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{{ | {{Series | ||
|name=Gauntlet | |||
|image=Gauntlet marquee.jpg | |||
|developer=[[Atari Games]], [[Tengen]], [[U.S. Gold]], [[Epyx]], [[Midway Games]] | |||
|publisher=[[Atari Games]], [[Tengen]], [[U.S. Gold]], [[Mindscape]], [[Midway Games]] | |||
|year=1985 | |||
|genre=[[Action]], [[RPG]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Gauntlet''' is a series of eight [[action]] and [[RPG|role-playing]] games which were released by [[Atari Games]], [[Tengen]], and [[Midway Games]] between [[1985]] and [[2005]]. | |||
Games in the '''Gauntlet''' series. | * '''[[Gauntlet]] (Atari Games, [[Arcade]], 1985)''': The inceptive title in the series was a two- or four-player arcade game by Atari Games, which ran on its own dedicated hardware (a Motorola 68000 running at 7.15909 MHz, with a Motorola M6809 running at 1.789772 MHz); it was later converted to the [[NES]] by Tengen (and in [[1987]], an expansion pack for [[U.S. Gold]]'s [[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MSX]], [[Amstrad CPC]], and [[Atari ST]] conversions of the game titled '''[[Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons]]''' was put out by U.S. Gold themselves in the European Union and [[Mindscape]] in the United States). | ||
* '''[[Gauntlet II]] (Atari Games, Arcade, [[1986]])''': The second title in the series, which was released a year after the original, was again a two- or four-player arcade game by Atari Games, which ran on the same hardware as its predecessor; there would not be another arcade title in the series for 12 years. | |||
* '''[[Gauntlet: The Third Encounter]] ([[Epyx]]/Atari Games, [[Atari Lynx]], [[1990]])''': The third title in the series, which was released four years after the second one, was developed up by Epyx for Atari Games, and was a four-player console game that was exclusive to the ill-fated Atari Lynx handheld system. | |||
* '''[[Gauntlet III: The Final Quest]] (U.S. Gold/Tengen, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and [[Commodore Amiga|Amiga]], Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, 1990)''': The fourth title in the series, which was released the same year as the third one, was developed by U.S. Gold for Tengen and was a two-player computer game which was released for three of the most popular 8-bit home computers (along with two of the most popular 16-bit ones) at the time of its production. | |||
* '''[[Gauntlet IV]] (Tengen, [[Sega Genesis]], [[1993]])''': The fifth title in the series, put out three years after the third and fourth ones, was a four-player console game by Tengen that was exclusive to the Sega Genesis system; it was also the last title in the series that was developed and published by Tengen. | |||
* '''[[Gauntlet Legends]] (Atari Games, Arcade, [[1998]])''': The sixth (and third arcade) title in the series, which was put out five years after the fifth one, was a four-player arcade game by Atari Games which ran on their Vegas hardware (an MIPS R5000 running at 200 MHz with an Analog Devices ADSP-2104 running at 16 MHz); it was also the last title in the series that was developed and published by the company that started it 13 years previously. | |||
* '''[[Gauntlet Dark Legacy]] (Midway Games, Arcade, [[1999]])''': The seventh (and fourth arcade) title in the series (which was released one year after that sixth one) was again a four-player arcade game, but by Midway Games; as with its immediate predecessor, it ran on Atari Games' Vegas hardware. | |||
* '''[[Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows]] (Midway Games, [[Sony PlayStation 2]], [[Microsoft Xbox]] and [[Microsoft Xbox 360|Xbox 360]], 2005)''': The eighth (and final) title for this series, which was put out six years after the seventh one, was again by Midway Games, and was a four-player console game that was released on three of the most popular home consoles of the time it was produced; it was also the series' only title to allow online play, with each player on a different box. | |||
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