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|title=Gauntlet
|developer=[[Atari Games]]
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|publisher=[[Atari Games]], [[U.S. Gold]]
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|year=1985
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|designer=Ed Logg
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|genre=[[Action]]
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|players=1-4
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|expansion=[[Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons]]
|followed by=[[Gauntlet II]]
|series=Gauntlet
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{{game disambig|the original [[arcade]] version|the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and PlayChoice-10 version|[[Gauntlet (NES)]]}}
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'''Gauntlet''' is a [[1985]] [[arcade]] game by [[Atari Games]]. It runs on its own dedicated hardware (a Motorola 68000 running at 7.15909 MHz and a Motorola M6809 running at 1.789772 MHz), and it brought the theme and dungeon-crawling action of pen-and-paper role-playing games like [[wp:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]] to the arcade environment. A party of between one and four (or two, on the two-player-only cabinet) players fight their way through endless dungeons, both cooperating to kill enemies and competing to collect gold and upgrades. The game also employed the voice of an unseen narrator who alternately helps the players by giving tips or mocks them when they destroy food, are nearing death or begin a difficult level. The four-player action meant the cabinet was wider than standard uprights, giving it an imposing presence in the arcades at the time it was new. This addictive formula of simple gameplay and non-stop action made the game an instant hit (both in the United States and in other countries).
Just like an [[RPG]], players can choose from four characters, who are assigned to the coinslots on the four-player cabinet, but selectable on the two-player one: Thor the Warrior (Player 1, red), Thyra the Valkyrie (Player 2, blue), Merlin the Wizard (Player 3, yellow), and Questor the Elf (Player 4, green). Each has their own unique visual appearance, and various strengths and weaknesses (for example, Merlin excels at magic on account of being a Wizard, while his hand-to-hand attacks are weak). The game was also one of the first ones to allow arcade-goers control over their progression through the levels (however, progress is still inevitably linear, on account of previous levels cannot be revisited).
This game's huge success in the arcades led to a large number of home conversions, an expansion disk ([[Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons]]), as well as seven sequels that continued until [[2005]], bringing the series' classic elements to a newer generation of players. The [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]'s version later came full circle by appearing in arcades on Nintendo PlayChoice-10 hardware in [[1986]].


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File:Gauntlet titlescreen.png|The game's title screen.
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File:Gauntlet cabinet.jpg|4-player upright cabinet.
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File:Gauntlet gameplay.png|Screenshot of the game.
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'''Gauntlet''' is a [[1985]] [[arcade]] game by [[Atari]]. It brought the theme and dungeon-crawling action of pen and paper role-playing games like [[wp:Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons and Dragons]] to the arcade environment. A party of one to four players fight their way through endless dungeons, both cooperating to kill enemies and competing to collect gold and upgrades. The game also employed the voice of an unseen narrator who alternately helps the players by giving tips or mocks them when they destroy food, are nearing death, or begin a difficult level. The four player action meant the cabinet was wider than standard uprights, giving it an imposing presence in the arcade. This addictive formula of simple gameplay and non-stop action made the game an instant hit.


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Just like an [[RPG]] players can choose from among four characters (Thor the Warrior, Thyra the Valkyrie, Merlin the Wizard or Questor the Elf). Each has their own unique visual appearance and various strengths and weaknesses (for example, Merlin excels at magic but his hand-to-hand attacks are weak). The game was also one of the first to allow arcadegoers control over their progression through the levels (although progress is still inevitably linear; previous levels cannot be revisited).
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[[Category:Atari Games]]
The game's huge success in the arcades led to a large number of home ports as well as many sequels that continue to this day, bringing the series' classic elements to new generations of gamers. The [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version later came full circle by appearing in arcades on the PlayChoice-10 hardware.
[[Category:U.S. Gold]]
[[Category:Amstrad CPC]]
[[Category:Action]]
[[Category:Apple II]]
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[[Category:Atari 8-bit family]]
[[Category:Multiplayer]]
[[Category:Atari ST]]
[[Category:MAME]]
[[Category:Commodore 64]]
[[Category:MS-DOS]]
[[Category:J2ME]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]
[[Category:MSX]]
[[Category:NES]]
[[Category:Sega Master System]]
[[Category:Sega Genesis]]
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