Editing Gauntlet Legends

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{{Infobox
|title = Gauntlet Legends
|image =
|developer = [[Atari]]
|publisher = [[Atari]], [[Midway]] ([[N64]])
|releasedates = [[1998]] ([[Arcade]])<br />[[September 22]], [[1999]] ([[N64]])
|genre = [[RPG]]
|modes = [[Single player]], [[multiplayer]]
|players= 1-4 (1-2 only on [[PlayStation]])
|systems= [[Arcade]], [[Nintendo 64]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation]]
|ESRB=T
|followed by=[[Gauntlet: Dark Legacy]]
}}
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'''Gauntlet Legends''' is a 3D Action/RPG game based on the classic [[:Category:Gauntlet|Gauntlet]] series. You have a choice between four basic [[Gauntlet Legends/Characters|characters]]: Warrior, Valkyrie, Archer ("Elf") and Wizard.  There are also several bonus characters. The game is broken up into 5 "worlds" with several levels in each world. Your goal is to find obelisks and rune stone use to restore the power of Sumner so he can defeat the evil demon Skone. You gain levels by killing enemies, and with each level your stats improve. The game's success led to an expansion of sorts, [[Gauntlet: Dark Legacy]], which included new characters and worlds as well as those from Gauntlet Legends.

==Table of Contents==
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==Tip/Tricks ==
===General===
1.  USE YOUR TURBOS!!!  I can’t stress this enough.  Many, many people 
only use their turbos when they’re overwhelmed.  You have as many as you 
want, all you have to do is let them recharge.  Looking up a blind ramp?  
Fire off a L3.  The L3’s penetrate walls for quite a distance, so you 
can clear out areas behind gates _before_ you unlock them.  (If you want 
an idea how far they reach, fire one at the beginning of a level, toward 
where you know the rest of the level is, and listen as it destroys 
stuff.)

2.  Shoot relentlessly.  It never hurts to fire a couple blind shots 
every now and then.  Also, if you see enemies keep popping up from a 
particular spot off the screen: unleash on that spot.  There’s probably 
a generator just out of sight, and you can pick it off before it’s a 
problem.  Also, shooting up a ramp as you’re ascending can take care of 
any pesky suicide bombers that may be coming down to “greet” you.

3.  Pressing the ATTACK button repeatedly will result in faster attacks 
than holding down the button (from David(Hurkyl@msn.com) for this one)

3.  Fight according to your character.  If you’re the Wizard or the 
Archer, keep your distance, take them out from across the screen.  If 
you’re the Valkyrie or Warrior, run right into the middle of things 
swinging like mad.  Remember to adopt the correct fighting style if you 
switch to a bonus character.

4.  Don’t forget your potions.  If you’re being swarmed use TURBO+MAGIC 
to create a shield out of a potion.  Then just walk out, the shield will 
take care of the enemies.  This tactic also works if you want to run in 
and strike at a generator or two.  Also, using ATTACK+MAGIC if you have 
to clear out a distant group and are out of Turbos.  The Shields also
work the same way, except more plow-shaped.

5.  A little trick that works will for those bridges that only appear 
when you’re on the switch:  Usually you’d use Turbo, or the speed boost, 
but sometimes it’s still tough.  All you need to do is lure an enemy 
onto the bridge while you’re standing on the switch.  Then you can get 
off the switch, and the bridge will stay as long as there’s something on 
it.

===Leveling Up===
1.  For easy level ups, find a spot where the enemies bottleneck, and 
are forces to come through a small gate/portal.  Also, it helps if 
there's a couple of generators nearby.  Then just keep shooting from a 
distance, picking them off.  When the flood dies down, just run to where 
the generators are, hit them once, and run back out.  This will restart 
the stream of enemies, and you can keep going.

2.  You can always go back.  If you think you’re a bit soft for a new 
level, head back to an easy one you’ve already beat.  You can grab more 
experience, and even stock up on goodies.

===Stats===
<pre>
1.  The stats are:
     Strength = better melee damage
     Speed = faster movement
     Magic = increased potion strength, radius and ranged attack damage
     Armor = decreased damage from attacks
     Health = more health (duh!)
     (Thanks to David (Hurkyl@msn.com) for pointing out the oversight in 
       the damages)

2.  Go back through easy levels, or use Cheap Trick #1 below, to collect 
a whole bunch of item (Mountain Cavern is good), then sell the to Sumner 
and buy stats.

3.  Leveling up increases your stats.

*** Bosses ***
1.  HAVE THE LEGEND WEAPON, it makes things a whole lot easier
     Mountain Dragon = Ice Axe from Castle Treasury
     Castle Chimera = Scimitar from Mountain Cavern
     Ice Yeti = Fire Scroll from Town Spire
     Town Plague = Javelin from Ice Fissure
     Skorne = Soul Saver from Battlefield Fortress

2.  Multishots, Reflect Shields, Speed Boots, and Rapid Fire make them almost simple.
</pre>



==Experience ==
This is a general list of the experience required to gain each level.  
The number may not be exact, but will give the general neighborhood of 
each level.
<pre>
.===================. .==================.
| Lev |  Experience | | Lev | Experience |
:===================: :==================:
|  1  | 0           | | 51  | 200000     |
|  2  | 1000        | | 52  | 207250     |
|  3  | 2000        | | 53  | 214500     |
|  4  | 3250        | | 54  | 229500     |
|  5  | 4500        | | 55  | 237250     |
|  6  | 6000        | | 56  | 245000     |
|  7  | 7500        | | 57  | 253000     |
|  8  |             | | 58  | 261000     |
|  9  | 11000       | | 59  | 269000     |
| 10  | 13000       | | 60  |            |
| 11  |             | | 61  | 277500     |
| 12  |             | | 62  | 285000     |
| 13  |             | | 63  | 294500     |
| 14  |             | | 64  | 303250     |
| 15  |             | | 65  | 312000     |
| 16  |             | | 66  | 321000     |
| 17  |             | | 67  |            |
| 18  |             | | 68  | 339250     |
| 19  |             | | 69  |            |
| 20  |             | | 70  |            |
| 21  | 42500       | | 71  |            |
| 22  | 45000       | | 72  |            |
| 23  | 49500       | | 73  | 387000     |
| 24  | 53250       | | 74  | 397000     |
| 25  | 57000       | | 75  | 407000     |
| 26  | 61000       | | 76  | 417250     |
| 27  | 65000       | | 77  | 427500     |
| 28  | 69250       | | 78  | 438000     |
| 29  | 73500       | | 79  | 448500     |
| 30  | 78000       | | 80  | 459250     |
| 31  |             | | 81  | 470000     |
| 32  |             | | 82  |            |
| 33  |             | | 83  | 492250     |
| 34  |             | | 84  | 503250     |
| 35  |             | | 85  | 514500     |
| 36  |             | | 86  | 526000     |
| 37  |             | | 87  | 537500     |
| 38  | 118000      | | 88  | 549250     |
| 39  | 123500      | | 89  | 561000     |
| 40  | 129250      | | 90  | 573000     |
| 41  | 135250      | | 91  | 585000     |
| 42  | 141000      | | 92  | 597250     |
| 43  | 147000      | | 93  | 609500     |
| 44  | 153250      | | 94  | 622000     |
| 45  | 165000      | | 95  | 634750     |
| 46  |             | | 96  |            |
| 47  | 172500      | | 97  |            |
| 48  | 129250      | | 98  | 675000     |
| 49  | 185000      | | 99  | 686000     |
| 50  | 198000      | |     |            |
'===================’ '==================’
</pre>
[Note] The blank ones I don’t have, either because they didn’t look
right, or I couldn’t find where I wrote them down.  They’ll be there in 
future revisions.

For those of you who care about such things, the equation of the 
trendline was:
  y = 61.285x^2 + 869.16x - 2016.6
I’m sure there’s actually a smoother line, but I only used the data 
points I had for sure.


==Cheap Tricks ==
1.   Ok, the cheapest of the cheap to be sure.  Make sure you have 10-20 
seconds of Freeze Time or Shrink Enemies, then go into a boss fight.  
When you're almost dead, activate it, then let the boss kill you.  
Select "Continue" after you're dead.  When you restart, any level you go 
into will have either no enemies (Freeze Time), or shrunken 
enemies(Shrink Enemies).  This is a good way to go through levels and 
collect missed rune stone, and collect items to sell for stats.  The 
frozen time/shrunken enemies will last until you use the corresponding 
item, or quit and restart.

2.  Enemies perceive item as barriers, and will not walk past them.  You 
can trap them on the far side of an item, and just pick them off, 
they’ll never get close enough. (I’m reminded of the sandbag trick from 
Command & Conquer)



== 12. FAQ ==
<pre>
Q:  What does "Outed" mean?
A:  Outed is actually how I heard "is it."  After consulting somebody 
with better hearing than me, I changed it.  It means all the enemies 
will go after your first.  Useless in 1 player, but can be used as a 
strategy device in multi (make everything attack the warrior instead of 
the archer)

Q:  How do I get the nude Valkyrie/Archer?
A:  To the extent of my knowledge, you can’t.  I’ve seen many codes for 
     this, but none of them seem to work, so for now I’m saying it isn’t 
     possible.  (I’ve also looked through the code for the game, and I 
     can’t find anything that gives you access to any other skins aside 
     from the publicly known playable characters.)
</pre>

==Misc ==
<pre>
*** Star Wars Sighting ***
 It occurred to me as I was playing the game, there was a large number 
of Star Wars references.  Here’s the list so far:
 -The tentacle things from the Castle Courtyard remind me of the 
   creature from the garbage compactor on the Death Star.
 -The Ricochet noise sounds like the blasters.
 -The Ice Yeti looks alot like the Hoth Ice Creature
 -The scream of the suicide sounds like the Tie Fighter fly-by, lowered 
   in pitch.
</pre>

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