Gauntlet

For the Sega Mega Drive port, see Gauntlet IV.

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Gauntlet

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: U.S. Gold

Developer: Tiertex Design Studios

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

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Gauntlet is a 1985 arcade game developed by Atari Games. A port to the Sega Master System developed by Tiertex Design Studios and published by U.S. Gold was released in 1990 in Europe only. The arcade game allowed up to four players, but like many home conversions the Sega Master System version only allows up to two players.

Gauntlet combined arcade-style gameplay with the theme and dungeon-crawling action of pen and paper role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. The players fight their way through many floors of an enormous dungeon, both cooperating to kill enemies and competing to collect gold and upgrades.

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's huge success in the arcades led to a large number of home ports and various sequels, but the series didn't return to Sega systems until the Sega Mega Drive-exclusive Gauntlet IV in 1993; unlike the first game, Gauntlet IV was released in the US and Japan as well as Europe.

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Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

ACE (UK)

86

^[1]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

52

^[2]

Buzz! Computers (UK)

87

^[3]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

96

^[4]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

90

^[5]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[6]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

80

^[7]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

92

^[8]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

92

^[9]

Game Mania (UK)

90

^[10]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[11]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

88

^[12]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

79

^[13]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

80

^[14]

Mean Machines (UK)

92

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

90

^[16]

Player One (FR)

78

^[17]

Power Play (DE)

63

^[18]

Raze (UK)

PAL

64

^[19]

S: The Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

87

^[20]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

75

^[21]

Sega Pro (UK)

83

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[23]

User (GR)

PAL

88

^[24]

Video Games (DE)

66

^[25]

Zero (UK)

77

^[26]

	81
Based on 26 reviews

Gauntlet

Master System, EU
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Master System, BR
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[:File:ACE_UK_37.pdf_p87-1] ACE, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 87

[:File:ASM_DE_1990-11.pdf_p132-2] Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1990" (DE; 1990-10-26), page 132

[buzz1991-05-10-3] Buzz! Computers (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:CGtC_UK_02.pdf_p14-4] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume Two" (UK; 1990-04-xx), page 14

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p97-5] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 97

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p56-6] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 56

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p140-7] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 140

[:File:CVG_UK_110.pdf_p120-8] Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 120

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p136-9] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 136

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p81-10] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:GamesX_UK_00.pdf_p17-11] Games-X, "Sneak Preview March 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 17

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_001.pdf_p86-12] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:Joystick_FR_015.pdf_p107-13] Joystick, "Avril 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 107

[:File:Micromania2_ES_037.pdf_p57-14] Micromanía (segunda época), "Junio 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 57

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_01.pdf_p58-15] Mean Machines, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-xx), page 58

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p133-16] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 133

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_008.pdf_p35-17] Player One, "Avril 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-02.pdf_p152-18] Power Play, "2/91" (DE; 1991-01-18), page 152

[:File:Raze_UK_03.pdf_p39-19] Raze, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-11-29), page 39

[:File:StheSegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p12-20] S: The Sega Magazine, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-04), page 12

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p56-21] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 56

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p19-22] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 19

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p71-23] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 71

[:File:User_GR_19.pdf_p90-24] User, "Noémvrios 1991" (GR; 1991-1x-xx), page 90

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-01.pdf_p74-25] Video Games, "1/91" (DE; 1991-03-27), page 74

[:File:Zero_UK_17.pdf_p88-26] Zero, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 88

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