Gauntlet and Rampart is a two-in-one Game Boy Advance cartridge holding ports of two Atari arcade games. It was developed by EC Interactive Games and published by DSI Games in North America and Zoo Digital Publishing in Europe. Gauntlet is a maze dungeon crawler with four hero classes; Rampart alternates cannon duels with timed wall-rebuilding rounds.
How To Play Gauntlet and Rampart
Control
Action
D-Pad
Pick a game or hero on the menus; move your character through the dungeon in Gauntlet; move the cursor and aim the cannons in Rampart
A
Confirm a menu choice; fire your weapon in Gauntlet (hold for rapid fire, release to move again); fire cannons and drop the current wall piece in Rampart
B
Use a magic potion in Gauntlet; rotate the current wall piece in Rampart
Start
Start the game and pause during play
About Gauntlet and Rampart
Release date
EU: September 16, 2005; NA: November 3, 2005
Developer
EC Interactive Games
Publisher
DSI Games (NA), Zoo Digital Publishing (EU)
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Compilation; maze action and dungeon crawl (Gauntlet), strategy and artillery (Rampart)
Series
Gauntlet, Rampart
Modes
Single-player (no link cable play, no save function)
Also known as
Gauntlet / Rampart, 2 Games in One! – Gauntlet + Rampart, Gauntlet & Rampart
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Two notes on sourcing: no Japanese release exists for this cartridge, so that date is omitted. Published control documentation for this specific GBA compilation is thin — the mappings above follow the arcade originals as ported, and the L and R buttons have no confirmed function in either game, so they are left out rather than guessed.
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