Gauntlet Description

Gauntlet was produced by Atari Games in 1985.

Atari Games released 86 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984.

Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Gauntlet was produced include Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back, Peter Pack Rat, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Road Runner, Gauntlet (PlayChoice), E.T., Last Starfighter The, Marble Madness, and Paperboy.

Up to four people can play at once, exploring dungeons and fighting monsters from a top-view perspective. Each player's character has different strengths and weaknesses. The players collect food, potions, and treasure in return for points, health, magic and power-ups.

Gauntlet - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.52 (18 votes)

Cabinet Information

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Conversion

Atari also produced a two-player version of this game, which was released as a limited edition only.

Game Introduction

The four players move through mazes searching for various items and killing monsters. The Warrior does the most damage. The Elf does the least damage but is the fastest. The Wizard can do the most damage with potions. The Valkarie is a good combination of strength and speed. Potions found wipe out varying amounts of enemies and enemy generators, depending on which player uses it. A player starts with a certain number of health points by putting quarters in the machine. These tick down with time and damage from enemies. Food replenishes them. Treasure counts for points. The game has no ultimate goal to be reached.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gauntlet Census

Very Common - There are approximately 313 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 126 of these machines are owned by our active Gauntlet collectors. And of these, 99 are original dedicated machines, and 27 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with Gauntlet machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Gauntlet circuit board for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 12 active VAPS members currently looking for Gauntlet. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Gauntlet board sets.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 71 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 43 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Technical

The game's architecture is similar to that of the Atari System I games (e.g. Marble Madness).

This game was also released as a two-player upright whose program code differed in only a few of the EPROMs and used a different slapstick security chip.

Trivia

In June 1994, Atari applied for and was later granted a patent for a "Multi-player, mutli-character cooperative play video game with independent player entry and departure". (USRE035314)

A poorer version of this game (Gauntlet (PlayChoice)) was also available for Nintendo's PlayChoice arcade machines.

Fixes

It is very common to see heavy burn-in on the right hand side of the screen. A layer of smoked lexan over the monitor will help disguise this when the power is off.

Legacy

1. Gauntlet (1985)
2. Gauntlet II (1986)
3. Gauntlet Legends (1998)
4. Gauntlet Dark Legacy (2000)

Manuals

1. Gauntlet Operators Manual  76 Pages, 3.2 MB File.
2. Schematic Package Supplement to the Gauntlet Operators Manual  52 Pages, 3.7 MB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 192; Color photo;
2. Arcade Fever, Sellers (ISBN 0762409371): Page: 146; Color photo; Price guide:
3. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 192; Color photo; Price guide:

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