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More monsters, magic and mayhem are served up for dungeon delvers hooked on the coin-op conversion of Gauntlet in this 512 level sequel.

Once again, one or two players can take on the roles of Merlin the wizard, Thyra the valkyrie, Thor the warrior and Questor the elf as they delve deeper into dungeons packed with terror and treasure. These dungeons are not for the faint hearted as, although they contain a familiar collection of ghosts, grunts, lobbers and sorcerers, these appear in large enough combinations designed to kill you relatively easily. For example, level four begins with a shower from a horde of lobbers, level 10 with a confrontation with six 'deaths' and other levels swarm with countless ghosts that sap your health.

Some of the levels have been designed by players of the original Gauntlet - which probably accounts for the particularly evil levels; you even have to make sure you don't pick up too many potions so you have enough room for the keys you need!

The coin-op sequel, Gauntlet II, is now in most arcades and it's a shame that some of its features aren't included in this game. More of the same, no matter how devious, doesn't seem to be enough. At £4.99 for another 512 levels no Gauntlet player is going to complain but it could have been so much better.