Jade Rambles: Tiger LCD Games

[JadePharaoh]

They effed up and sent me a Gauntlet one instead. I still played it a little to see what it was about. Similar to the original you navigate a monster-filled maze trying to reach the end. You have a Power gauge that goes down with every action you perform, be it moving, swinging your weapon, or taking a hit, and the game is over when it reaches 0. You have a choice of characters when you start - the Barbarian or the Valkyrie - but I'm not sure how different they are gameplay-wise besides the Barbarian starting out with more Power. Enemies consist solely of goblins and lizardmen, and items you pick up include screen-clearing bombs, keys which I never figured out what purpose they serve (I didn't encounter a single locked door), and every third level contains items that replenish your Power meter. I assume it's supposed to be food (that you need badly) but it's represented by just the key and bomb sprites laid on top of one another. I didn't make it far enough to see if there's any real end to the game, or if the goal is to simply see how many levels you can clear before your Power inevitably runs out.