find like Zelda or Metroid? Gawd I hope
    not!!!

    Well, at last Gauntlet has arrive!!
    
    I bought it Friday evening @ Toys r Us in Atlanta.  It plays just
    like the arcade version but for only two players.  There are 90+
    mazes in 5 kingdoms to be solved.  The players must find clues in
    each kingdom in order to gain entrance to the maze where the sacred
    Orb is hidden.  The game also uses a password feature to allow you
    to continue the game from the last area solved.
    
    The music, and many of the voice sounds from the arcade game are
    included as well.  For arcade Gauntlet addicts this game will be
    a must have item.  The documentation and game play are very good.
    
    I would have to rate the game an 8.5 - 9.5.
    
    More later as I go through the game.
    
    Craig 

    
    I bought it at Toys r Us in Framingham for $44.99. I must agree
    with .5 and rate it around 9. Graphics, (limited) voices, and
    game play are excellent. The game play is very much like the
    arcade version within the limits of a t.v. game system.
      I have had some problems with the password entry and continue
    feature. It sometimes will not continue and graphics scatter.
    You then have to reset game. At other times it will not accept
    an old password. I would like to know if anyone else has this problem.
    
      Bill (Who-thinks-the-wait-was-worth-it)

    Well I picked up this game this past weekend, and I made it to the
    first clue room. However I cannot "touch" the question mark. I am
    getting a tad frustrated, cause I tried everything I could think    
    of. Any hints would be apreciated.
    
    Ray

    
    Is anybody aware of any secret passages in Gauntlet?  On the first
    level, if you shoot at the bricks against the wall in the upper
    right-hand corner of the maze, you can find an exit portal.  This
    will advance you some fixed number of rooms ahead.  Anybody else
    experience

    Pat Cole

    Pat in answer to your question in .8 the answer is:
    
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    Yes. The room that you end up in from the hidden exit also has one.
    If you want the exact location its....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    In the left hand corner area. Not in the treasure chest section
    but one of the blocks that are diagnol to it. Hope it helps. I think
    theses are good to use if you want to get far in to the maze but
    you lose a lot of medicine and food along with other goodies. I
    wonder what would happen if one player took the hidden exit while
    the other took the "Real Exit"? Have to find out.
    
    Anyway Pat, if you find anymore surprises let me Know.
    
    Scott (Who's_sick_of_his nephew_Winning!)

       There are many items hidden throughout,some are just extras, while
    others are necessary to complete that room or following rooms. 
       I'm presently starting at rm#79, have 6 letters of the final
    password, but having a hell of a time on the final world. Were able
    to get up to rm#92, but unable to save our position after succesfully
    completing a treasure room. I don't know why that happened, I can
    only assume we keep taking the wrong exit.
                                                                   
                                                                   
               
                                                               RONM
    

    I believe rm#79 is the jumping off place for the 7th (not 6th) clue.
    I've gotten the 7th, but also keep restarting at rm79, even after
    passing the next treasure room.  I can only figure that it is to
    allow us the chance to stock up on keys and bombs before getting
    into the very tough next set of rooms. Can't prove anything until
    I get thru the treasure room further on.  I suspect that will become
    the new restart point (at least I hope so!)
    
    Bill
    

    Can anyone help me?
    
    I made it up to treasure rm. in the third level I think it's room
    #62 or 63? Anyway its the one with all the transporter pads and
    a dozen false exits. 
    
    My dilema is, how do I find the real one!!??
    
    Any help would greatly be appreciated including spoilers of the
    biggest kind.
    
    AdTHANXSvance
    
    Scott- Sorcerer third realm

    
      Just look at the room and say to yourself. Now where would I put
    the real exit!!!!!!!
                                                             RONM
    
      P.S.  If you have to know....give me a call
    

    Ok guys, I'm stumped.  I've had this game for about 3-4 days and
    have been stuck in room 32 for 1 day.  
    
    Now, I am a good NES game player (have completed both worlds of
    ZELDA twice), but I just can't figure out which exit to take.  This
    is the room in the second maze what has ALL those exits!!!  I have
    found one exit, but it just takes me back to the previous room!!
    I'm STUMPED!!!!
    
    PLEASE HELP BEFORE I GO COMPLETELY BALD FROM PULLING MY HAIR OUT!!!
    
    thanks,
    
    Holly
    

    Well...I just recently borrowed this game from a friend and I
    like it a LOT!!  One thing that bothers me about this game 
    though is this:  I have made it to rooms where I can't go
    anywhere without a key and I don't have any keys and I can't
    find any keys ANYWHERE in the area where I'm trapped.  So I
    either have to wait until I die or reset the game.  
    
    AARRRRGGGGHHHH!!
    
    Anyone else experience this problem
    
    /jr

    Ok, I found the way out of room 32 (Thanks to the people who helped
    me).  Now my problem is that I have gotten into the clue rooms in
    the second and third maze, but can't find the way to get into the
    clue room in the first maze.  HELP!!
    
    Holly

    How does it compare to the commodore 64 gauntlet?
    
       Matt
    

    Hi all.
    
    	I,m from the U.K. and have a friend comming over to the U.S.
    next week.  Could someone tell me the Loc/Address of a store where
    he could get hold of Gauntlet for me.  
    
    YES I know that the systems are not compatable US-UK but I know
    of a place here in the U.K. that converts them and make it possible
    Any help would be greatful. Preferably before Friday-2nd-Dec-88
    
    Thanks
    Roger
    

    WHy is the second clue easy to get and first so hard. 
    
    Its been asked twice already in this note, so can someone give us
    a hint at solving Clue number 1.
    
    Thanks
    
    DL

RE: .19

Oh yes, please, please, I also need to know how to get that 
first clue.

At this point, I'd even appreciate an outright spoiler! 

Marleen

    I know that most of the people playing Gauntlet bought the cartridge
    about year ago. I am still looking for it out here on the West Coast.
    Can anyone tell me if they have seen it in Silicon Valley. I would
    also like to know if someone has seen it in the Fitchburg/Leominster
    area. I can have it picked up by freiends.
    
    Thanks
    Charlie 

My son has solved the problem of getting the clue in the first
clue room. Unfortunately, I do not know the exact procedure, so
all I can give is a general hint:

<spoiler>


The question mark is surrounded by walls that cannot be broken. 
However, somewhere in the room is a "platform"; not the kind 
that immobilizes you when you step on it, but similar-looking.
If you step on the platform, then go back to the question mark,
on of the walls surrounding the question mark will be gone, and 
you can get the clue.

THIS MAY NOT BE TOTALLY ACCURATE. My son told me about this 
in passing one day, so I may not have the exact procedure down.
But I think that it's pretty close.

Marleen

    Frustation has set in. Can anyone out there tell me how to enter
    the treasure room on screen 56 ? I have cleared out all the monsters
    and opened all the locked chests and stepped on all the pads I could
    see and still have had no luck opening the walls of the room.
    Would appreciate any help you can give me. 
    
    Jerry

Re .11:

	According to the documentation that came with the game, room 79 is the
    last room that can be entered with a password.

	I am still frustrated by the first clue room.  Possible spoiler -


	I have found the two trip plates under the locked chests, the extra 
    power under another chest and the poison under the other chest.  I did not
    see any other trip plates or stop plates, just lots of acid puddles.  Help
    please!

    SPOILER FOLLOWS FORM FEED
    
    
    
    Go to section that has treasure chests etc. and shoot center block (
    trip pad will appear that releases ? for access) then return to
    question mark and exit.

    RE: .23 and Room 56
    
    I followed the same procedure as Jerry in reply .23, and I've shot
    just about every wall in sight to no avail.  Has anyone discovered
    how to open up the walls of the room containing the food, bombs,
    and amulates in Room 56?  

    ** SPOILER AFTER FORM FEED **
    
    Room with food bombs etc. on screen 56 cannot be entered. I called
    Nintendo and was told it is there only as a distraction and is 
    impossible to enter.
    
    Jerry

RE: .26
    
    Thanks for putting me out of my misery.  Now to get onto the end
    of the game. . .

  I need a little help, I can't seem to get past a couple of rooms.  My
  problem right now is trying to decide which exit to take in room 80.  So
  many choices, one take me back to room 79, one to the clue room and one
  actually exits the game!!  Which way is the right direction from room 80?
  
  $

    I bought the game recently and I am wondering which character do people
    prefer the most. I like the lef because of his speed but he cant take
    the hits so well. Any Comments?
    
    /mike

	I recently got this game and have made it to the last "world"
	with the female character (forgot what she is called).  She
	was the most balanced player, so I could get pretty far.  Once
	finished with the game, I'd like to try finish with other
	characters, but for a beginner I would recommend that character.

    Is there a separate note for Gaunlet II in here??  Has anyone played
    this????
    
    
    Bill

	  I haven't seen any answers yet as to the 79-80-81-82
	dilemna. I start at 79, and both 80 and 81 take me to either
	82 (? room) or back to 79. From 82 it's always back to 80 or
	81.

	  I assume that there's some way to get from the question
	room forward, but I haven't found it. Any help would be
	appreciated.

	re: Question about characters

	  For beginners I'd think that the Valkyrie is best. As
	somebody else said, she's the most balanced. But I like the
	Wizard. His magic power is a big help, and eventually I have
	gotten extra shot power (about 3 of them), extra fight power
	(2), extra armor (1) and extra move speed (2). There are
	probably more around as well. Oh, I think I have an extra
	magic power too, but that does nothing for him. (I don't
	htink that multiple doses of the other ones do much either,
	but I'm not sure.) I enjoyed playing the Elf, too.

	  The Warrior is the only one I wouldn't play. Too slow, and
	his inability to shoot through diagonal walls is a big
	hindrance.

	Roy

    I am looking for advice from a true Guantlet fanatic and pro.  I have
    recently purchased the cartridge from my local video store.  Therefore,
    I have no directions except for the little sticker they put on the
    inside of the box.  All this does is tell me what buttons do what.  I
    have succesfully attained level 60+ but, I can't get any further.  I
    think this is because I have passed up many opportunities due to lack
    of understanding what they were.
    
    Could someone post a note describing what each of the magic items look
    like and do?
    
    Also, how in the world do you control which teleporter you want to jump
    to?
    
    I came accross the same problem that was mentioned earlier too.  I
    can't find the secret block which allows access to the level one Code
    Room.  I don't think anyone ever really came right out and gave the
    answer to that one.
    
    I was glad to see the answer to Level 56!  That room has bothered me
    for quite some time.  Just couldn't seem to get in to get all those
    potions!!!!
    
    Any help would be appriciated-
    
    Tim

    
    Well, now that the game has been out for awhile, how bout some spoiler
    info on passwords?!?!  I have been playing the game (quite addicting)
    for awhile, but want to speed up the process.  How's about it?
    
    The Valkyrie is my favorite character, btw.
    
    You can send me mail or post here.  Thanks!!!!!!!!
    

    I found Gauntlet II (four player) at KayBee Toys in the Rockingham
    Mall, Salem NH, for $19.99.
    

    re. 36
    
    Likewise, at Toys R Us (Framingham).
    

    Could someone please help us out of room 32?  This is the room that
    has two exits, both of which dump you into a room with many false
    exits and exits that put you back into room 32.
    
    Thanks,
    Jodi-

    Does GAUNTLET II have a password feature?

    Nope.