As with all the great sequels, they're exactly like the first, but with a few new tweaks, and Gauntlet II follows firmly in that tradition. Somehow a sequel to Marble Madness was never called for, go figure. Many of the levels of Gauntlet I and Gauntlet II are quite similar, especially the first one. There's just something about being able to jump to level 8 that's too compelling of a choice.
Level 2: Stun tiles, force fields... kinda boring
Intro to lobbyists... lobbers
Level 3: "It", acid puddles to make sure you spend PLENTY more quarters
Level 4: moving exits, super sorcerers, moving walls, death much faster! Also, have to wait longer to get key doors to disappear
level 5: poison potions... shoot them! Reflecting shots, singing/moving walls, ... something else
Level 6: electronic voice says "Let's see you get out of here." And for good reason! All the walls are invisible!!!!!!
level 7:
level 8: transporter charm... which means you can't pick up anything either! Boo. Also, mugger intro
level 9: hmmm! Looks like a similar level from Gauntlet 1!
level 10: Green fuzzy walls! I can't take it!!!
10 super shots... also, looked similar to Gauntlet 1 level
Treasure room: I hate these now
level 11: fuzzy brown walls! I can't take it! Also, Warriors apparently can't shoot anything surrounded on four sides by walls... diagonally, that is...
level 12: first appearance of transporters, apparently. Looks a lot like level 8 in Gauntlet 1! First red dragon. Also, they seem to have invented telefragging
L13: ...nothing new, I guess
Treasure room: I hate these now
l14: extra food added for 3 or 4 players... because there's already plenty of ways to hemorrhage health points. Take that DRAGON, for example!
l15: Repulsiveness - at least, to the enemies. More 10 power shots! Love those thingies... except when they destroy treasures 'n stuff.
l16: moving exits again. phuck. There's a long hallway filled with keys, and a golden potion at the end of it... for whatever reason, I want to get that potion.
l17: power shots are too powerful. They destroy unshootable food, chests... everything! Everything except walls!
l18: meh. At least it wasn't a Gauntlet 1 level
treasure room: exits move around. Perfect
l19: traps galore. 12 chests at the end! love it!
l20: shots now hurt other players... guess I should work on getting some!
L21: Invulnerability... interesting definition of it. It means you lose 300 health points, but at a regulated pace. Terrific. Also, it seems to look like a Gauntlet 1 level...
l22: oops! Left too early
treasure room - dang! It was actually like a normal Gauntlet 1 treasure room!
l23: shots now hurt other playears. Damn. I'm playing by myself like an idiot.
Lemme guess.... the red dragon's guarding the real exit. Big surprise.... not the case! Also a big surprise
l24: Has anyone EVER found the hidden potion?
l25: don't be greedy... guess I'll never get to that secret room. Oh well. C'est la vie
...wow! Thought I'd never get out of there!
l26: now that DEFInITELY was a Gauntlet 1 level, just flipped on its proverbial head
treasure room: hoh boy, here we go.... jeebus, but I hate that little blue thief. Room: lattice of chambers with trap tiles
l27: another G1 classic
l28: meh. but lots of those super shots! well, just 20
l29: super-fast monsters!!!
treasure room: lucked out that time!
l30: tip: stall to open doors. I ought to try that sometime!
See, this level is designed so that you have to use reflecting shots to get the monster generators. Maybe that works with more than one player, but here's the thing: you have to get up close to the monster generators to destroy them, on account of the monsters it generates blocking the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
l31: this level's tip: add coins fo rextra health... already thought of that. Ooh! The guy burped when he et some food! Love it.
Fast demons 'n $#!t... stuff.
damn. left too early
l32: another G1 classic
l33: meh
l34: keys galore
treasure room: what could go wrong in here?
lots of stun tiles here.. At least I got a couple keys. You get to keep those.
l35: 4 corners... a death in every corner, and a potion to kill them
l36: ...must've been meh. already forgot
l37: kinda simple! Great place to collect keys. Seriously, check the right side; other unlocked door side. It's all open.
treausre room" made it!
L38: ah, more fake exits.. love those
l39: oh my God... they invented Sokoban!
l40: genius. .. I forget why. Oh, right; you need that stupid transporter charm to get to secret room. Only one! What if you've got four of you?
treasure room: these must be getting easier or sumpthin
l41; not a G1 level
l42: faster monsters, fake exits, not G1... oh crap. Time to do an excel spreadsh!t?
l43: meh. also the little blue tucker got me
l44: there's a lot of the level that I missed, but apparently it wasn't meant to be because where the exit is located has no way back out.
l45: stupid red dragons
treasure room: well, at least I got that little blue huckster
l46: meh. this is boring already
l47:
l48: sort of like a similar G1 level
treasure room: just barely made it... so, why is there that 4 second countdown when it shows you the points you scored?
l49:
...;l51: subtle! You have to keep trying the transport until you appear on the other side of it, and with the exit
treasure room: quick!
l52:
l62: actually got to a secret room! kinda coo! Don't know what the hell I did, of course...
l88; I feel like I could play this one forever... and I might have to, too! Especially since I'm depending on the randomness of these stupid red transports and what not......
l78: a thousand fake exits... too bad I'm not going to remember where the real one is!
l79:
l121: Ah! I've missed the hedge walls. Also, I think I know how to defeat the little blue fuc... the blue thief. Because he's a little tougher now. If you shoot at him, he runs the other way. Here's how to fix that: get yourself in a crowd of ghosts or some such thing; grunts, maybe. The thief will come up through the ranks, killing grunts or other monsters for you... even Death! What's THAT all about? Anyway, the monster generators will make fresh monsters that walk up behind the thief, thereby preventing him from running the other way when you shoot. Problem solved; maybe you hang on to your extra speed for a couple levels, who knows. They love taking that one away right away, apparently
l122: I dunno.... somehow these shootable walls aren't as fun a feature as I thought they were going to be. And somehow, the gamemakers themselves knew that instinctively as well, because Gauntlet's all about fighting the clock. You pay 25¢ for 700 hit points, which effectively gives you 700 seconds of game play. Now I gotta spend part of that time shooting at all the walls to see which one's a secret? No think you!
L148: This level is taking wAY too long... WAY WAY too long...... whew! Just finished.
l149: it says "To enter secret room: don't be fooled." Welp, didn't make it to that secret room! Big surprise... ah, they're overrated anyway. The first thing they take is your speed.
l151: oh boy! That one again with a million fake exits. Fortunately, I got a screen cap of it... hopefully the NEXT one is in the same place....
l160: Oh, great! The grunts now go FASTER THAN YOU!!!!!!!!!
l178 treasure room - 24 seconds! Wow! An upgrade! Still couldn't do it, though.
;l190: yeah, this is a repeat level, but it's that fun one where you depend on the kindness of the strange transporters. So far, they haven't been so kind. What is it about those transporters and diagonal walls that makes such a toxic combination?
l209: Here's something I just noticed... you can't fight hand-to-hand with Super Sorcerers. But I'm just a Warrior. Incidentally, when the axe bounces off the wall back at you and hits you, how do you not lose points? I just tried it in real life and..................
damn. I just had to try it. Welp, found out the hard way. Saved states don't work for Gauntlet 2. Probably for the best. I have to reboot anyway.
