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| '''Gauntlet: Dark Legacy''' is an expansion of the previous title in the series, [[Gauntlet Legends]]. The expansion adds new character classes (Dwarf, Knight, Jester, and Sorceress), and new levels (Dream World, and Battlefield). It is considered to be the best Gauntlet game of all time. | | {{Game |
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| | |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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| == Story ==
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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, and scattered the runestones across the Eight Realms, so that they may never again be used against him. <br>
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy title screen.png|Arcade title screen |
| No one has dared try. . . <br>
| | File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy cabinet.jpg|Upright arcade cabinet |
| Until now.<br>
| | File:Gauntlet-DL arcade flyer.jpg|Arcade promo flyer |
| (From the game's introductory cinematic)
| | 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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| == Hidden Characters == | | ==Story== |
| Each of the 8 base character classes (Warrior, Dwarf, Valkyrie, Knight, Archer, Jester, Wizard, and Sorceress) has another costume as a hidden character. These are well hidden, and play identically to their counterparts (they do, however, have better stats and different stat gains per level). Some hidden characters have different titles than their counterparts (such as Foal for a low-level Unicorn). These characters, and the realm in which they can be found, are:
| | ''Note: Transcribed from opening cinematic.'' |
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| [[Warrior]]-[[Minotaur]] (Mountain Kingdom)<br>
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| [[Dwarf]]-[[Ogre]] (Arctic Domain)<br>
| | “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. |
| [[Valkyrie]]-[[Falconry | Falconer]] (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-[[Wizard]] at level 99 (Battleground)
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| == Hidden Levels ==
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| [[Gauntlet]]
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| [[Space]]
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| [[Clouds]]
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| [[Labs]]
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| [[Dock (maritime)|Docks]]
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| [[Barnyard]]
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| [[Trenches]]
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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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| * --[[Spider web|Web]] of the Spider Queen<br>
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| 6:[[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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| 7:[[Ice]] Domain<br>
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| * --Arctic [[Dock (maritime)|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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| 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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| [[Scorpions]]
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| [[Lava]] Monsters
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| [[Guards]]
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| [[Knights]]
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| [[Assassins]]
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| [[Slime]] [[Creatures]]
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| Beholders
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| [[Lizardmen]]
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| [[Spiders]]
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| [[Ents]]
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| [[Nomads]]
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| [[Cobras]]
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| [[Mummies]]
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| [[Barbarians]]
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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]] [[Mages]]
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| [[Skeleton Warriors]]
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| [[Demon]] [[Dogs]]
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| Clones of Garm
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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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| [[Executioner]]
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| [[Assassin]] [[Captain]]
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| [[Lizardman]] [[Champion]]
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| [[Sultan]]
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| [[Barbarian]] [[Cheiftan]]
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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 damage, and drop items when they die.
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| Cemetary Soil Golem
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| Rock Golem
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| Marble Golem
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| Alchamical Golem
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| Wood Golem
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| Sand Golem
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| Polar Bear (Not technically a golem, because it's an animal rather than a construct, but behaves like one.)
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| Shadow Golem
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| Lava Golem
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| Battle Golem
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| ==Gargoyles==
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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 Gargoyle (Golden Snake Fangs)
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| Eagle Gargoyle (Golden Eagle Feathers)
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| Lion Gargoyle (Golden Lion Claws)
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| ==Death==
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| In the levels, you sometimes come across the most deadly enemy 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 four ways to drive Death off:
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| * hit Death with your weapon 100 times.
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| * use magic on Death.
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| * find an Anti-Death Halo that allows you to drain experience or health from Death.
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| * let Death drain your health or experience
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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:[[Pandemic|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 [[spider web|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]] that the sorcerer Garm is controlling from within the statue's chest, 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. Its arms, wings, and sections of its legs break away, and create clones of Garm from the rubble.<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 the 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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| ==Cheats==
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| There are various names that can be entered to give players access to special characters or character sets with unlimited special items. To access these cheats, simply create a new character and enter the code in the Name blank.
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| *'''Character Codes'''. These negate the Change feature in the character management screen, making it so that you can only play as the character defined by the code. Some seem to be intended to represent the programmers, while others are simply comical or look nifty. Using these cheats does not effect the gameplay (each character is governed by the rules of the character they are replacing and has the same base stats and strengths/weakness of that charter, as if it's just that character in a [[costume]]). These new characters are also referred to by Sumner as the character they're replacing (DARTHC is called "Green Knight", DES700 is called "Yellow Wizard", etc.).
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| *''Wizard as...''
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| *Sky General - SKY100
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| *Garm - GARM99
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| *Lich (Like the boss, but scaled down for playability) - GARM00
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| *Desert General - DES700
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| *Sumner (Does not give maxed-out stats or start at level 99) - SUM224
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| *''Warrior as....''
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| *Castle General - CAS400
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| *Mountain General - MTN200
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| *Wearing Rat Hat - RAT333
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| *''Valkyrie as...''
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| *Province General - TWN300
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| *Cheerleader - CEL721
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| *Japanese School Girl - AYA555
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| *''Knight as...''
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| *Battlefield General - BAT900
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| *In Black Outfit and Bald - DARTHC
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| *Bald in Street Clothes - STG333
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| *In Street Clothes - ARV984
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| *In Street Clothes and Cap - DIB626
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| *In Black Karate Suit - SJB964
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| *Ninja - TAK118
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| *Quarterback - RIZ721
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| *Waitress - KAO292
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| *''Jester as...''
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| *Stick Figure with a Cap and big human head - KJH105
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| *Stick Figure with Mohawk - PNK666
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| *Stick Figure with Smile - STX222
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| *''Dwarf as''...
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| *Ice General - ICE600
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| *Bondage suit - NUD069
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| *'''Items Codes'''. These codes give you an unlimited acount of the specified items, reguardless of which character (warrior, jester, etc.) you use in that saved game profile. Some are more helpful than others (the infinite Pojo code seems to have been put into the game just for comic effect).
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| *Permanent Pojo the Chicken - EGG911
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| *Permanent reflect shot - REFLEX
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| *Permanent super shot - SSHOTS
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| *Invincibility - INVULN
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| *Permanent Anti-Death - 1ANGEL
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| *Permanent full turbo - PURPLE
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| *Permanent invisibility - 000000
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| *Permanent shrink enemy and growth - DELTA1
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| *Permanent triple shot - MENAGE
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| *Permanent x-ray vision - PEEKIN
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| *Permanent speed powerup - XSPEED
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| *Permanent Rapid Fire - QCKSHT
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| *Start game with 10,000 gold - 10000K
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| *Full potions and keys - ALLFUL
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| *A number of character's are generals of the realms. Note that MTN200 stands for mountain as in the mountain kingdom. There is no consistency in the numbers but they always end in 00. This works for all of the general type characters. DES700 is the desert general, BAT900 is the battlefield general, TWN300 is the town(province) general, ICE600 is the ice general, CAS400 is the castle general, SKY100 is the sky general. The question is, is it possible to unlock the dream and forest generals?... the numbers 500 and 800 have been left out in the pattern. Makes you wonder.
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| ==External links==
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| *{{moby game|id=/gauntlet-dark-legacy|name=''Gauntlet: Dark Legacy''}}
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