|systems=[[Arcade]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox]]
|ratings={{ESRB|T}}{{ELSPA|15}}
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|genre=[[Hack and slash]], [[Dungeon crawler]]
|players=1-4
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|preceded by=[[Gauntlet Legends]]
|preceded by=[[Gauntlet Legends]]
|followed by=[[Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows]]
|series=Gauntlet
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'''Gauntlet Dark Legacy''' is an expansion of sorts for the previous title in the [[:Category:Gauntlet|Gauntlet]] series, [[Gauntlet Legends]]. It adds new character classes (Dwarf, Knight, Jester, and Sorceress), and new levels (Dream World, and Battlefield).
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'''Gauntlet Dark Legacy''' is a three-dimensional [[Action RPG|action role-playing]] arcade game which got released by [[Midway Games]] in [[1999]]. It runs on [[Atari Games]]'s Vegas hardware, and it is a sort-of expansion for its immediate predecessor in the [[:Category:Gauntlet|Gauntlet series]], [[Gauntlet Legends]], which was released in the previous year. It features four new character classes (Dwarf, Knight, Jester and Sorceress) as well as two new levels (Dream World, and Battlefield). In [[2001]], the game was ported for play on the [[Sony PlayStation 2]], and in the succeeding year it was also ported for play on the [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Microsoft Xbox]] and [[Game Boy Advance]], but the Game Boy Advance version was only released in the United States.
== Story ==
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In an ancient time, the evil mage Garm, using the power of the runestones, released a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke free of Garm's control and released his minions upon the lands, and scattered the runestones across the Eight Realms, so that they may never again be used against him.
File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy title screen.png|Arcade title screen
File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy cabinet.jpg|Upright arcade cabinet
File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy gameplay.jpg|Gameplay screenshot
File:GDL PS2 full cover.jpg|PlayStation 2 cover art
File:Gauntlet-DL GC cover.jpg|GameCube cover art
File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy ps2 gc magazine ad.jpg|US magazine ad for PS2 and GameCube
File:Gauntlet Dark Legacy Microsoft Xbox cover.jpg|Xbox cover art
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No one has dared try. . . Until now.
==Story==
''Note: Transcribed from opening cinematic.''
==Table of Contents==
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“In an ancient time the evil mage Garm, using the power of the runestones, released a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke free of Garm's control and released his minions upon the lands, scattering the runestones across the Eight Realms so that they may never again be used against him.
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== Hidden Characters ==
No one has dared try...
Each of the 8 base character classes (Warrior, Dwarf, Valkyrie, Knight, Archer, Jester, Wizard, and Sorceress) has another costume as a hidden character. These are well hidden, and play identically to their counterparts (they do, however, have better stats and different stat gains per level). Some hidden characters have different titles than their counterparts (such as Foal for a low-level Unicorn). These characters, and the realm in which they can be found, are:
Warrior-Minotaur (Mountain Kingdom)<br>
Until now.”
Dwarf-Ogre (Arctic Domain)<br>
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Valkyrie-Falconer (Castle Stronghold)<br>
Knight-Unicorn (Sky Dominion)<br>
Archer-Tigress (Forest Realm)<br>
Jester-Hyena (Dream World)<br>
Wizard-Jackal (Desert Land)<br>
Sorceress-Medusa (Forsaken Province)<br>
Sumner the wizard-Wizard at level 99 (Battleground)
== Bosses ==
The bosses are as follows:
# Lich - a giant zombie that fights with a huge axe. Sometimes throws its decaying body parts to allow maggots to attack the player.
# Dragon - a massive red lizard that breaths fireballs and stomps sending out a shockwave.
# Chimera - a three-headed monster with three health bars. It has a lion's head (which breathes fire), an eagle's head (lightning) and a snake's head (acid). Could possibly be related to the gargoyles which the player fights in other levels.
# Plague Fiend - a horrible monster made of toxic slime. Attacks by using sweeping tentacles, spitting slime and sinking into its vat to overflow nearby pipes.
# Spider Queen - a half-woman, half-spider creature that fights on a giant web. Attacks using a whip, spitting venom and calling her children for assistance.
# Genie - a monstrous black-blue djinni that attacks using a scimitar, energy from its eye and causing the ceiling to collapse.
# Yeti - a giant ape that uses a variety of ice powers, including ice boulders and an ice wall, plus its own brute force.
# Shadow Wraith - a being made of pure darkness and nightmares. Attacks using its tendrils, small wraith creatures and other dark powers.
# Armored Skorne - uses armor in his first fight. Can shoot various forms of energy from his gloves, mask and horns. When beaten, he drops his four items and the player can use one for a short time in the next world.
# True Form of Skorne - he uses all his normal moves, but they pack a bigger punch. He doesn't have his armor this time, so you can see his firey form beneath.
# Garm - fights in the form of a statue that the sorcerer Garm is controlling from within the statue's chest, the same statue on the console games cover. Attacks include( but are not limited to) a purple beam from both hands and a beam that sweeps across the arena. Its arms, wings, and sections of its legs break away, and create clones of Garm from the rubble.
== Legendary Weapons ==
Each boss has a special Legendary Weapon to which they are especially vulnerable. Often, these weapons are hidden in another realm, and are typically not found until much later in the game. For instance, the Lich is the boss of the first realm the player can enter, the Forsaken Province. However, the Legendary Weapon to which he is most vulnerable, the Good Book, isn't found until the Sky Domain, the fourth realm the player can enter. The console version of the game allows players to skip fighting boss characters on their first playthrough of a realm, also allowing them to find the Legendary Weapon with which they can be defeated best.
The Legendary Weapons, the enemies weakest to them, and where they can be found are:
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# Parchment of Fire, which will create a wall of fire to counter the Yeti's ice moves, found in the Forsaken Province.
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# Javelin of Blinding, which gouges out the Plague Fiend's one eye and reduces his accuracy, found in the Mountain Kingdom.
# Ice Axe, freezes the Dragon solid, found in the Castle Realm.
# Good Book, which shoots a ball of light and slows down the Lich with its holy flames, found in the Sky Realm.
# Scimitar of Decapitation, beheads the Chimera's lion head, found in the Forest Realm.
# Toxic Bellows, reduces the Spider Queen's size and power, found in the Desert Land.
# Lamp of Dark Obstruction, creates a dark cloud to blind the Genie, found in the Ice Domain.
# Lantern of Revelation, blocks all of the Shadow Wraith's shadow attacks with its superior light, found in the Dream World
# Soul Savior, deflects Skorne's attacks right back, can only be found and used in the Desecrated Temple
Gauntlet Dark Legacy is a three-dimensional action role-playing arcade game which got released by Midway Games in 1999. It runs on Atari Games's Vegas hardware, and it is a sort-of expansion for its immediate predecessor in the Gauntlet series, Gauntlet Legends, which was released in the previous year. It features four new character classes (Dwarf, Knight, Jester and Sorceress) as well as two new levels (Dream World, and Battlefield). In 2001, the game was ported for play on the Sony PlayStation 2, and in the succeeding year it was also ported for play on the Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and Game Boy Advance, but the Game Boy Advance version was only released in the United States.
“In an ancient time the evil mage Garm, using the power of the runestones, released a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke free of Garm's control and released his minions upon the lands, scattering the runestones across the Eight Realms so that they may never again be used against him.
