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[RADICAL1X]

It's an old £10.00 macgube calledd "Dungeon Master" you could be 1 of 5 characters Wizard, Barbarian, Sorceress, Elf or Grunt each had their own skills basically you moved round a board and there was a LCD screen in the middle for when you fought baddies.

p.s sorry no pic im afraid


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Radical1x

[PJ]

I know another one - it was in 1993, and it's based on an Egyptian theme, £2.40 always exchanged to Nudge Time, which I'd always get £3.00 repeat or £6.00 from. Cleopatra's Needle, or something like that, it was what I class as a mid-tech...

And that Dungeons & Dragons one had only 4 characters as I recall - Thor, Thyra (the bird), and two others I never played as, and your health went down as you fought monsters...

[marcosource]

was it gauntlet? (4 players videogame)

[PJ]

was it gauntlet? (4 players videogame)

That's what I was thinking, but I don't know if Atari would have allowed a fruity with the same name...

Anyway, the Gauntlet characters (Elf, Valkyrie, Warrior and Wizard) didn't have names of their own, just colours...

[Scorpio]

Now gauntlet was a monster of a game, used to hammer this in my local arcade.

I can here the noise as you spiral down the exit, and the "elf is it" sounds.

Would love to play that again.

Scorpz

[sctravis]

Would love to play that again

Thanks to Mame you can.

One night I played this constantly to see if I could finish the game. If you remember you replenished your health by adding more 10ps - so as long as you have money you don't get killed.

Well I got up to about level 66 or something, after about 6 hours of constant play with no end in sight that I had to give up and go to bed.

I worked out I must have put in around £1000 pound at least in 'virtual money' - must have made atari a fortune in the 80's!

I heard that someone got to around level 200 something and still didn't finish! Though this may be an urban legend.

Does anyone actually know how many levels were written into this game? (Still brilliant and fun though!)

[Pgamblin]

189 and counting. the other good thing about mame is the save state. if it not for that i would of given up trying to finish the game a long time ago

[PJ]

...good thing about mame is the save state...

Save state - what so you can reload the game and pick up where you left off? What MAME32 version first incorporated that?

Anyway, aren't we going a little OOT?...(but Pgamblin can reply re 'save state' first )

[Scorpio]

can someone send me the ROMS etc, as i aint got any mame stuff and wouldnt mind playin it again.

PM me for my email etc

Cheers

Scorpz

[PJ]

can someone send me the ROMS...

No probs, attached... 8) These are for MAME32 v0.82 - the latest version I've got, I don't know if any later versions require updated ROMs so best use 0.82...

BTW, I put this on the site in case anyone else wants to get mid-80's nostalgic...

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[Scorpio]

Cheers PJ, your a star or "you are It" in gauntlet terms LOL
Scorpz

[DaemonX]

Ahhh... the Nostalga...

did PJ give you the save too Scorpio? or do you have to work your
way up yourself?

I just want to here...

RED WARRIOR IS ABOUT TO DIE.... one more time

[PJ]

...did PJ give you the save...

No, I don't think my version (0.82) is capable of closing down and picking up where you left off...

I just want to here...RED WARRIOR IS ABOUT TO DIE.... one more time

No problem - attached...

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