Gauntlet (NES) speedrun

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  • Streamed live at / eunosxx on 27 Nov 2018.
    Leaderboard and resources: www.speedrun.c...
    The official time for this run is 14 minutes, 54.6 seconds, the world record at that time. / guggensulli has since beaten this time -- / 343348236 .
    I started learning Gauntlet on 5 Nov 2018 for Edgeworth20 event in AngryLarry's discord. On the 11th, / khananaphone challenged me to a race him to sub 15. Eight days later I beat / guggensulli 's world record by 8 seconds with a time of 15:07.4. Guggensulli came back to the game to try for the sub 15.
    Since the latest Gauntlet world record there have been new routing ideas. The night prior to this run, Guggensulli ran a new route that picks up Power Shot in Room 18. The Power Shot allows the player's projectiles to break down key doors, destroy pushblocks, and clear weak walls in a single shot. There are a lot of small saves, but the big one is shooting through a pile of pushblocks in Room 28 which also can set up a Death clip. This run did not succeed at that.
    After Guggensulli's stream, I discovered another glitch, completely by accident, while trying to understand and practice his route. It's possible to overflow keys to 255 by walking a certain way through the inside angle an opening door, such as in Room 22. This is enough keys to plow through every door for the rest of the run, skipping numerous minor key grabs and careful stepping near doors. However, this run also failed to underflow keys, but at no cost in the attempt to do so.

ความคิดเห็น • 36

  • @andylimb
    @andylimb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I spent so many hours and quarters in the arcade playing this game. Even to this day I still say, “green elf needs food, badly,” when I’m hungry.

  • @dorpth
    @dorpth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    In terms of finding the complete password and getting the "real" ending, this might have been THE single hardest game in NES history. I just can't imagine anyone figuring that shit out without a guide.

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Now I wish that was something I could experience.
      A group of friends learned this for a very casual 21-week speedrun event, during which we had up to two weeks to get a best time in this game (while also having another active game in the event). After one night trying, it didn't seem reasonable to try to solve the game casually.
      Imagine tracking down part of the vault code on one night, then another part another night. Then you go to the end and it doesn't work! What?!
      Definitely one of the hardest, but still fair NES games. And it's so much fun.

    • @neobaldurevermore3757
      @neobaldurevermore3757 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always thought this game didn't have an ending when I was a kid! I've only seen a fraction of this game. I must have really sucked at this game.
      I didn't understand any of these mechanics!

  • @ZSBrian
    @ZSBrian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I once got to L99 and flubbed entering the code. Got so frustrated, I just set the game down forever. Seeing the end completes me just little bit. Great run. Thanks!

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you got to see the end! You actually got farther than I ever did before I learned the speedrun. :D
      Vault code entry is my most nervous part of the speedrun. I use a dogbone style NES controller, the kind that packed with a toploader, because it's easier to get diagonal inputs. The downside is that it's easier to accidentally move the cursor during code entry. I've flubbed the code many times.

  • @joe_8699
    @joe_8699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this game. Being able to memorize this games stage layouts is very impressive

  • @slayerd357
    @slayerd357 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hats off to you sir! That's quite the feat!

  • @cooliodiablo4571
    @cooliodiablo4571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This game, Demon sword, and Simon’s quest were my shit as a kid.

  • @Foolishpleazure
    @Foolishpleazure 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just before the 1 minute mark,I could hear you let out a low sigh,and I kinda chuckled,because it sounded just like when they grab the food!!!...lol

  • @tc3804
    @tc3804 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ill be honest i remember renting this game as a kid and now at 40 have to admit i didnt actually realize this game had an ending😂

  • @gardnerjp1
    @gardnerjp1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember this being dubbed the hardest NES game ever created

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At this point, I can only wonder what the organic gameplay experience was like.
      To enter the final encounter, you need to find secret tiles in 8 secret rooms which unveil a part of the vault code. But there are 32 vault codes respective to the first character of your password. But how much playing do you have to do just to realize that's what's needed? Then the process of discovering and tabulating all that data through replay. You work forward again and again and again.
      So, the question of difficulty -- I don't think it's hard, but it's laborious. For an unorganized gamer, Gauntlet will be impossible to solve. For anyone else, it's just a matter of time.
      Value is how I'd measure an NES game, rather than difficulty. I think Gauntlet is one of the most valuable gaming experiences on NES, up there with Zelda 1, Zelda 2, Super Mario 3, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, etc.

  • @ChiefCoralcola
    @ChiefCoralcola 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Eunos Gauntlet has been thrown down!

  • @warriorsofxaldana8003
    @warriorsofxaldana8003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Impressive.

  • @HappyMealBieber
    @HappyMealBieber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    elf shot the food

  • @allenhaywood9608
    @allenhaywood9608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oh I loved and hated this game, no internet to rely on my 10yr old brain could never beat it...that god damned TIMER

  • @Dowell318
    @Dowell318 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happens at the end, if you just go in the exit without first grabbing that item that's just past the exit, in the final stage? Do you NOT beat the game?

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup, that's a Game Over.

  • @РоманКарпенко-т6э
    @РоманКарпенко-т6э 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to play after 70 levels at gauntlet2 gameboy 1989 ?

  • @kennethfelipe823
    @kennethfelipe823 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to play this game all the time. I could never beat the end of the game with that dragon. I would always be the elf. They would always send me back 10 or five levels. I don’t remember how much it was. I had the password too.

  • @patrickbennett439
    @patrickbennett439 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whats the treatsure actually do for you in this game? I thought it was to increase health or something. I see you get full health just with an exit on that level that gets you health.

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's right, the treasure increases max health. 2 or 3 times in the run, a red menu screen will open up. I'm not doing that, it happens automatically when hitting a treasure threshold. In the speedrun, we'd prefer to minimize this.
      Finding a valid exit in treasure rooms fully refills health. This is very important later in the game, most especially approaching room 88 where life can get very low

    • @patrickbennett439
      @patrickbennett439 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like gauntlet 1 nes the best. I was checking out all the other gauntlets today.@@EunosXX

  • @realtyranny3310
    @realtyranny3310 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if you shoot the orb?

  • @lemur58
    @lemur58 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice run. What is the world record with the warrior?

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh dear. I don't know; no one has submitted a warrior run. It's been done, I think by speedrunner Error72 in fifty something minutes. It's so hard though. I have only made it to 25 or so on warrior

    • @ericsmana
      @ericsmana 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This guy went full Legolos

  • @justinman114
    @justinman114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HOOOOOOO!

  • @brantnuttall
    @brantnuttall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do you get from 98 health to max at 1:23 ?

    • @EunosXX
      @EunosXX  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finding the exit in a treasure room gives a full health refill.

    • @brantnuttall
      @brantnuttall 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EunosXX Thank you! It's quite different to the arcade version!

  • @allencummings7564
    @allencummings7564 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    *le gasp* :O

    • @allencummings7564
      @allencummings7564 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never seen that where part of the door opens :/ .... Dayum great run tho, even with all that swearing! xD