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From: miracle@sctc.com (Barry Miracle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Gauntlet II == Major Rip-Off
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.005904.18520@sctc.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 00:59:04 GMT
References: <1990Dec1.015150.2540@lavaca.uh.edu>
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jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:

>After plunking down $22.50 for Gauntlet II, with memories of many a long
>night at my dorm's Gauntlet machine flashing about, I went home almost
>drooling at the thought of *finally* having a way-cool shoot-em-up game.

>BZZZzzt.  But thank you for playing.

>0.  Disk is both copy protected and manual protected.
>1.  I have to unplug the mouse and plug in my joystick for a *one* player game.
>2.  It doesn't keep high scores. (But it does keep score during a game..)
>3.  Most of the way-cool sound samples from the standup are gone.
>4.  You can't "put in more quarters".  However, they play the
>    "all your powers will be lost" sample anyway.  Grrr.

>The rest of the game is done fairly well, tho... Nice smooth scrolling,
>good joystick response, etc...  But those 5 *bad* things make it almost
>unplayable.

I must disagree.  Though all your points are valid, they do not ruin
the game.  The game playes very much like the coin-op and the response
is very good.  This is also one of the only games that you can play
with four players.  There is an adapter that you can buy to allow four
joysticks.  I would rate this game very highly for anyone looking for
this type of game.


>Any chance I just have an early version or something?
>--
>J. Eric Townsend     Internet: jet@uh.edu    Bitnet: jet@UHOU
>Systems Manager - University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics - (713) 749-2120
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Barry Miracle
miracle@sctc.com