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"Gauntlet Dark Legacy" for Nintendo GameCube brings all of the action of the classic RPG style arcade game into the home with better graphics and improved gameplay. Up to four people can participate. Players battle an onslaught of evil trolls, goblins, and skeletons while playing as a warrior, dwarf, sorceress, jester, or other chosen character. The backstory of the game is steeped in fantasy mythology. In long ago days, a great evil was released into the world by a demon and still exists. Players must gather twelve runestones that have been scattered far and wide. Only when this quest is completed can the land be free of evil again. Sumner is a good king, and it is for him that players are fighting. He controls the eight realms of his kingdom from his tower. Players are able to enter different worlds from Sumner's tower. Information about the history of each of these worlds is revealed through brief video sequences before the new world is entered. Players have the power to control different professions of everyone in the game. These include archers, warrior, valkyries, and wizards. Each profession brings unique strengths and weaknesses. For example, wizards start with strong powers in magic, and archers have fast speed. Each character, regardless of type, holds powers in the areas of armor, speed, strength, and magic. Armor protects and speed enables swift attacks. Strength and magic are both used to damage enemies. These attributes are increased as you level up and strengthen your legacy throughout the game. Once a fight has begun, players have several options of how they will conduct their attack. You can mix and match the variables of fast, slow, strong, and weak to put together a custom attack. These combo attacks are stronger than attacks based on one variable. Strafing, blocking, and charging are also options in battle. Strong players can defend themselves and inflict damage simultaneously with the same move. Choices of weapons used to slash through the dark hordes of enemies include sword and ax. Magic spells can also be strategically cast to cut everyone down to size. Power ups can be found in over 60 stages of gameplay. They increase health and take out enemies when their numbers become too many. Gameplay differs between realms. In some cases, players simply race straight down paths and fight whatever gets in their way. In other locations; however, players must navigate mazes. Along the way, players seek to gather up magical items which can give them additional powers. Players must also gather food for sustenance. Treasure can be used as currency to buy food or weapons at shops. The enemies vary by the level or world they are encountered in. A magical generator creates enemies even as they are killed. It is only when the generator is destroyed that enemies stop being created. "Gauntlet Dark Legacy" was the last video game within the Gauntlet series of games to be released in arcades. "Dark Legacy" added four new character classes: sorceress, knight, jester, and dwarf as well as five new levels. This Nintendo GameCube recreation has stayed true to the charm of the Gauntlet arcade game while offering the features and functionality needed for a home console based game. In addition to the GameCube, this game is also available for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2.