Gauntlet II (NES)

Gauntlet II

Platform: NES Year: 1990 Developer: Eastridge Technology Buy: Amazon

For other games in the series, see Gauntlet.

Gauntlet II is the sequel to the hit arcade game Gauntlet. While there is no storyline, it can be assumed it is something similar to the first game.

Again, you choose from four classes, a wizard, warrior, valkyrie or elf, but now you can also choose their color between red, green, blue and yellow. Unlike the first game, the game does not end and instead continues levels forever.

Screenshots

The title screen. Fighting off enemies in the first level.

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Music

The music in Gauntlet II is nowhere near as good as the first game's music. The title screen music is supposed to be an arrangement of the first Gauntlet game's theme, but it is poorly arranged. The worst part is that unlike the first game, there is no in-game music. The composer probably had to learn the Gauntlet theme by ear. While the game lacks credits, an anonymous Mindscape programmer confirmed that Nick Eastridge was responsible for the audio in this game. It is known that Nick wrote MIDI files and converted them to the NES but it is unknown what program Nick used to make the MIDI files, but it was most likely Cakewalk. There is also an unused tune that was probably written to test the audio driver or MIDI conversion tool that Nick wrote. It is a altered version of the title screen music.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title	Hal Canon	Nick Eastridge	0:18		Download
02	Get Ready	Hal Canon	Nick Eastridge	0:06		Download
03	Unknown	Hal Canon	Nick Eastridge	0:18		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Gil-Galad
• Recorder: Doommaster1994
  • Not Credited Composer: Hal Canon
  • Not Credited Arranger: Nick Eastridge

(Game lacks credits)

Game Rip

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Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

USA Title: Gauntlet II Platform: NES Released: 1990-09-?? Publisher: Mindscape     EU Title: Gauntlet II Platform: NES Released: 1991-04-25 Publisher: Mindscape

Links

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Gauntlet: The Third Encounter
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Gauntlet IV
Gauntlet: Legends	•  •  •
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy	•  •  •  •
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows	•  •
Gauntlet: Slayer Edition	•
Notable Songs	Gauntlet Theme • Treasure Room • Title
Notable Personnel	Hal Canon • Ben Daglish
Notable Companies	Atari • U.S. Gold • Gremlin Graphics Software • Mindscape • Tengen • Midway