Difference between revisions of "Gauntlet IV"

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For the Sega Master System game, see Gauntlet.

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Gauntlet IV

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: M2

Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games

Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play, Team Player

Genre: Action, RPG (JP box says both; Sega of Japan master list only says Action)

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-09-17	¥7,8007,800	T-48123
US	1993-10^[1]	$54.9554.95^[1]	T-48216
EU	1993-09-17^[2]		T-48216-50
PT	1993		MDJSE0188
AU	199x

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Gauntlet IV (ガントレット) is a 1985 arcade game by Atari Games. In 1993, subsidiary Tengen published an expanded remake on the Sega Mega Drive, calling it Gauntlet in Japan and Gauntlet IV elsewhere. This remake was developed by M2.

Quest Mode Storyline

In the game's world, adventurers are people who go out to solve mysteries through adventure, turning the mysteries into legends. One mystery remains, called "The mystery protected by the old castle towers." These towers — representing the elements fire, earth, wind, and water — are enchanted with a curse which you, the adventurer willing to unravel the mystery, must break to enter the castle and find the rumored treasure inside.

Gameplay

shoots your weapon, which will go to the edge of the screen unless it hits something. START will open the pause menu, which cycles between status, equipment, items, and password for continuing later with the D-pad. uses a magic potion, collected during the course of the game. Holding and pressing START "inserts a coin", adding health to the current player and decreasing the global credit (coin) count (both of which are configurable in the Options screen).

Gauntlet IV was marketed as being the first Mega Drive game to support both Sega's Team Player and Electronic Arts' 4 Way Play peripherals. Tengen may have also been working on their own four-player add-on during the game's development^[5].

Modes

Gauntlet IV contains the original up-to-four-players arcade mode as well as three new modes:

Quest Mode: where players fight through five towers full of Gauntlet gimmicks
Battle Mode: where two or more players compete to survive in either a Normal Battle, Equal Battle, or Password Battle
Record Mode: where players try to run through the original levels to see who can get through first

These new modes are accompanied by new music composed by Masaharu Iwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto.

Production credits

Credits are split into two screens — the first screen (presumably) has the original arcade version credits:

Designer/Programmer: Ed Logg
Game Programmer: Bob Flanagan
Video Graphics: Sam Comstock, Susan G. McBride, Alan Murphy, Will Norble, Dave Pettigrew
Engineer: Pat McCarthy
Technician: Sae Oh, Cris Drobny
Sound Design: Hal Cannon, Earl Vickers
Cabinet Design: Ken Hata
Special Thanks To: Dave Theurer, Mike Albaugh, and many others

The second screen has the Mega Drive conversion credits:

Programmer: Tetsuya Abe
Graphic Converter: Masatoshi Kawasaki, Naoki Horii
Music Arrange & Compose: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
Test Player: Gorou Sumiyoshi
Adviser: Jun Amanai, Takahiro Takeda
Special Thanks to: Chris Ryu Tang, Kawachi, Kibu, Maruchika, and many others

Magazine articles

Main article: Gauntlet IV/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP flyer

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mega (UK) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-16)
also published in:

Sega Pro (UK) #29: "March 1994" (1994-01-27)^[6]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-07: "July 1993" (1993-06-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-08: "August 1993" (1993-07-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-09: "September 1993" (1993-08-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-10: "October 1993" (1993-09-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-12: "December 1993" (1993-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-04: "April 1994" (1994-03-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[11]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

83

^[12]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[13]

Dengeki Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[15]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[16]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[17]

Freak (IL)

87

^[18]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[19]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[20]

Game Power (IT)

NTSC-U

74

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[22]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

74

^[23]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[24]

Hyper (AU)

86

^[25]

Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2 (RU)

80

^[26]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

75

^[27]

MAN!AC (DE)

80

^[3]

Mega (UK)

PAL

90

^[28]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

88

^[29]

Mega Force (FR)

82

^[30]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

68

^[31]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

94

^[32]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

30

^[33]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

94

^[9]

Megazone (AU)

PAL

72

^[34]

Player One (FR)

85

^[35]

Sega Magazin (DE)

71

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

73

^[37]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

PAL

78

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

87

^[38]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

78

^[39]

Todo Sega (ES)

79

^[40]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

73

^[41]

VideoGames Shopper (UK)

PAL

79

^[42]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

83

^[43]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[44]

	76
Based on 37 reviews

Gauntlet IV

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)

Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f9d60510
MD5	5e8ec4c047ef4af15027e93b5358858f
SHA-1	d28e22207121f0e2980dd409b4fb24f9fb8967ae

1MB

1993-09

Cartridge (US/EU)

✔

CRC32	3bf46dce
MD5	840f9f6fd4f22686b89cfd9a9ade105a
SHA-1	26c26ee2bb9571d51537d9328a5fd2a91b4e9dc1

1MB

1993-08

Cartridge (US/EU)

✔

CRC32	f9872055
MD5	9aad96cc5364d2289f470b75c59907a5
SHA-1	30208982dd1f50634943d894e7458a556127f8e4

1MB

1993-09

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 051.pdf, page 76
↑ File:Edge UK 001.pdf, page 22
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:MAN!AC DE 1993-12.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1993-12.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 05.pdf, page 46
↑ File:MDAG UK 03.pdf, page 6
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 15
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1993-10.pdf, page 23
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 05.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 05.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 85
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 27
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 23
↑ Dengeki Mega Drive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 37
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Famitsu, "1993-09-24" (JP; 1993-09-10), page 38
↑ Freak, "1/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 74
↑ GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 74
↑ GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 48
↑ Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 42
↑ Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 65
↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 157
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 76
↑ Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 32
↑ Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 22
↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 126
↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 73
↑ MegaTech, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-20), page 76
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 58
↑ Megazone, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-12-01), page 30
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 26
↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 74
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Sonic the Comic, "December 11th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-11), page 12
↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 80
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
↑ VideoGames Shopper, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Video Games, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-22), page 100
↑ VideoGames, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:GamePro_US_051.pdf_p76-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 051.pdf, page 76

[:File:Edge_UK_001.pdf_p22-2] File:Edge UK 001.pdf, page 22

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-12.pdf_p50-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 File:MAN!AC DE 1993-12.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1993-12.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_05.pdf_p46-4] File:SegaForceMega UK 05.pdf, page 46

[:File:MDAG_UK_03.pdf_p6-5] File:MDAG UK 03.pdf, page 6

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p15-6] Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 15

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-10.pdf_p23-7] File:BeepMD_JP_1993-10.pdf, page 23

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-8] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85

[:File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf_p50-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega13UK.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_05.pdf_p44-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 05.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 05.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content

[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 85

[:File:ASM_DE_1994-03.pdf_p27-12] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-07), page 27

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-10.pdf_p23-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 23

[:File:DengekiMD_JP_04.pdf_p37-14] Dengeki Mega Drive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 37

[:File:EGM_US_052.pdf_p46-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 46

[16] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0249.pdf_p38-17] Famitsu, "1993-09-24" (JP; 1993-09-10), page 38

[18] Freak, "1/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0110.pdf_p14-19] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0701.pdf_p94-20] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:GamePower_IT_24.pdf_p74-21] Game Power, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:GamePro_US_051.pdf_p74-22] GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_011.pdf_p48-23] GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 48

[24] Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 42

[:File:Hyper_AU_002.pdf_p65-25] Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 65

[26] Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 157

[:File:Joypad_FR_025.pdf_p76-27] Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 76

[:File:Mega_UK_13.pdf_p32-28] Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 32

[:File:MegaAction_UK_07.pdf_p22-29] Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 22

[:File:MegaForce_FR_22.pdf_p126-30] Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 126

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-11.pdf_p73-31] Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 73

[:File:MegaTech_UK_22.pdf_p76-32] MegaTech, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-20), page 76

[:File:Migr_4_RU.pdf_p58-33] Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:Megazone_AU_34.pdf_p30-34] Megazone, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-12-01), page 30

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_038.pdf_p100-35] Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_02.pdf_p26-36] Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 26

[:File:SegaPower_UK_48.pdf_p74-37] Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-38] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[39] Sonic the Comic, "December 11th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-11), page 12

[:File:TodoSega_ES_08.pdf_p80-40] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 80

[41] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15

[:File:VGS_UK_01.pdf_p40-42] VideoGames Shopper, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-12.pdf_p100-43] Video Games, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-22), page 100

[:File:VideoGames_US_60.pdf_p82-44] VideoGames, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 82

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Difference between revisions of "Gauntlet IV"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 09:35, 26 August 2018

Contents

Quest Mode Storyline

Gameplay

Modes

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References