Sony has just announced that the PlayStation Network downloadable classic, Gauntlet II, will be available on May 3 for $4.99 -- no silly points scheme, you actually know how much you're paying. Here are the details on this oldie but goodie:
WHAT:
Play as the Warrior, Valkyrie, Elf, or the Wizard in Gauntlet II™! Enter a dungeon with several hundred levels as players defeat monster generators that churn out wave after wave of enemies. Players can destroy them to clear the level and find their way to the exit! Collect food for health and magic items for power-ups while plowing through the dungeon. Brought back and available for download exclusively on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, it’s time to re-experience this classic Midway arcade title.
ABOUT GAUNTLET II:
Replay All Your Favorite Characters – Choose from one of four characters, either Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie or Questor the Elf. Dungeon Crawling Action in 100+ Unique Levels – Players will fight their way through levels in new ways by having the playfield turned in steps of 90° or the classic invisible walls. Control Your Enemies’ Fate, Control Your Own – Players will race to make the enemy "It" and avoid becoming "It" themselves! Release the curse that draws all enemies towards you by touching another player or entering the exit. The medieval game of games is on! Multiplayer Action – Play online against other players through the PLAYSTATION Network. Track wins, and see how everyone stacks up against other players through dedicated leader boards.
Wow, a classic game, with added multiplayer and other functionality, for only $4.99? Hmm, still think the Virtual Console isn't a rip off?
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12:52 PM on 05.01.2007
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This is me not caring.
That said, you gotta give them credit for including online and making it so cheap.
but you do raise a great point.... $5 for a title with online added of an old game makes you wonder if you are getting ripped of with the more expensive online titles with nothing added and sometimes things removed..
It's pathetic man, just give us the news at let us make our own minds up you facist.
It's a shame, Destructoid is by and large an agenda free site, real gamers seem to be running this place, but there is always one who ruins it for all.
you go Summa
got me mine, ROW1 in teh center WOOT!!
oh my how the internet screws with peoples heads and not for any intelligence increasing either.
What we want from a game journalist who claims to like games, is an agenda free reporting of the news, Destructoid is not owned by fucking Sony or Rupert Murdoch, so stop the bullshit and don't play the "I'm only letting you know for your own good" oldest trick in the book routine.
You constantly bash Nintendo when you can whilst at the same time sucking Sony's one. It's tiresome man, it really is. If it was vice versa and you were bashing Sony whilst going down on Nintendo, then it would be equally bullshit.
Now, I don't have a personal issue with the price (unlike some people), other than a general desire to want things to always be even cheaper. However, you do have to look at the fact that the PSN gives you PS1 games for, what, $5-6? Comparable VC games (a.k.a. N64 games) are $10. Now, the N64 games are better (though fewer) than the PS1 games so far, but honestly, Nintendo is charging more for the same level of tech.
;x
Yeah, so every time I see a piece of news about Nintendo reported by Summa, he raises genuine agenda free questions about gaming. Bollocks.
The point here is not that VC games are too high, the point here is that even when delivering a piece of news about Sony, Summa can't resist a dig at Nintendo, all debate aside, it's just tiresome, it's so mid 90's fanboyism I can't have a sense of humour about it at all. If Summa wants to debate issues then do so, but his hate for Nintendo thinly disguised as truthful insightful questions, does not cut it.
And yes, it is a blog and it is Dtoid, so do what you want, it's nothing to do with me. I just can't believe people like Summa still exist, they sound rediculous in 2007.
I'm primarily a Nintendo fan above the other two companies, but there are legitimate concerns with the Wii, as far as I'm concerned. Do I still back it? Yeah, but if it's relevant, a comparison should be drawn.
Does Summa have an agenda to completely discredit Nintendo? No. That's crazy talk. And come on now, I know you're not crazy.
Don't forget that most sites currently have an almost overwhelming Nintendo-Microsoft love-in going on right now. I've seen so much Sony hate since E3 2006 that I actually got tired of it. Do you understand that statement? I should never get tired of hating or making fun of Sony.
Considering that Summa is pretty much the only guy really supporting Sony strongly on Destructoid, I say we let him be. It lends more credibility to have diverse viewpoints. Besides, we all know that the Wii is kicking the PS3's ass, so what does it matter?
(@ Summa: You probably could tone it down just a little bit.)
1 final thing, i question your right to use zardoz as your screen name. that movie and what it stood far are cool, your belief that fanboyism died at the end of the 90's and that summa is the only one perpetuating this supposed "dead horse" is very not cool.
Nevermind that Sony is taking huge losses on the PS3 itself, then still selling its PSN games for cheaper. Nintendo's been making money on Wii since day one (and could have easily have sold it for less and taken a short temporary loss) and is printing money with the VC, especially compared to PSN games.
Just want to make sure I'm understanding where you're coming from.
The cost of the PS3, for its components, is still a big steal right now (to reference ol' crazy Kutaragi), you have to admit. I think that you and I just don't see the value in owning those components. That, and have no desire to buy Blu-ray discs.
You're missing my point, I couldn't care less about who hates what, like I've said before differeces make the world go round right?
I'm saying that Summa's agenda driven game journalism is dated and tiresome, it represents the peak of mid 90's lifetstyle driven bullshit, y'know, where Sony convinced everyone that playing games was for kids unless you play games on a Sony machine, in which case that makes you cool and sophisticated.
There are about a million other issues game journalists could address other than the "I hate Nintendo" or "I hate Sony" driven bullshit.
So just to clarify - I don't care what Summa thinks or what he is trying or not trying to do, my problem is with his lame game coverage and dated outlook of the games industry, it's boring, one sided, petty and above all tiresome. I wouldn't mind if he had any sense of humour, but he can't even bitch about something and make you laugh. So overall it's pointless.
But you know what? This aint my site so Summa knock yourself out, go for it and do what you do best - be a whinging bitch trapped in the 90's.
talk bad about the one company and it's normal, talk about the other bad and OMG all the bitches come out of the IPworks
i just don't think what summa did was so 90's and so fanboyish. i goto forums, fanboys can't speak without writing broken leet speak, and are blinded at extreme levels to why the love the company they push for. summa is a fan, he didn't end the post with {i'm not typing all the extra fanboy text crap} "nintendo is the suxz, sony is r god's". no, instead he decided to use his job in video game journalism to ask a reflexive question that did show is stance, but didn't rub it in your face. the fact that he asked it in a question leaves open the discussion of the topic and your own beliefs of the situation {leading back to the first paragraph}
i've never seen a fanboy give that much ground to discussion in my life.
and Mozgus, please take a step back and realize that wanting somebody fired is a BIG DEAL and kinda fucked up. a person's job is usually one of the most vital things in their lives. please realize that asking for somebody to get the axe for something so shallow is ridiculous. all these readers that you claim destructoid is pushing away by having Summa here, they can stay pushed away. you know why? because i remember reading this comment from Nex the other day during the whole "Goat of War" fiasco:
"By the way guys, I just wanted to say that with a few obvious exceptions, I'm amazed at how polite, rational, and well thought out this whole set of comments has been. I feel like I've stepped off of the Internet and into a Salon in Paris circa 1889. We really do have the best community in these here Tubes, and you guys make all this stuff so awesome. Gracias."
so if that's the state of the site now, with all those people being pushed away, then i say we keep it that way.
a. Stupid
b. a Troll
c. a bad employee (this is new)
You're all bastards for stealing my thoughts.
I agree that the VC pricing is higher than it should be (NES 300, TG16 400 SNES/Genesis 500 and N64 600, would be much more ideal), but Nintendo seems to be making a lot of money off it right now, at the current price points so don't expect that to change anytime soon.
as for opinionated journalism...i'd say there's a bit of balance if you're allowed to post your counterpoint or opinions here without fear of your comment being obliterated and/or your account going the same route. talking from frustration doesn't help your cause. Summa posts his point, offer your counter point. To me, that's the balance.
Dont get me wrong. I rarely agree with his posts. But then again, I'm the same way about Nintendo as he appears to be about Sony at times. People have biases; if you dont like it, get over it.
And I happen to agree with him on this point, but I DONT agree that Nintendo is completely boning people. *shrugs*
But thats just my opinion.
At least that's the way I see it.
I frequently get irked by what he posts too...but Jesus, put the pitchforks down.
When's the date?
It's nothing more than the vocal minority.
@ Summa: "Consider it done. My time writing here is finished."
Are you serious?
If it's a personal reason you're leaving, good on you and I wish you the best.
If you're leaving due to public pressure, then I misjudged you.
If you're not leaving, then I'm a horse's ass and should be called such.
To be honest, I first heard about Destructoid when you made your exodus from Joystiq. Just remember that, unlike the haters, some of us did like your stuff, even if we didn't always agree with it. We'll miss you, but good luck, I guess.
I'm always more than happy to point out where I think summa is talking through his ass, and I do sometimes get a little annoyed at his rampant trolling, but it does prove for some good discussion in the following threads. If you really don't agree with something summa says, why should it bother you? It's either a difference of opinion, of which he is as entitled to as you, or else some inaccuracy, which you're more than welcome to point out in the comments. The only reason to get offended is if you take his jibes personally, and if you do, you probably like nintendo a little bit too much(okay, I do too...).
It'll be sad to see summa go because he's one of the few bloggers around who reports sony news positively. Don't you realise how difficult it is to do that? I like hearing the other side of things, because eventually the ps3 will probably be worth owning. Even when he blatantly trolls nintendo, I enjoy picking apart the arguments of the wii detractors. If you don't like the fanboy wars, stay out of the summa troll comments, because you know they're going to happen.
But shit, I've ranted on too long. I can sum up the last three paragraphs in a single sentance anyway: quit being a douche.
I heard the US treasury was considering shit-canning the penny. And I think by saying "rip off", Summa means no multiplayer...
@Mozgus
I think you have to be eaten by something before you can be a peice of shit. I think we'll make an exception in your case...
@Summa
You are loved and feared at the same time...
Unfortunately people like you NEVER truly fuck off, no doubt you'll be around somwhere else spouting out your usual Sony propaganda elsewhere.
I just hope you realize that you are a dying breed, people like you are slowly being left behind in this industry, and I for one look forward to the day when game journalism finally grows up and starts treating this industry as an interesting creative medium instead of using it as an excuse to enforce their huge ego's and agendas fueled by Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo fanboyism into the column inches.
You've never said anything insightful, your predictions have always been way off because you clearrly can't see what's happening to the very industry you work in, and worst of all you've dragged an interesting era of home consoles down into a bitch fest about why a certain console sucks more than the others. Pathetic.
Bye bye.
Unfortunately people like you NEVER truly fuck off, no doubt you'll be around somwhere else spouting out your usual Sony propaganda elsewhere.
I just hope you realize that you are a dying breed, people like you are slowly being left behind in this industry, and I for one look forward to the day when game journalism finally grows up and starts treating this industry as an interesting creative medium instead of using it as an excuse to enforce their huge ego's and agendas fueled by Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo fanboyism into the column inches. Pathetic.
Bye bye.