This was such a fun game back on N64. I remember playing it so much, at one point I took it with my N64 with me on a trip and played it late at night cause I couldn't get enough of it. Unfortunately the other versions of this game for stuff like PS2 weren't completely the same. There was some aspects like being able to pause items you found to then take and sell later to the gold wizard not possible on the PS2 version, which just slowly counted down before being used up. When the new gauntlet game came out on steam way back when I got all excited hoping it would be like this just with updated graphics and all that and it was a let down.
This game had a fun story, and interesting levels. What was also fun was being able to do your special attack and it would keep traveling off screen, if you positioned it just right you could destroy lots of enemy doors way ahead of you which you could hear as it tore through them. "The wizard has gained a level!" and "The wizard has stopped time!" sound clips still play in my head sometimes. I remember a number of times playing with a friend as co-op and having a blast. If this version of the game came to PC that would be awesome, though doubtful after all this time.