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{{Infobox
|image=Gauntlet Legends flyer.jpg
|title = Gauntlet Legends
|title=Gauntlet Legends
|image =
|developer={{colist|Atari Games|Midway Games}}
|developer = [[Atari]]
|publisher={{colist|Atari Games|Midway Games}}
|publisher = [[Atari]], [[Midway]] ([[N64]])
|year=1998
|releasedates = [[1998]] ([[Arcade]])<br />[[September 22]], [[1999]] ([[N64]])
|systems={{syslist|cade|n64|ps|dc}}
|genre = [[RPG]]
|ratings={{ESRB|T}}{{ELSPA|15}}
|modes = [[Single player]], [[multiplayer]]
|genre=[[Dungeon crawler]]
|players= 1-4 (1-2 only on [[PlayStation]])
|players=1-4 (Arcade, Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast),<br>1-2 (Sony PlayStation)
|systems= [[Arcade]], [[Nintendo 64]], [[Sega Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation]]
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|ESRB=T
|expansion=[[Gauntlet Dark Legacy]]
|followed by=[[Gauntlet: Dark Legacy]]
|preceded by=[[Gauntlet IV]]
|followed by=[[Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows]]
|series=Gauntlet
}}
}}
{{Wikipedia}}
{{marquee|Gauntlet Legends marquee.jpg}}
'''Gauntlet Legends''' is a three-dimensional [[dungeon crawler]] arcade game that was released by [[Atari Games]] in [[1998]], based on their classic [[:Category:Gauntlet|Gauntlet series]]. It runs on that company's Vegas hardware (an MIPS R5000 that runs at 200 MHz, with an Analog Devices ADSP-2104 that runs at 16 MHz), and the players have a choice between four basic [[Gauntlet Legends/Characters|characters]] of Warrior, Valkyrie, Wizard and Archer (elf), but there are also several bonus characters. The game is divided into five worlds with several levels each and the players' goal is to find obelisks and rune stones which shall restore the power of Sumner (this game's protagonist aside from the players) so he can defeat the evil demon Skorne. The players gain levels by killing enemies, and with every level their statistics improve. The success of the game led to an expansion of sorts, [[Gauntlet Dark Legacy]], in [[1999]] (the same year this game was converted to the [[Nintendo 64]] console by [[Midway Games]]), which featured new characters and worlds as well as those from this game. In [[2000]], the game was also converted to the [[Sony PlayStation]] and [[Sega Dreamcast]].


'''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.
<gallery>
File:Gauntlet Legends title screen.png|The game's title screen.
File:Gauntlet Legends cabinet.jpg|Upright arcade cabinet.
File:Gauntlet Legends gameplay.jpg|Screenshot of the game.
File:Gauntlet Legends Nintendo 64 cover.jpg|The N64 version's cover.
File:Gauntlet legends front cover.jpg|PlayStation version cover
File:Gauntlet Legends Sega Dreamcast cover.jpg|Dreamcast version cover
</gallery>


==Table of Contents==
==Story==
{{:Gauntlet Legends/Table of Contents}}
''This is taken from the backs of the ports' boxes, the fronts of which are displayed in the gallery below:''
{{-}}


==Tip/Tricks ==
{{Story|center=1|'''Battle your way through the Gauntlet'''
===General===
'''realm and become a legend!'''
1.  USE YOUR TURBOS!!!  I can’t stress this enough.  Many, many people
Arm yourself and up to 3 friends, for adrenaline-drenched
only use their turbos when they’re overwhelmed.  You have as many as you
4-player action in the legendary Gauntlet universe. Destroy evil
want, all you have to do is let them recharge.  Looking up a blind ramp? 
forces in the 7 kingdoms! Experience 3 never-before-seen
Fire off a L3.  The L3’s penetrate walls for quite a distance, so you
worlds filled with new enemies, traps and treasures!
can clear out areas behind gates _before_ you unlock them.  (If you want
Use powerful sorcery, exotic power-ups and new "Items of
an idea how far they reach, fire one at the beginning of a level, toward
Legend" to save the Realm from the Demon Lord Skorne!
where you know the rest of the level is, and listen as it destroys
Choose from the 4 Classic Characters (and unlock FIVE
stuff.)
hidden characters) to fight hordes of vile enemies and 6 vicious bosses!
 
Become part of the Gauntlet saga by solving over 20 magical
2.  Shoot relentlessly.  It never hurts to fire a couple blind shots
quests complete with new in-engine cinematics to tell the rich
every now and then.  Also, if you see enemies keep popping up from a  
story line!
particular spot off the screen: unleash on that spot.  There’s probably
'''Do YOU have what it takes'''
a generator just out of sight, and you can pick it off before it’s a
'''to become a legend?'''
problem.  Also, shooting up a ramp as you’re ascending can take care of
© Atari Games 1998
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 ==
{{ToC}}
<pre>
{{Gauntlet}}
*** 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>


[[Category:Gauntlet]]
[[Category:Dungeon crawler]]
[[Category:RPG]]
[[Category:September 22]]
[[Category:1998]]
[[Category:Arcade]]
[[Category:Sega Dreamcast]]
[[Category:Nintendo 64]]
[[Category:PlayStation]]
[[Category:Atari Games]]
[[Category:Single player]]
[[Category:Single player]]
[[Category:Multiplayer]]
[[Category:Multiplayer]]
[[Category:MAME]]

Latest revision as of 19:34, 4 April 2023

Gauntlet Legends | Table of Contents | Gameplay | Walkthrough

Table of Contents

Gameplay
Walkthrough
  1. Mountain
  2. Castle
  3. Town
  4. Ice
  5. Cathedral
  6. Battlefield
  7. Underworld
Appendices
Box artwork for Gauntlet Legends.
Box artwork for Gauntlet Legends.
Gauntlet Legends
Developer(s)Atari Games, Midway Games
Publisher(s)Atari Games, Midway Games
Year released1998
System(s)Arcade, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast
Expansion pack(s)Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Preceded byGauntlet IV
Followed byGauntlet: Seven Sorrows
SeriesGauntlet
Genre(s)Dungeon crawler
Players1-4 (Arcade, Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast),
1-2 (Sony PlayStation)
ModesSingle player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)ESRB TeenELSPA Ages 15+
LinksGauntlet Legends ChannelSearchSearch
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Gauntlet Legends is a three-dimensional dungeon crawler arcade game that was released by Atari Games in 1998, based on their classic Gauntlet series. It runs on that company's Vegas hardware (an MIPS R5000 that runs at 200 MHz, with an Analog Devices ADSP-2104 that runs at 16 MHz), and the players have a choice between four basic characters of Warrior, Valkyrie, Wizard and Archer (elf), but there are also several bonus characters. The game is divided into five worlds with several levels each and the players' goal is to find obelisks and rune stones which shall restore the power of Sumner (this game's protagonist aside from the players) so he can defeat the evil demon Skorne. The players gain levels by killing enemies, and with every level their statistics improve. The success of the game led to an expansion of sorts, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, in 1999 (the same year this game was converted to the Nintendo 64 console by Midway Games), which featured new characters and worlds as well as those from this game. In 2000, the game was also converted to the Sony PlayStation and Sega Dreamcast.

  • The game's title screen.

    The game's title screen.

  • Upright arcade cabinet.

    Upright arcade cabinet.

  • Screenshot of the game.

    Screenshot of the game.

  • The N64 version's cover.

    The N64 version's cover.

  • PlayStation version cover

    PlayStation version cover

  • Dreamcast version cover

    Dreamcast version cover

Story[edit]

This is taken from the backs of the ports' boxes, the fronts of which are displayed in the gallery below:

Battle your way through the Gauntlet
realm and become a legend!
Arm yourself and up to 3 friends, for adrenaline-drenched
4-player action in the legendary Gauntlet universe. Destroy evil
forces in the 7 kingdoms! Experience 3 never-before-seen
worlds filled with new enemies, traps and treasures!
Use powerful sorcery, exotic power-ups and new "Items of
Legend" to save the Realm from the Demon Lord Skorne!
Choose from the 4 Classic Characters (and unlock FIVE
hidden characters) to fight hordes of vile enemies and 6 vicious bosses!
Become part of the Gauntlet saga by solving over 20 magical
quests complete with new in-engine cinematics to tell the rich
story line!
Do YOU have what it takes
to become a legend?
© Atari Games 1998

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Gameplay
Walkthrough
  1. Mountain
  2. Castle
  3. Town
  4. Ice
  5. Cathedral
  6. Battlefield
  7. Underworld
Appendices
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