Gauntlet (series)

Gauntlet
Official game logo for Gauntlet 2014
Genres	Hack and slash, dungeon crawl
Developers	Atari Games Tengen Midway Games West Arrowhead Game Studios
Publishers	Atari Games U.S. Gold Tengen Midway Games Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Currently)
Platforms	Arcade, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Apple II, DOS, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Atari Lynx, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Apple IIGS, Sega Master System, Genesis/Mega Drive, Brew MP, Java ME, Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
First release	Gauntlet October 1985
Latest release	Gauntlet: Slayer Edition August 11, 2015

Gauntlet is a series of scrolling shooter style dungeon crawl arcade games developed by Atari Games. Due to its success in the arcades, Gauntlet was ported to several home systems of the day. These platforms include DOS, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, MSX, NES, Apple IIGS, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive (as Gauntlet IV), Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum, among others. For some machines, only Gauntlet II was converted, since it was considered to be more advanced than the original. 16-bit conversions (Atari ST and Mega Drive/Genesis) had similar sound and graphics as the original game, and retained the four-player mode (more limited machines only allowed a maximum of two players). In 1990, the original Game Boy received a version of Gauntlet II. Gauntlet: The Third Encounter for the Atari Lynx was not a port of any of the earlier titles but was originally developed as a different game by Epyx. In 2003, an emulated version of Gauntlet was included in Midway Arcade Treasures—a compilation of arcade games available for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.