Gauntlet
Gauntlet Instruction BookletManufactured by TENGEN---Thank you for selecting Tengen's Gauntlet for the Nintendo EntertainmentSystem.Object of the Game/Game DescriptionYou can play alone or team up with a friend in this medieval adventure. Choosefrom any of four powerful characters: The warrior, valkyrie, wizard or elf.Each character has unique strengths and weaknesses. You must find the sacredorb stolen by Morak the Evil One. Explore a multitude of mazes fighting offenemies, and searching for the exit to the next room while collecting food,treasure, and other helpful items.---The story of the Sacred OrbThe black clouds swirled over the heads of the chosen ones.Four has come this far, but only two would continue.The portal to their deadly challenge awaited.Foreboding screams rose up from the Gauntlet.Morak the Evil One cackled in glee as he watched the intrepid warriorsprepare to enter his most terrible Gauntlet.He knew they would never reach their goal.The Sacred Orb would remain forever imprisoned at the lowest level of theGauntlet. Without the Sacred Orb, Morak knew the mortals that inhabited Rendar would be helpless against his evil magic.Morak had plundered the lands and hidden his booty in the Gauntlet.He garrisoned his henchmen in the Gauntlet to guard it. There were ghosts, grunts, demons, sorcerers, dragonsand even incarnations of death itself.But could the Sacred Orb be in the Gauntlet? No mortal knew for sure.If nothing else, the warriors could retrieve the treasures of Rendar thatMorak had plundered and stored in the Gauntlet.If only all four warriors could all continue, on this, the last leg of theirquest. Alas, the portal only allowed passage of two mortals.The warriors need your help.Choose from among them the two that shall continue:Become Thor the warrior, Thyra the valkyrie,Merlin the wizard or Questor the elf.The fate of Rendar is in your hands.---II. Names of controller parts and operating instructionsController 1 - for playing alone.Controller 2 - for second player in 2 player games.Note: You can reset the game by pressing all four controller buttons at thesame time (Select, Start, B and A).A Button: You shoot.B Button: You detonatae bombControl Pad: Moves the charactersNote: Control Pad also selects direction to shoot if the shoot button is being pushed (A button).Use control pad to move into enemies to automatically fight them.---III. How to start a gameStart ButtonPress this button during the Title screen to display the game Menu Screen. Ifthe game is showing a gameplay demonstration, then press Start button twice.Select ButtonPress this button during the Menu Screen to select either 1 or 2 player game.Start ButtonPress this button during the Menu Screen to advance to the Player SelectionScreen.Control PadPress any of four directions on the control pad to select any of the fourcharacters.A buttonPress this button to start the game AFTER selecting a character with thecontrol pad. In a 2 player game, BOTH players must select characters andBOTH players must press the A buttons to start the game.PauseIf you wish to interrupt play in the middle of a game, press the Start button.The game will stop, and the screen will change to a Pause Screen. Press theStart button again when you wish to continue playing. The screen will changeback to the maze, and the game will continue where you left off.Password EntryIntermediate and advanced players may want to write down the password givento the player in the pause mode. This password may be entered at the beginningof a game to start the game after the last treasure room you successfullycompleted. You get the same character back with all the same treasure, maximumpower, keys, bombs, and extra abilities. See the Manual section on "Power" tolearn more about treasure rooms.How to enter Password:Press Start to get menu screen.Press Select to choose one or two player.Press and Hold the A Button while pressing the Start button.Use the left/right control pad to move to the cursor. Use the Up/down controlpad to choose a letter. Press the A button when the password is complete. Ifyou correctly enter the password, then the game will start where you left off.If you do not enter the password correctly, then the game goes to the PlayerSelect Screen. The highest room number you can start with using a password is79.---IV. How to playShoot the enemies to stay alive and find the exit to the next room.Play ModesOne Player:Here the player can collect all the food and treasure for himself, but withoutthe firepower of a second player, a lot of skill is needed to survive. Keepplaying to develop your capabilities.Two Player:Here the players have the advantage of the extra firepower of a second player.Strategy and planning become important as the players attack each room. Team Play:Here you cooperate with each other. Tactics become important since enemies areattracted to the closest player. One player can stand safely on one side of awall from the enemy and attract them while the other player goes around andshoots them from a distance without attracting them. Players also share foodand treasure to stay healthy.Competition:Here it is every man for himself. Use your unique abilities to collect all thefood and treasure for yourself. Block passageways with your body and force theother player to fight through the enemy. In some rooms your shots can stun orhurt each other. You can make up games like competing to get the most treasurein the first 19 rooms.---V. The charactersYou have a choice of four different characters. Each has different strengthsand weaknesses. A beginner will have the most fun with the warrior or thevalkyrie since they have more power, strong firepower and very strong armor.The more experienced player will enjoy the elf and the wizard because of theirspecial abilities. The experienced player will be able to adjust his playingtactics to make up for the weak armor and fighting ability of the elf andwizard in exchange for the faster speed and better magic ability of thesecharacters.Table of abilities for the four characters (5 is the hightest rating)Ability                  Warrior  Elf  Wizard  ValkyrieArmor                    4        2    1       5Fight/Shot Power         5        3    3       3Magic                    1        3    5       2Player Speed             2        5    3       3---Thor, the Warrior:Thor is big and powerful. He moves slowly, and his big battle axe fliesslowly. The axe does a lot of damage to the enemy. He has pretty good armorand excellent hand-to-hand fighting power. He has very little magic ability.His big axe will not shoot through the narrow sections of diagonal walls likethe other characters.Starting power  : 980Armor strength  :   4Shot strength   :   5Magic strength  :   1Fighting ability:   5Player speed    :   1Thyra, the Valkyeir:Thyra is a well-balanced character with good abilies in all the areas. She hasthe strongest armor and takes the least damage from attacking enemies.Starting power  : 900Armor strength  :   5Shot strength   :   2Magic strength  :   2Fighting ability:   3Player speed    :   3Merlin, the Wizard:Merlin has the best magic ability, but no armor, and poor hand-to-handfighting ability. He has powerful shots.Starting power  : 800Armor strength  :   1Shot strength   :   4Magic strength  :   5Fighting ability:   1Player speed    :   3Questor, the Elf:Questor has great speed, but weak shots and armor. He has moderate magicability. In a two-player competitive game his speed is a strong asset. He canoutrun most enemies.Starting power  : 820Armor strength  :   2Shot strength   :   2Magic strength  :   3Fighting ability:   1Player speed    :   5---VI. Extra abilitiesMagic potions are hidden in the rooms. If you collect these potions, you canincrease your abilities. Each time you collect an extra ability, it is shownin the Pause Screen with your statistics. You have it for the rest of the game.Extra abilities only work once for each player.Extra armor potion: Increases your armor against attack. [shield]Extra magic potion: Increases damage a bomb can do. [little bottle]Extra shot power potion: Increases the damage your shots can do. [black spot]Extra speed potion: Increases your speed of movement. [arrow]Extra fight power potion: Increases your hand-to-hand fight power. [knife]In addition to the extra ability potions, you can also collect temporaryabilities. These last only a little while and are not shown in the PauseScreen.Temporary Invisibility:Enemies cannot find you for a short time. [white box with three lines]Temporary Repulsion Amulet:Enemies run away from you for a short time. [orange box with three lines]Temporary Reflective Shots:Your shots bounce for a short time. [white box with arrow]Ten Super Shots:Your shots destroy everything, including doors. [orange box with arrow]Temporary invulnerability:You have perfect armor for awhile, but your power goes down twice as fast.[black box]---VII. PowerYou start with a certain amount of power. When your power is gone, the game isover. Enemies drain power from you when they touch you or shoot you. Food, which can be found in the rooms, increases your power. Periodically, you willenter a treasure room. There are no enemies. You must find the exit before thetimer runs out. If you do, then your power is replenished to the maximum powerlevel. If you do not find the exit before the timer runs out, you must continueto the next level with whatever power you have left. Your power level is displayed in the upper left and right corners of the screen for player 1 andplayer 2 respectively. If is shown with the "heart" icon followed by a numberindicating how much power is left.In the Pause Screen, you can see how much power you have left. It also showsyour maximum power level. This is the amount of power you get after success-fully exiting a treasure room. Here is an important secret: After you havecollected 50 treasures, you maximum power increases 80-120 points. Themaximum power increases again at 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1600 treasures. Thenthe next time you exit a treasure room, you get your power restored to thenew maximum amount!---VIII. The collected wisdom: Maps of the WorldsAs you play the game, a map of each world is shown between rooms. You can chart your progress and see which rooms are conected together. Some roomshave more than one exit so you may want to record which exits lead to whichrooms. The treasure rooms are shown with a $ in the map. Clue rooms whichcontain a clue to the final combination are shown with ?. The final conbin-ation is explain in the Collected Wisdom of World Five. These maps are considered accurate. Merlin's apprentice acquired them from Vellum the Map-maker - the very same mapmaker Morak used to chart his Gauntlet.Map of World One: The CastleYour journey begins in the Castle World. Since it exists on the edge of theVeil, other mortals have ventured into the Castle. Many explorers have riskedlife and limb to bring back what little we know about the Castle.                    $19 - l18 - l17                     |     |     |      Hint: In room 16, try shooting solid                    ?16 - l15 - l14           walls - one might disappear                                  |            when shot.        $08 - l09 - l10   l12 - $13       /                 \     /  l07 - l06 - l05 - $$$   l11               |        \              l01 - l02 - l03                           Map of World Two: The Dark ForestThe dark reaches of this Forest world are unknown to mortals.. Rumors andfables abound. Most of what is known comes from the tales told of the ancienttime when chaos rules.  l20               l37 - l38 - l39         Hint: The clue is in a    |                 |        \  |                treasure chest.  l21               $36         l40 - $41   |  \              |  l23   l22   l33 - l34 - l35   |  /        |     |     |  $24   ?20   l32 - l30 - l31   |  /              |  l25 - l27 - l28 - $29                                          Map of World Three: The Lost CavernsThe cave-like rooms of the caverns are haunted by many of the horrendousfiends from the Unseen.              l56 - $55 - ?54 - l53               |        \        |                Hint: You may find a room  l59 - l60 - l57         l52 - l51                     in world three with      \        |                 |                      treasure and bombs        $62 - l58               l50 - $49 - l48         that you cannot get.            \  |                       |     |              l61               l45 - l44   l47                                 |     |     |                                l42 - l43 - l46                             Map of World Four: The UnseenThe world of the Unseen holds a formidable challenge. Could you possibly beblind? The walls are not there yet they are in this watery world.                    l63 - l64                           |                          l65     Hint: Invisible walls may be                        /  |            destructible walls as well.        $78 - l77   ?66 - $67         |     |        \  |  l74 - l75 - l76         l68   |     |                 |  l73 - l72 - l71 - ?70 - l69                                       Map of World Five: Volcana, Lair of the GuardianLava flows on all sides. You know this is the last leg of the journey, butthe Guardian awaits.                                                                      ?90 - l91 - $92 - l93                     |  /              |          Hint: You have to find              l88 - l89         l95 - l94 - l97         your way to room 94               |                 |     |     |          which leads to the  l85   l86 - l87               l96   l99   l98         Guardian.   |  /                                |  l84   l82 - ?81                    l100   |     |     |  l83 - l79 - l80                                                  ---The final combinationEntry into the last rooms of Volcana is blocked. You must enter an eight letter or digit combination to gain access to these last rooms. Parts of thecombination are given to you in the 8 clue rooms. Each of the eight lettersor numbers is given to you each tome you find one in a clue room. Clue roomsare shown on the world maps with a ?. You must find the clue in the maze andexit the maze to have the actualy letter or number revealed to you. Write itdown along with its position, and save it. Here is what you must to to geta clue:- enter a clue room (marked by a ? in the map).- find and touch the ? in the room.- exit the room before the timer (top center of screen) is 0.- AFTER you exit, Morak will appear and give you a clue.The combination is unique for each player. You cannot exchange clues with other people. You must collect all the clues using the same character and thesame series of passwords. There is a secret code transferred from password topassword.---IX: The collected wisdom: Form and Structure Beyond the VeilExits:You must find the exit in each room. The exit is the only way out. Touch itand you are whisked through the portal to the next room. In a two player game,both characters must exit before the new room appears. At the higher levelsof the game, explorers report that there are fake exits - it looks like anexit but doesn't work! Apparently, there is a real exit somewhere though. Watch out for a nasty exit in Room 80 - it kills you instantly.Walls:The brick walls of the Castle World create many rooms and corridors withinit. Most walls are indestructible. However, some may be destroyed by your shots. Some survivors say you can see a slight difference between real wallsand destructible walls. There are also secret walls that look solid, but theydisappear when shot. Survivors say they have found good things behind secretwalls.Doors and keys:Many paths are blocked by doors. Previous explorers have discovered that thereare keys to these doors scattered throughout the rooms. If you have a key andtouch the door, then the door opens, but alas, so does the key. If you see akey in a room, simply touch it and you will have possession of it. The numberof keys you have is shown at the top of each screen.Treasure chests:Fantastic amounts of treasure are to be found everywhere. Some chests are openand you can easily collect the treasure by simply touching it. Other chestsare closed. Those keys that open doors might also work on treasure chests.Here is an important secret: If you can collect 50 or 100 treasure chests, your maximum power level is increased. Then, the next time you successfullyexit a treasure room, your power is restored to the new maximum amount! Beware of being too greedy. If you collect more than 2000 treasure, your pass-word will stop working.Bags of jewels:These are very hard to find but they do exist. They are worth three treasurechests.Food:Food stashes can be found here and there in the rooms. Food increases yourpower. Some food can be destroyed by your shots or enemy shots so be careful.Food appears as a jug marked XXX or a bowl of gruel. Just touch the food toeat it and increase your power.Stun floors:There are also reports of electrified floor tiles. If you happen to touch oneof these floor tiles, you are paralyzed for a few seconds and you are unableto move or shoot. If the enemy is closing in, you can be in big trouble.Trap floors and trap walls:In the tenth room, explorers report that the exit cannot be reached since itis surrounded by walls. Others report that mysterious flashing floor tilesmake certain walls disappear when the floor tile is touched.Transporters:These floor tiles magically transport you from place to place in the room.There are conflicting reports that you can control where you come out withthe control pad.Movable walls:These different looking wall sections move when pressed upon.Bomb potion:If you touch this potion, it becomes part of your arsenal and is held forlater use. You can activate a bomb poion with the B button. It will destroyenemies visible on the screen. The amount of destruction is determined by yourmagic ability. For instance, the wizard has the most magic ability, and doesthe most damage with a bomb potion. There are two types of bomb potions: Destructible and indestructible. Destructible bomb will activate when shotand indestructible bombs will not. Note: Be careful, some potions look likebombs but they are really poison. Poison takes away 100 power units.The Sacred Orb:This is the object you desire. Find it to defeat Morak and restore harmony tothe mortal world.---X. The collected wisdom: Enemies and enemy generatorsSurvivors report a variety of gruesome enemies. They also report that thereseem to be three levels of each enemy: They take 1, 2 or 3 shots to be des-troyed. Of course, the warrior and the wizard have stronger shots, and theymay need to shoot fewer times.Ghosts:They attack once, and vanish taking some of your power as they go.Grunts:They continuously pound on you with their clubs.Demons:They shoot as you approach, and then chew on you until they are shot.Death:This evil black creature will chase you and drain a LOT of power beforevanishing. Your shots have no effect on Death.Acid puddles:They wander randomly. Not too much is known about acid puddles. Maybe nobodyhas ever lived to tell about them.Sorcerers:They have the power of invisibility. They blink onto the screen and thenblink off. They are tough to destroy since they cannot be shot when they areinvisible.Super sorcerers:They vanish, appear behind you and shoot you. Then they vanish again.Lobbers:They run away from you, but then they turn around and throw rocks at you -even over walls.Level 1 enemy generator:This nasty contraption constantly spews out enemies. You can destroy it byshooting it or touching it. Level 1 generators make enemies that need to beshot one time to be destroyed.Level 2 enemy generator:This nasty contraption constantly spews out enemies. You can destroy it byshooting it or touching it. Level 2 generators make enemies that need to beshot two times to be destroyed.Level 3 enemy generator:This nasty contraption constantly spews out enemies. You can destroy it byshooting it or touching it. Level 3 generators make enemies that need to beshot three times to be destroyed.---XI. Troubleshooting1. If the game-pak does not work the first time you try it, re-insert the   cartridge 5-10 times to wear in the contacts on the PC board. Also try   pushing the reset button.2. If your password doesn't work, make sure you copied it down correctly.    Double-check the "H" versus the "K" and the "S" versus the "5".