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* NightmareFuel: ''Legends/Dark Legacy'' has quite a number of these compared to other installments.

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* NightmareFuel: ''Legends/Dark Legacy'' has quite a number of these compared to other installments.the rest of the series.
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* NightmareFuel:
** How about the ItsAWonderfulFailure GameOver scene from ''Legends'' and ''Dark Legacy''? In it, Sumner is frantically reading from his tome when suddenly, a wall of fire erupts from behind him and Skorne's giant arm grabs Sumner and yanks him into the Desecrated Temple; all while he lets out a long terrified shriek.
** In ''Dark Legacy'', the Dream World's aptly titled Nightmare level is pretty much the literal take on this.

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* NightmareFuel:
NightmareFuel: ''Legends/Dark Legacy'' has quite a number of these compared to other installments.
** How about In the ItsAWonderfulFailure GameOver scene from ''Legends'' and ''Dark Legacy''? In it, cutscene, Sumner is frantically reading from his tome when suddenly, a wall of fire erupts from behind him and Skorne's giant arm grabs Sumner and yanks him into the Desecrated Temple; all while he lets out a long terrified shriek.
** In ''Dark Legacy'', the The Dream World's aptly titled Nightmare level is pretty much the literal take on this.
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* EndingAversion: [[spoiler:''4'' ends with a particularly cruel MortonsFork where either the player takes the opportunity to become eternally young and is then turned into a dragon until the next person comes, or doesn't, and is directly called out for not doing so.]]
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* ObviousBeta: ''Seven Sorrows.'' All the touted new features were left on the cutting room floor.
* SpiritualSuccessor: According to WordOfGod, ''Gauntlet'' was the spiritual successor to ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_(video_game) Dandy]]''.
** Monolith Productions' ''VideoGame/GetMedieval''.
** Lilith the Necromancer is one for the Sorceress from ''Dark Legacy'', as both are black, female spellcasters with white hair, use wands as a weapon, and have undead-summoning abilities (Lilith is a necromancer, while the Sorceress has a LimitBreak that summons skeletons and hails from the zombie-infested Forsaken Province realm).
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** "So-and-so has shot the food!"
** Use MAGIC to kill DEATH!
** Use keys to open doors and chests!
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** The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis installment, ''Gauntlet 4,'' has a soundtrack scored by Creator/HitoshiSakimoto and Creator/MasaharuIwata. Their involvement with the game also happens to be a very late moment of fan rejoicing with people discovering the game through emulation.

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** The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis installment, ''Gauntlet 4,'' has a soundtrack scored by Creator/HitoshiSakimoto Music/HitoshiSakimoto and Creator/MasaharuIwata.Music/MasaharuIwata. Their involvement with the game also happens to be a very late moment of fan rejoicing with people discovering the game through emulation.
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* ToughActToFollow: ''Legends/[[UpdatedRerelease Dark Legacy]]'' set the bar pretty high. Later games would often be compared unfavorably to them due to the former having more features such as new characters and power-ups.
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* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: In the NES version of Gauntlet, some levels that require a key to open doors. While it is highly advisable to save your keys when needed, some levels will trap you if you used all your keys pointlessly, like doors that don't need a key. It can be as early as Level 02.

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* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: In the NES version of Gauntlet, some levels that require a key to open doors. While it is highly advisable to save your keys when needed, some levels will trap you if you used all your keys pointlessly, like doors that don't need a key. It can be as early as Level 02.
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* UnwinnableByInsanity: In the NES version of Gauntlet, some levels that require a key to open doors. While it is highly advisable to save your keys when needed, some levels will trap you if you used all your keys pointlessly, like doors that don't need a key. It can be as early as Level 02.

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* UnwinnableByInsanity: UnintentionallyUnwinnable: In the NES version of Gauntlet, some levels that require a key to open doors. While it is highly advisable to save your keys when needed, some levels will trap you if you used all your keys pointlessly, like doors that don't need a key. It can be as early as Level 02.
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* CrazyIsCool: The jester in Dark Legacy throws bombs for his ranged attacks, which is cool enough. But for melee attacks, he does cartwheels and even sends heavy objects dropping down from the sky on his enemies. His turbo attacks include "Sonic Boom" where he produces a pair of giant WhiteGloves to perform a ShockwaveClap, and "Hammer Time" Where he slams a giant boxing glove with a mallet propelling the glove forward and wrecking any damageable targets in its path.

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* CrazyIsCool: The jester in Dark Legacy throws bombs for his ranged attacks, which is cool enough. But for melee attacks, he does cartwheels and even sends heavy objects dropping down from the sky on his enemies. His turbo attacks include "Sonic Boom" where he produces a pair of giant WhiteGloves to perform a ShockwaveClap, and "Hammer Time" Where where he slams a giant boxing glove with a mallet propelling the glove forward and wrecking any damageable targets in its path.
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* CrazyAwesome: The jester in Dark Legacy throws bombs for his ranged attacks, which is cool enough. But for melee attacks, he does cartwheels and even sends heavy objects dropping down from the sky on his enemies. His turbo attacks include "Sonic Boom" where he produces a pair of giant WhiteGloves to perform a ShockwaveClap, and "Hammer Time" Where he slams a giant boxing glove with a mallet propelling the glove forward and wrecking any damageable targets in its path.

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* CrazyAwesome: CrazyIsCool: The jester in Dark Legacy throws bombs for his ranged attacks, which is cool enough. But for melee attacks, he does cartwheels and even sends heavy objects dropping down from the sky on his enemies. His turbo attacks include "Sonic Boom" where he produces a pair of giant WhiteGloves to perform a ShockwaveClap, and "Hammer Time" Where he slams a giant boxing glove with a mallet propelling the glove forward and wrecking any damageable targets in its path.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: As far as Dark Legacy is concerned, the Jester is very well liked by fans due to his personality as well as the examples in the above trope.
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* UnwinnableByInsanity: In the NES version of Gauntlet, some levels that require a key to open doors. While it is highly advisable to save your keys when needed, some levels will trap you if you used all your keys pointlessly, like doors that don't need a key. It can be as early as Level 02.
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* CrazyAwesome: The jester in Dark Legacy throws bombs for his ranged attacks, which is cool enough. But for melee attacks, he does cartwheels and even sends heavy objects dropping down from the sky on his enemies. His turbo attacks include "Sonic Boom" where he produces a pair of giant WhiteGloves to perform a ShockwaveClap, and "Hammer Time" Where he slams a giant boxing glove with a mallet propelling the glove forward and wrecking any damageable targets in its path.
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** How about the ItsAWonderfulFailure GameOver scene from ''Legends'' and ''Dark Legacy''? In it, Sumner is frantically reading from his tome when suddenly, a wall of fire erupts from behind him and Skorne’s giant arm grabs Sumner and yanks him into the Desecrated Temple; all while he lets out a long terrified shriek.
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*** Speaking of music, the slow, hopeless theme of the ghost Town is bad enough, but once you reach the tavern, a creepy, much more desperate piano tune begins to play when you step into the building.
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** The Mausoleum contains [[BuriedAlive coffins with living people inside]]. These people are [[HellIsThatNoise screaming and pounding for dear life]] [[AndIMustScream without stopping]], and there's nothing you can do to help.

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** The Mausoleum contains [[BuriedAlive coffins with living people inside]]. These people are [[HellIsThatNoise screaming and pounding for dear life]] life [[AndIMustScream without stopping]], and there's nothing you can do to help.
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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU86xcxbMnc Haunted Grounds]] theme between the dreadful piano notes and OneWomanWail, and the creepy girl giggling sounds effects and later screaming...

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