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Gauntlet

Fantasy-themed hack and slash 1985 arcade game by Atari Games

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Also known as Arcade Gauntlet · 1985 Gauntlet

Developer: Atari Games
Publisher: U.S. Gold
Released: November 1985
Platforms: Atari 8-bit family
, Commodore 64
, ZX Spectrum
+10 more
Genre: role-playing video game
Game mode: single-player video game
, co-op mode
, multiplayer video game

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Gauntlet is a 1985 dungeon crawl maze 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.

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Designed by: Ed Logg
Input device: joystick
ESRB rating: Everyone
CERO rating: A (All ages)
PEGI rating: PEGI 3
USK rating: USK 6
Part of the series: Gauntlet
Country of origin: United States
Title: Gauntlet
Composer: Ben Daglish
Awards: Golden Joystick Awards − Ultimate Game of the Year(1986)
Different from: Gauntlet
Narrator: Ernie Fosselius
Review score: 94% review score by: Gen4 · platforms: Atari ST
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