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| Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is an expansion of the previous game, [[Gauntlet Legends]]. The expansion adds new character classes (Dwarf, Knight, Jester, and Sorceress), and new levels (Sky Dominion, Ice Domain, Dream World, and Battlefield) | | {{Header Nav|game=Gauntlet Dark Legacy}} |
| | {{Game |
| | |completion=2 |
| | |image=Gauntlet Dark Legacy flyer front.jpg |
| | |title=Gauntlet Dark Legacy |
| | |developer=[[Midway Games West]] |
| | |publisher=[[Midway Games]] |
| | |year=1999 |
| | |systems={{syslist|arcade|ps2|gc|xbox}} |
| | |ratings={{ESRB|T}}{{ELSPA|15}} |
| | |genre=[[Hack and slash]], [[Dungeon crawler]] |
| | |players=1-4 |
| | |modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]] |
| | |preceded by=[[Gauntlet Legends]] |
| | |followed by=[[Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows]] |
| | |series=Gauntlet |
| | }} |
| | {{game disambig|the [[arcade]] and console game|the [[GBA]] version|[[Gauntlet Dark Legacy (Game Boy Advance)]]}} |
| | {{marquee|Gauntlet-DL marquee.jpg}} |
| | '''Gauntlet Dark Legacy''' is a three-dimensional [[Action RPG|action role-playing]] arcade game which got released by [[Midway Games]] in [[1999]]. It runs on [[Atari Games]]'s Vegas hardware, and it is a sort-of expansion for its immediate predecessor in the [[:Category:Gauntlet|Gauntlet series]], [[Gauntlet Legends]], which was released in the previous year. It features four new character classes (Dwarf, Knight, Jester and Sorceress) as well as two new levels (Dream World, and Battlefield). In [[2001]], the game was ported for play on the [[Sony PlayStation 2]], and in the succeeding year it was also ported for play on the [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Microsoft Xbox]] and [[Game Boy Advance]], but the Game Boy Advance version was only released in the United States. |
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| On a relatively entertaining note, the back of- at least- the Gamecube's box for this game contains the words '4-play at it's best'- obviously referring to the game's well-regarded multiplayer, but incidentally making a reference to [[foreplay]].
| | <gallery> |
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy title screen.png|Arcade title screen |
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy cabinet.jpg|Upright arcade cabinet |
| | File:Gauntlet-DL arcade flyer.jpg|Arcade promo flyer |
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy gameplay.jpg|Gameplay screenshot |
| | File:GDL PS2 full cover.jpg|PlayStation 2 cover art |
| | File:Gauntlet-DL GC cover.jpg|GameCube cover art |
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy ps2 gc magazine ad.jpg|US magazine ad for PS2 and GameCube |
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy Microsoft Xbox cover.jpg|Xbox cover art |
| | </gallery> |
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| == Story == | | ==Story== |
| | ''Note: Transcribed from opening cinematic.'' |
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| | “In an ancient time the evil mage Garm, using the power of the runestones, released a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke free of Garm's control and released his minions upon the lands, scattering the runestones across the Eight Realms so that they may never again be used against him. |
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| In an ancient time, the evil mage Garm, using the power of the runestones, released a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke free of Garm's control, crushing him and imprisoning his soul in the underworld. Skorne then released his minions upon the lands, and scattered the runestones across the Eight Realms, so that they may never again be used against him. <br>
| | No one has dared try... |
| No one has dared try. . . <br> | |
| Until now.<br>
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| (From the game's introductory cinematic)
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| == Hidden Characters ==
| | Until now.” |
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| Each of the 8 base character classes (Warrior/Dwarf, Valkyrie/Knight, Archer/Jester, and Wizard/Sorceress) has another beast form as a hidden character. These are well hidden, and play identically to their non-beast counterparts. You can find these hidden beast characters in the same realm that the basic character calls its "home". These characters, and the realm in which they can be found, are:<br>
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| [[Warrior]]-[[Minotaur]] (Mountain Kingdom)<br>
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| [[Dwarf]]-[[Ogre]] (Arctic Domain)<br>
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| [[Valkyrie]]-[[Falconess]] (Castle Stronghold)<br>
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| [[Knight]]-[[Unicorn]] (Sky Dominion)<br>
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| [[Archer]]-[[Tigress]] (Forest Realm)<br>
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| [[Jester]]-[[Hyena]] (Dream World)<br>
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| [[Wizard]]-[[Jackal]] (Desert Land)<br>
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| [[Sorceress]]-[[Medusa]] (Forsaken Province)<br>
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| [[Sumner]] the wizard can also be unlocked as a character, and can be found in the Battlefields realm.
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| == Hidden Levels ==
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| [[Crops]] | | [[Category:Midway Games]] |
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| [[Gauntlet]]
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| [[Space]]
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| [[Clouds]]
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| [[Psychadelic]]
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| [[Labs]]
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| [[Docks]]
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| [[Barnyard]]
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| [[Trenchs]]
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| == Worlds ==
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| The worlds, and contained levels, are as follows:<br>
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| 1:Forsaken [[Province]]<br>
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| --Poisoned [[Fields]]<br>
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| --Ghost [[Town]]<br>
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| --Haunted [[Cemetery]]<br>
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| --[[Mausoleum]]<br>
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| --Lich's [[Crypt]]<br>
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| 2:[[Mountain]] Kingdom<br>
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| --[[Valley]] of Fire<br>
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| --Dagger [[Peak]]<br>
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| --[[Cliffs]] of Desolation<br>
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| --Lost [[Cave]]<br>
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| --Volcanic [[Cavern]]<br>
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| --Dragon's [[Lair]]<br>
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| 3:[[Castle]] Stronghold<br>
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| --Castle [[Courtyard]]<br>
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| --[[Dungeons]] of Torment<br>
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| --Castle [[Barracks]]<br>
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| --Tower [[Armory]]<br>
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| --Castle [[Treasury]]<br>
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| --Chimera's [[Keep]]<br>
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| 4:[[Sky]] Dominion<br>
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| --Toxic [[Spire]]<br>
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| --Cloud [[Docks]]<br>
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| --Sky [[Shipyards]]<br>
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| --[[Mothership]]<br>
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| --[[Vat]] of the Plague Fiend<br>
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| 5:[[Forest]] Realm<br>
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| --Acid [[Swamps]]<br>
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| --Twisted [[Roots]] of Evil<br>
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| --Ancient [[Tree]]<br>
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| --Gnarled [[Branches]]<br>
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| --[[Web]] of the Spider Queen<br>
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| 6:[[Ice]] Domain<br>
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| --Arctic [[Docks]]<br>
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| --Frozen [[Camp]]<br>
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| --Crystal [[Mine]]<br>
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| --Erupting [[Fissure]]<br>
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| --Yeti's [[Cavern]]<br>
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| 7:[[Desert]] Land<br>
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| --City [[Ruins]]<br>
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| --[[Temple]] of the Magi<br>
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| --Mystic [[Pyramid]]<br>
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| --[[Tombs]] of the Undead<br>
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| --The Genie's [[Sanctum]]<br>
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| 8:[[Dream]] World<br>
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| --[[Carnival]] of the Lost<br>
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| --Haunted [[Grounds]]<br>
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| --Haunted [[House]]<br>
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| --Your Worst [[Nightmare]]!<br>
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| --Maze of [[Illusion]]<br>
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| --Shadow Wraith's [[Haunt]]<br>
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| 9:Desecrated Temple<br>
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| --Desecrated [[Temple]]<br>
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| --[[Altar]] of Skorne<br>
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| 10:The [[Underworld]]<br>
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| --[[Gates]] of the Underworld<br>
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| --[[Throne]] of Skorne<br>
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| 11:The [[Battlefields]]<br>
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| --Battle [[Trenches]]<br>
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| --Fortified [[Towers]]<br>
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| --Internal [[Fortress]]<br>
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| --Garm's [[Citadel]]<br>
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| ==Monsters==
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| [[Zombies]]
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| [[Giant]] [[Maggots]]
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| [[Ghosts]]
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| [[Orcs]]
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| [[Scorpions]]
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| [[Fire]] [[Demons]]
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| [[Dark Elves]]
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| [[Rats]]
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| [[Living]] [[Armor]]
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| [[Sky]] [[Pirates]]
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| [[Slime]] [[Creatures]]
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| Fiends
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| [[Lizardmen]]
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| [[Spiders]]
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| [[Ents]]
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| [[Bandits]]
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| [[Cobras]]
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| [[Mummies]]
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| Small Genies
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| [[Kobolds]]
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| [[Wolves]]
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| [[Ice]] [[Worms]]
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| [[Demons]]
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| Crawling [[Hands]]
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| [[Mirror]] [[Wraiths]]
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| [[Skeleton Warriors]]
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| [[Demon]] [[Dogs]]
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| Garm's [[Apprentices]]
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| ==Generals==
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| Generals are large, tough versions of the regular monsters. They take a while to destroy, but when you do, they drop items.
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| [[Zombie]] [[Reaper]]
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| [[Orc]] [[General]]
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| [[Dark Elf]] Warchief
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| [[Sky]] [[Pirate]] [[Captain]]
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| [[Lizardman]] Cheiftan
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| [[Bandit]] [[Pharoh]]
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| [[Kobold]] [[Taskmaster]]
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| [[Demon]] [[Lord]]
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| [[Skeleton Warrior]] [[Legionary]]
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| ==Golems==
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| Like Generals, Golems are large enemies that can take a lot of damege, and drop items when they die.
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| Cemetary Soil Golem
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| Rock Golem
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| Armor Golem
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| Slime Golem
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| Wood Golem
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| Sand Golem
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| Giant Polar Bear
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| Nightmare Golem
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| Lava Golem
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| Battle Golem
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| ==Gargolyes==
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| Gargolyes are large, dragon-like monsters. Like Generals and Golems, they drop items when they die, but the items they drop are golden items. You need a certean number of golden items to get to different areas of Sumners Tower.
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| Snake Gargolye (Golden Snake Fangs)
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| Eagle Gargolye (Golden Eagle Feathers)
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| Lion Gargolye (Golden Lion Claws)
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| ==Death==
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| In the levels, you sometimes come across the most deadly enemie of all...Death himself. There are two kinds of Death. The black robed Death drains your experence, while the red robed Death drains health. There are three ways to drive death off.
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| One, you can hit Death with your weapon 100 times.
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| Two, you can use magic on Death.
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| Three, you can find an Anti-Death Halo that allows you to drain experence or health from Death.
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| == Bosses ==
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| The bosses are as follows:<br>
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| 1:[[Lich]] - a giant [[zombie]] that fights with a huge [[axe]]. Sometimes throws its decaying body parts to allow [[maggots]] to attack the player.<br>
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| 2:[[Dragon]] - a massive red lizard that breaths fireballs and stomps sending out a shockwave.<br>
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| 3:[[Chimera]] - a three-headed monster with three health bars. It has a [[lion]]'s head (which breathes fire), an [[eagle]]'s head (lightning) and a [[snake]]'s head (acid). Could possibly be related to the [[gargoyles]] which the player fights in other levels.<br>
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| 4:[[Plague]] [[Fiend]] - a horrible monster made of toxic slime. Attacks by using sweeping tentacles, spitting slime and sinking into its vat to overflow nearby pipes.<br>
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| 5:[[Spider]] [[Queen]] - a half-[[woman]], half-[[spider]] creature that fights on a giant [[web]]. Attacks using a whip, spitting venom and calling her children for assistance.<br>
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| 6:[[Genie]] - a monstrous black-blue [[djinni]] that attacks using a [[scimitar]], energy from its eye and causing the ceiling to collapse.<br>
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| 7:[[Yeti]] - a giant [[ape]] that uses a variety of ice powers, including ice boulders and an ice wall, plus its own brute force.<br>
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| 8:[[Shadow]] [[Wraith]] - a being made of pure darkness and nightmares. Attacks using its tendrils, small wraith creatures and other dark powers.<br>
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| 9: Armored Skorne - uses armor in his first fight. Can shoot various forms of energy from his [[gloves]], [[mask]] and [[horn (anatomy)|horns]]. When beaten, he drops his four items and the player can use one for a short time in the next world.<br>
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| 10:True Form of Skorne - he uses all his normal moves, but they pack a bigger punch. He doesn't have his armor this time, so you can see his firey form beneath.<br>
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| 11:Garm - fights in the form of a [[statue]], the same statue on the console games cover. Attacks include( but are not limited to) a purple beam from both hands and a beam that sweeps across the arena.<br>
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| == Legendary Weapons ==
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| Each boss has a special Legendary Weapon to which they are especially vulnerable. Often, these weapons are hidden in another realm, and are typically not found until much later in the game. For instance, the Lich is the boss of the first realm the player can enter, the Forsaken Province. However, the Legendary Weapon to which he is most vulnerable, the Good Book, isn't found until the Sky Domain, the fourth realm the player can enter. The console version of the game allows players to skip fighting boss characters on their first playthrough of a realm, also allowing them to find the Legendary Weapon with which they can be defeated best. <br>
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| The Legendary Weapons, the enemies weakest to them, and where they can be found are:<br>
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| 1:[[Parchment]] of [[Fire]], which will create a wall of fire to counter the [[Yeti]]'s ice moves, found in th Forsaken Province.<br>
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| 2:[[Javelin]] of Blinding, which gouges out the [[Plague]] [[Fiend]]'s one [[eye]] and reduces his accuracy, found in the Mountain Kingdom.<br>
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| 3:[[Ice]] [[Axe]], freezes the [[Dragon]] solid, found in the Castle Realm.<br>
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| 4:[[Good]] [[Book]], which shoots a ball of [[light]] and slows down the [[Lich]] with its [[holy]] flames, found in the Sky Realm.<br>
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| 5:[[Scimitar]] of Decapitation, beheads the [[Chimera]]'s [[lion]] head, found in the Forest Realm.<br>
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| 6:[[Toxic]] [[Bellows]], reduces the [[Spider]] [[Queen]]'s size and power, found in the Desert Land.<br>
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| 7:[[Lamp]] of Dark Obstruction, creates a dark [[cloud]] to blind the [[Genie]], found in the Ice Domain.<br>
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| 8:[[Lantern]] of Revelation, blocks all of the [[Shadow]] [[Wraith]]'s [[shadow]] attacks with its superior [[light]], found in the Dream World<br>
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| 9:[[Soul]] [[Savior]], deflects Skorne's attacks right back, can only be found and used in the Desecrated Temple
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