Gauntlet
The players, up to four at once in the arcade version, select among four playable fantasy-based characters; Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie, or Questor the Elf. Each character has his…
Gauntlet is an arcade developed by Atari Games, released 15 October 1985 on Xbox 360, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC and Apple II.
What Gauntlet is
Gauntlet is an arcade game developed by Atari Games and released in 1985. It is available on Xbox 360, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Gauntlet is a 1985 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades. It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl arcade games. The core design of Gauntlet comes from the 1983 game Dandy for the Atari 8-bit computers, which resulted in a threat of legal action. It also has similarities to the 1983 maze game Time Bandit.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Gauntlet holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 60% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 51 votes.
What it launched against
Gauntlet launched on 15 October 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games, Starquake and Paradroid. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Winter Games, Starquake, Paradroid.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gauntlet yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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