ZylonBane Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Gauntlet may not have been much to look at, but the AI impressed the hell out of me. I can't think of any other games back then where the enemies so effectively navigated a completely dynamic landscape. And they could even tell when they had line-of-sight to the player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 So... any chance to make a dump of Gauntletak before all the floppies became bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Well, Phil was nice enough to get in touch with us several days ago. Here are the instructions for the game we received earlier today: http://www.atarimania.com/Gauntletak.pdf Mega thanks for the scans and we have our fingers crossed for the disk -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Maybe the disc image can be given to Donald R. Lebeau and we can all buy a registered version from him now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTheOrangeCat Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Well, Phil was nice enough to get in touch with us several days ago. Here are the instructions for the game we received earlier today: http://www.atarimania.com/Gauntletak.pdf Mega thanks for the scans and we have our fingers crossed for the disk -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Do you think you will be using PDF more often for your manual scans? I like PDF's more than the separate picture files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velcro_SP Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thanks for the PDF of the manual, Phil, and for hosting them, Atarimania! Even the docs are cool and unique. Like stepping back in time to see that font and the PM images and to appreciate the care that went into writing them. Good luck with making the images of the disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Awesome! Yeh if you get this working I would like to BUY a copy from Donald Lebeau to thank him for the years of fun play I had on that game. Well, as long as it is under say $30 US dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Good luck with making the images of the disks. I that works then I'll gladly make a FlashCart runnable image of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Good luck with making the images of the disks. I that works then I'll gladly make a FlashCart runnable image of it If it's just a standard disk and the game isn't doing anything weird with SIO, the regular flashcart scripts should be able to make a runnable flashcart of it easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjb Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It would be really cool if Mr. Lebeau could alter the full version so that it could be release on cart. I'd love to see a 5200 version as well. I don't suppose the souce still exists? tjb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji-Man Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 That's one ugly page... Need to upload better screenshots I believe Dr. Clu, one of the disks I gave you had the registered version of Gauntlet on them. Still have these disks? Guys, please, PLEASE, PLEASE check the various websites and archive any rare stuff that you don't find on the Internet. This is the sort of program that is IMPOSSIBLE to find nowadays and REALLY needs to be preserved. I know I have it somewhere!!! When I get everything unpacked I will find it. Has anyone found it? Was wondering if I could get a copy on a 5.25" floppy for the original Atari Hardware? I'll pay for shipping/handling and floppy ofcouse, or would someone be interested in selling the original? thanks! Wow, I remember this demo, was one of my favorites. Amaurote was another, that I couldnt figure out but was cool... Any luck finding a copy of this? Thanks Fuji-Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 (edited) Hey, I just had to highlight this: If you've not downloaded the game instruction PDF, you are missing out. Check out this just excellent cover page sketch. Love it. Edited December 16, 2007 by potatohead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 So, does swamprat have a workable copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Here's Gauntletak, looks like a good copy. I didn't play it too much, and already sent it to Atarimania. Thanks for sending it out so I could image it! Gauntletak.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjb Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Here's Gauntletak, looks like a good copy. I didn't play it too much, and already sent it to Atarimania. Thanks for sending it out so I could image it! Yes! Thanks for sharing! tjb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Awesome, I've been waiting a long time to play this. Here is a 1mbit flash cartridge image and just the XEX file for separate loading. Steve gauntlet_exe_cart.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) A very big thank you to Phil for getting in touch, scanning the manual and taking the time to send out the disk to Shawn Jefferson, who very kindly and promptly archived the game. Kudos to you guys Atarimania link: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=20465 -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Edited December 28, 2007 by www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Here is a 1mbit flash cartridge image and just the XEX file for separate loading. You might want to rename that EXE file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Holy hell, I didn't realize the game by name. I used to play this a lot back in the day, it's a fantastic game! Big thanks to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Full version? Good find! Just curious. I know that atarimania likes to provide the vapi version of a disk if available. But doesn't that, then, limit it's use to windows only machines? Since the source code for VAPI is not available, only the DLL file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) As far as I am aware, there was no copy protection on this disk, and I made a straight ATR image... I didn't use VAPI. If anyone knows differently (Donald maybe?) I'll make a VAPI image and upload it! I never really played this game back in the day, and it's not really my cup of genre, but this game is very polished and plays quite well. It's too bad that it wasn't more successful, or published by (at least) APX. I guess it was a matter of timing though. Edited December 29, 2007 by Shawn Jefferson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Oh I was just referring to VAPI images in general, not this particular release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Just curious. I know that atarimania likes to provide the vapi version of a disk if available. But doesn't that, then, limit it's use to windows only machines? Since the source code for VAPI is not available, only the DLL file? I'm afraid only someone like Jorge can answer questions related to the program itself. Atarimania is hosting the project but it's difficult to respond to technical interrogations at the moment. I really hope Jorge is OK and will chime in. Phil copied Gauntletak from his original disk and the game wasn't copy-protected. -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I'm afraid only someone like Jorge can answer questions related to the program itself. Atarimania is hosting the project but it's difficult to respond to technical interrogations at the moment. I really hope Jorge is OK and will chime in. I believe he prefers that VAPI/PASTI images are made of floppies that are unprotected as well. Pasti is also involved for the preservation of disks with no on-disk copy protection. These disks can be imaged with standard tools and stored as standard ST images (ST/MSA). But standard tools can’t verify the condition of the disk. Then a plan ST image might be taken from a disk that is damaged or modified. The Pasti preservation tools can verify a disk for being in “mint” condition or not. We call “mint” a disk that is not damaged or modified. And we obviously want to preserve images taken from disks in mint condition. I haven't heard from him in a while, hope everything is OK as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Ahh I see. To bad he is MIA for the time being. Just mentioned my concern because the .DLL format wont last forever. Just a simple architect change, or even OS change, can completely invalidate it. Plus it prevents use by people on other platforms (aka Mac, linux, etc). Anyways the point I was getting at is it'd be nice if Atarmania provided an "unprotected" image in addition to any VAPI images for those not using the intel architect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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