I have only one major groan about this game and that is the way you must hold the Lynx sideways to view the screen.
Many great warriors, fighters and wizards have trekked the Castle ground in an effort to recover this gem but have not returned. A party of ten such great explorers have gotten together to take on this quest but only up to four can go! Will thou be a part of this adventure? Or will thou wimp out?
Gauntlet III has been a tremendous success from the arcades to the old Commodore 64 and loads of other machines including the Sega Master System and now the Atari Lynx.
Rather than convert the original game, Atari have come up with a rather good original version. Now for those not in the know here is a run down on the game. Basically you must wander through mazes and dungeons to find the source of all the ghosts and slimes that lurk about. You can go it alone or in this case take up to four mates with you to glory or hell!
The Atari Lynx has got a good version to boast about with scaling being used throughout showing what nasty is about to nab ya! The title sequence flips the screen 180 degree backwards which looks brilliant for such a small machine. With 40 levels of mass murder players each with different abilities there shouldn't be many worries about lastability. The graphics are small but with lot of scaling being used to max potential. The sound and music are both annoying that's nothing new on the Lynx. I have only one major groan about this game and that is the way you must hold the Lynx sideways to view the screen. For some odd reason Atari has decided to experiment on such a classic title and the experiment has gone wrong. But apart from this one complaint I think once you get used to this dumb system you'll find an enjoyable game of exploring and skill. Add Gauntlet III to your collection.
Brian Costelloe
*As printed in Megazone Magazine Aug/ Sep 1992