Gauntlet (NES)/World 2



The dark reaches of this Forest world are unknown to mortals. Rumors and fables abound. Most of what is known comes from the tales told of the ancient time when chaos rules. The clue is in a treasure chest.

Level 20
The chest in the bottom left corner contains Death.

Do not use a key to open the door. There is a hidden breakable wall on the left side.

Level 21


The bottom left corner exit leads to room 23. The top right leads to room 22. 23 guarantees that you can keep your keys you saved from the first room, and you should have at least one.

Level 22
Note the extra attack potion upgrade in the southeast. The box in the top left corner contains poison; save your key. Do your best to conserve keys, as the upcoming clue room requires at least one to collect it's clue.

Don't forget to get the fight power upgrade on the bottom right.

Level 23


Teleport around and collect stuff if you want. In the room to the right of the start, there's a fake wall that leads more easily to an exit. You can also get a potion there. In all, there's two potions and a lot of food and Death.

Level 24
In all treasure floors of this world, the wall below an array of 18 treasures can be broken for 6 more, and the cross on the right has more treasure boxes.

Level 25
The bottom exit leads to room 27. The top exit leads to room 26, the Clue Room. Be sure you have at least one key before leaving. Two or more is ideal.

Level 26
This is a Clue Room with a timer. The locked chest holds the clue, so at least one key is required. Hold right when using the teleporter to exit to room 27. Among the numerous lone false blocks in this room is one that will reveal an extra armor power-up. Don't forget to get those 10 Potions if you have a second key.

Level 27


Be careful not to get one of the movable walls blocking paths. Otherwise, this can cause an unwinnable situation. From the start, the lower-left corridor leads to three treasure boxes, and the lower-right one leads to the top. At the top, find the fake wall near the skeletons and shoot it to find the path to the exit. All five exits lead to 28, but grab the food. The other two paths lead to each other. The warrior is helped greatly by the invulnerability. Just run to the exit.

Level 28


Take the path on the right first, and hit the flashing panel on the way. You can shoot out the wall on the right near the end of the path, or you'll return to the start. You can either shoot out the wall or take the center path from the start to reach the fake wall a different way. There's a potion near the top; you can either use it to kill the puddles and hit the flashing panel or use it to go for the exit, which is surrounded by Deaths. If you hit the flashing panel, you can reach the exit from behind. There are also fake walls to help you avoid the Deaths if you so choose.

Level 29
The same as level 24.

Level 30
Both upper exists skip room 31 to lead to room 32. The lower left exit leads to room 31; the lower right exit skips rooms 31 through 33 to lead to room 34, which is probably what you want.

Level 34


The bottom exit leads back to room 30. The top exit leads on to room 36.

Level 36
The same as level 24.

Level 37
Destroy the walls a single shot at a time to avoid accidentally destroying the extra speed potion upgrade, the most important upgrade of all. By the end of this level, you should have all five upgrades (levels 12, 15, 16, 22, and 37). It's best to play 1 player at least up to this point so you don't compete for the extra upgrade potions.

Level 38


The upper right exit takes you to 40. Thus you miss room 39, which has a speed upgrade potion and a fair amount of treasure.

Level 39


There is a speed upgrade in this room as well as in room 37.

Level 40
Forget the first chest which contains poison, but open the upper right one for a potion.