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Play Gauntlet II (Europe edition · English) Online
Gauntlet II
Play Gauntlet II online on NES. Choose Warrior, Valkyrie, Wizard, or Elf, destroy generators, share food and keys, and explore over 100 mazes with up to four players.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Gauntlet II
Quick start
At character selection, press Up for Warrior, Down for Wizard, Left for Elf, or Right for Valkyrie, then press a button to begin. Move with the D-pad and fire with A; concentrate shots on monster generators before their crowds grow. Pick up food to offset the constant health drain, keep keys for doors and locked chests, and use B to unleash a collected potion when the screen becomes dangerous. Follow labeled exits instead of lingering for every treasure. Additional players can join a running game by pressing A on their controller when the required multiplayer adapter is available.
Controls
D-pad: move in the corresponding direction and select a hero. START: begin or pause the game. SELECT: pause the game. A: fire the hero's weapon; on another controller, join a game already in progress. B: activate collected magic power. Character selection: Up Warrior, Down Wizard, Left Elf, Right Valkyrie.
Gauntlet II — About this game
Gauntlet II brings the cooperative arcade dungeon formula to NES with support for as many as four simultaneous players through a Four Score or NES Satellite. Thor, Thyra, Merlin, and Questor balance armor, speed, ranged attacks, hand-to-hand strength, and magic differently. Health falls with time as well as enemy damage, so each maze is a contest between exploration and urgency. Players fire through hordes, destroy the generators that keep producing them, collect keys and food, and search for an exit while dealing with traps, force fields, transporters, false passages, and the monster-attracting status known as It. More than 100 mazes and occasional treasure rooms make coordination and fair sharing of supplies essential in a group.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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