720 Degrees
1986 · Atari Games
Commodore C64/128/MAX · Game Boy Color · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · +1
Arcade · Sport
1985 · Arcade & Origins
Gauntlet
Atari Games · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Arcade
- Developer
- Atari Games
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold, Namco, Atari Games, Midway Games, Mindscape, Inc.
- Original release
- 01 novembre 1985
- Genre
- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Arcade
Overview
The players, up to four at once in the arcade version, select among four playable fantasy-based characters; Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie, or Questor the Elf. Each character has his or her own unique strength and weaknesses. For example, the Warrior is strongest in hand-to-hand combat, the Wizard has the most powerful magic, the Valkyrie has the best armour and the Elf is the fastest in movement. Upon selecting a playable character, the gameplay is set within a series of top-down, third-person perspective mazes where the object is to find and touch the designated exit in every level. An assortment of special items can be located in each level that increase player's character's health, unlock doors, gain more points and magical potions that can destroy all of the enemies on screen. The enemies are an assortment of fantasy-based monsters, including ghosts, grunts, demons, lobbers, sorcerers and thieves. Each enters the level through specific generators, which can be destroyed. While there are no bosses in the game, the most dangerous enemy is "Death", who can not only drain a character's health, but is difficult to destroy. As the game progresses, higher levels of skill are needed to reach the exit, with success often depending on the willingness of the players to cooperate by sharing food and luring monsters into places where they can be engaged and slaughtered more conveniently. While contact with enemies reduces the player's health, it also slowly drains on its own, thus creating a time limit. When a character's health reaches zero, that character dies. The character can be revived in place with full health by spending a game credit (i.e. inserting a coin) within a certain short time window after it died. This allows even the least proficient players to keep playing indefinitely, if they are willing to keep inserting coins.
Releases
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Xbox 360
22 nov 2005
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Commodore C64/128/MAX
31 dic 1986
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Amstrad CPC
31 dic 1986
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ZX Spectrum
31 dic 1986
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MSX
31 dic 1986
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Arcade
01 nov 1985 Original
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Atari ST/STE
31 dic 1987
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Sega Master System/Mark III
31 dic 1990
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Atari 8-bit
01 dic 1987
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Apple II
05 apr 1988
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Apple IIGS
01 mar 1988
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1985 — A year in gaming
Il catalogo di quell’anno, distinto dalla pagina editoriale su Generazioni.
Part of an era
Arcade & Origins
1972–1983
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Game data
- Original title
- Gauntlet
- Developer
- Atari Games
- Publisher
- U.S. Gold, Namco, Atari Games, Midway Games, Mindscape, Inc.
- First release
- 01 novembre 1985
- Genres
- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Arcade
- Era
- Arcade & Origins