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Play Gauntlet (US edition · English) Online
Gauntlet
Play Gauntlet online on NES. Pick one of four heroes, battle monster generators, collect keys and clues, use passwords, and recover the Sacred Orb alone or with a friend.
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
Quick start
Choose one or two players, then select a hero with the D-pad and confirm with A. Beginners can start with the Warrior or Valkyrie for stronger armor and direct combat. Move through the first maze while holding A and pressing a direction to fire into approaching enemies or generators. Touch keys before locked doors, collect food before shooting near it, and save B-button bombs for crowded screens or Death. Find the labeled exit rather than clearing every enemy. Pause with START and copy the displayed password before stopping, since it carries your hero and campaign progress forward.
Controls
D-pad: move; while holding A, choose the firing direction; move into nearby enemies for hand-to-hand combat. A: fire the hero's ranged weapon and confirm the selected character. B: detonate a carried bomb potion. START: open the game menu or pause/resume during play. SELECT: choose one- or two-player mode on the menu.
Gauntlet — About this game
Gauntlet for NES turns the arcade dungeon crawl into a one- or two-player quest with a defined campaign. Thor, Thyra, Merlin, and Questor differ in movement speed, armor, shot strength, melee power, and magic, making character choice part of the strategy. Every room asks you to destroy or evade streams of monsters, collect keys, food, treasure, and bomb potions, and reach an exit before dwindling health becomes a crisis. Treasure rooms restore power when escaped in time, clue rooms reveal pieces of the final combination, and branching world maps reward noting which exits connect. A password shown on the pause screen preserves the character, treasure, upgrades, and progress after completed treasure rooms.
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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