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generators by some heavy use
of the fire button.
The basic idea is to collect all
the treasure in each dungeon
and get out alive. Successfully
complete a set of dungeons and
you get a clue which will help
you solve the ultimate riddle.
You get a clue from all three
dungeon "loads". You can play
the three sets of dungeons in
sequence or at random but
you'll need all the clues to
discover the final solution.
The key to the game is
staying alive. After all, if you're
fighting fit you'll be able to cope
with finding a way to the
various exits, won't you
dungeons are baffling mazes
with doors which can only be
opened with keys you find
dotted around along with
treasure, spells and food. Food
keeps your energy level up,
spells can be used to paralyse,
disorientate or simply kill your
enemies in smart bomb style.
Enemies come in the form of
horrible spiders, demons and
generaly horrible 'lashes. They
literally infest the dungeons and
keep on coming unless you
wipe out the monster
to the original Dandy game and
turned it over to the Ram Jan
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computer version you see
before you.
It doesn't have the eight-way
scrolling of Gauntlet
—you simply "flip" from screen to
screen. But you DO get a two
player option, hundreds of
baddies to wipe out, treasure
galore, weird spells and lots to
eat! You can either play the part
You can swap treasure for
energy if you're running low.
Spells are cast randomly by
hitting the appropriate key.
There's no telling what they'll
do. In fact it's hard to tell what
they are doing unless you're
lucky enough to hit a "kill"
spell. Then everything gets
zapped. Shame you can't
choose which spells to use.
The graphics are extremely
attractive, although the little
black characters you control are
sometimes difficult to see —
especially when you're
teleporting about from room to
room.
The rest of the dungeon looks
suitably solid and great
attention to detail makes it
of Sheba, "240 lbs of screaming
bloodlust", or Thor, "one
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one parent family or a mother
of quads. I, for one, think we
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you find yourself in a typical
series of Gauntlet style
dungeons. You're looking down
on the carnage from above. The
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Dandy is very playable and
very addictive— especially with
two players. You'll find yourself
hacking and chopping your way
through dungeon after
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