Gauntlet 2 Game System: Arcade Cheat Category: Hint Game Company: U.S. Gold Game Category: Action Hint, Cheat, Walkthrough:   GAUNTLET 2 ========== (ROGER:) Once you get to the thief/mugger levels you can wait for the thief to appear and shoot him. He will appear in the same space you start the level on: shoot him and his money bag will appear. Do not pick up the money bag - it will cover his entrance onto the board, and therefore he may not appear until his entrance space is clear. I do not think this is a good tactic because of the amount of time wasted to do this. I only use this on long boards. You may also stop the thief/mugger by pushing a movable block across your own path. The thief/mugger will follow your own trail - footstep for footstep! Therefore you can run, find a movable block and circle around and cover your own trail by pushing the block to cover your trail. Note: if you re-cross your own trail, the thief/mugger will take the shortest route to catch you. If you are playing two+ player you can kill almost all dragons with one player diverting his attention, or using an indirect attack. For example: you can find shootable walls or just stand in the right spot askew from the dragon. He will try to flame instead of fire-ball. If done correctly, you will be standing a wall away from him. Then your partner can go around and shoot flame head while the dragon is flaming away. The 200 tick trick (see Gauntlet I) is now the 900 tick trick. He says that the game doesn't seem to have an ending, just like Gauntlet I. (He's gotten past level 100). Others have claimed it isn't 900 but some other number. I get the impression this number can be adjusted by the operator. In this game there are 'secret rooms'. To get to a secret room, perform a secret trick on a level. Some of the secret tricks are: * Teleporting into the exit * Pushing a movable wall into the exit * Keeping all the super shots * Not using invulnerability (this is almost always a good idea anyway) * Not touching a fake exit * Teleporting on top of Death and/or acid blobs * Not taking ANYTHING (the tick trick comes in handy here) The hints it gives to the secret room don't necessarily apply to your current level, just as on Gauntlet I. The secret trick usually doesn't work, but it is always same for any given board. You're allowed one secret trick for every 15 levels or so. You can kill the acid blobs! Just drop 2 potions in quick succession. This works regardless of your magic ability. It also puts the dragon back to sleep momentarily. (You can also kill them with a teleporter. If there's a teleporter handy, that is.) The ? foods are NOT random. Grab a ? food on health mod 20 == 7. You'll get 200 health. Couple of strategy notes: Reflective shots make the dragon easier. Invulnerability makes him very easy :) And remember that when generators aren't on the screen, they don't generate monsters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: MAME v0.33 Strategy Guide - Compiled by Phanatik URL: http://members.tripod.com/~phanatik/index.html