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From: cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Garrison/Gauntlet
Message-ID: <2009@antique.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 87 21:13:06 GMT
References: <550@zehntel.UUCP> <502@io.UUCP> <1259@sugar.UUCP>
Reply-To: cjp@vax135.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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Keywords: Uhhh, just how buggy is it?

In article <1259@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <502@io.UUCP>, carlos@io.UUCP (Carlos Smith) writes:
>> Mindscape, who are doing the Amiga version of Gauntlet. They will have to
>> work very hard to match the graphics of Garrison, which may be why they are
>> upset.
>
>Really? I'm a long time Gauntlet fan. Garrison seemed severely lacking in
>graphics, sound, and playability when compared to the arcade version.

I may not be the best arcade-Gauntlet expert, but for my money, the
sound, graphics, and playability are very, very comparable.  Ok, so it
doesn't talk to you about "Wizard needs food, Badly!" in German; maybe
there are other minor differences in feel.  But the big win, I think,
is that Garrison has (a) tons of different screens (more than 90,
probably 128; I've been recording their names), and (b) 95% of them
are original, not just copied from the arcade game, so that one doesn't
instantly get bored from sheer familiarity.  My best game got me to
level 36 playing solo.

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