|systems=[[Arcade]], [[Sony PlayStation 2]], [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Microsoft Xbox]], [[Game Boy Advance]]
|ratings={{ESRB|T}}{{ELSPA|15}}
|preceded by=[[Gauntlet Legends]]
|preceded by=[[Gauntlet Legends]]
|followed by=[[Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows]]
|followed by=[[Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows]]
|series=Gauntlet
|series=Gauntlet
}}
}}
{{game disambig|the [[arcade]] and console game|the [[GBA]] version|[[Gauntlet Dark Legacy (Game Boy Advance)]]}}
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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.
{{marquee|Gauntlet Dark Legacy marquee.jpg}}
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'''Gauntlet Dark Legacy''' is a three-dimensional [[action]] [[RPG|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.
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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==Story==
==Story==
''This is taken from the backs of the ports' boxes, the fronts of which are displayed in the gallery below:''
''Note: Transcribed from opening cinematic.''
<center>'''''4-PLAY AT ITS BEST!'''''</center>
{{Story|
<center>'''''1- to 4-Player Cooperative Action'''''</center>
“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.
<center>''Alone or with up to 3 of your friends, embark''</center>
<center>''on a quest to collect the mythic 13 rune''</center>
<center>''stones and battle the evil wizard, Garm.''</center>
No one has dared try...
<center>'''''60 Dangerous Levels'''''</center>
Until now.”
<center>''Hack and slash your way through the''</center>
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.
