@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries You know a game is well done when you just need to hear the Death noise and everyone panics :) "DOES ANYONE HAVE A POTION??"
This game was one of those games at the arcade that demanded attention. The sfx music and voices added so much. The simple, colorful and clear animations brought everything to life. This was a classic.
I remember when this game came out. Eventually we had it at a local 7-11, where a kid broke into the back and kept giving everyone free credits. I recently acquired a TMNT machine, which was converted from an original Gauntlet to turtles. Also, I have a MAME cabinet, which was originally a Gauntlet: Dark Legacy machine from when I worked for namco. The 36" screen stopped working and it was too expensive, and not making enough money, to fix. So, the company had me scrap it, after sending all the main boards back to the home office, but rather than destroy it, I took it home and made it into a MAME machine.
I have lived only the tail end of the arcade era, but the more technology "progresses", the more i want to go back when the experience was really a social event
When you see it from the beginning You have a much greater appreciation for the early stuff such as Atari or even the Odyssey. Every week or so when you would go to the arcade it was a treat to see what new arcade games were there. It really was a social event
It was very cool. It became REALLY intense when the fighting game boom came around. I was just thinking about playing Renegade and Shinobi at Convenience Stores at the time. The home consoles brought in a new world but Arcades were really the beginning of the hobby as far as communities growing around them.
Yeah, we're at that age where games are played online and not shoulder to shoulder on the floor in front of a 150lb 30" tube TV... I miss those days of my childhood.
I was in the same situation. I remember getting into arcade games when, oddly enough, I would go to the dentist. Lol the dentist my mom took me to had arcade games you could play while you wait. Just the big ones like Pac Man and Centipede but it made the experience less traumatizing. I remember playing Gauntlet Legends later on and it blew my mind that I was able to save my progress with a password. I miss the days of asking my mom for some quarters and walking down to the arcade with my friend. Or even just sitting at home and playing games together on the old tube TV. I still game to this day, and it's amazing to see how far we've come with hardware and graphics. Can't wait to see where it goes in the future!
Fond memories of standing on a milk carton to reach the machine while the jukebox played and the teenagers smoked cigarettes. It was so much more than just the social experience. The amount of freedom that kids had back then compared to now would blow your mind. I was a latchkey kid babysitting my two younger brothers for a few hours after school everyday when i was 11 and nobody thought twice about it. DCFS would come and take the kids away today if that happened.
Gauntlet legends came out when I was 22 I still remember one particular weekend when my parents had gone on vacation and me and my friends hooked up my Nintendo 64 on their big screen, not that big by today’s standard. We played it basically for a full weekend. My friends going home at dawn Saturday and Sunday. The 64 having that awesome design to have four controllers plugged in was perfect for the game.
"How the company could release a game in this state is beyond me, unless it was just a quick cash grab." Good thing we've come far enough that game developers never do such things anymore.
1986 my best friend in the world just graduated from Boot Camp at Camp Pendleton California. We rented a Gauntlet arcade cabinet for the day and had a party for him. We all ate a giant 6' long sandwich, drank soda and played this game all day long. We were all in the military and yes we were nerds!
During a 4 player game of the Gauntlet Legends Xbox port, I encountered one of the most hilarious bugs (or funky gameplay quirks) I've ever seen in any game in my life. There was a game mechanic whereby the zoom of the camera auto adjusted to the spacing of the characters to one another to keep all the characters within the frame regardless of where they moved. Well, in one level, there was a crazy tall elevator, and my 3 friends hopped on it without me and rode it up. I still remember my college buddy saying "Jim, where did you go?" and I replied, "I think I'm those 5 pixels over there...". Apparently, the camera followed my three friends up the elevator while still keeping me in the picture, which led to clipping at the edge of the screen so I couldn't get on the elevator. And even on an 85" HDTV my character was like 5 pixels big at the bottom of the huge tower they had ridden to the top of. So my friends had to ride the elevator back down... as a result of watching my avatar's graphical transformation from a few pixels back into a character as the elevator went back down we were laughing on the floor for 15 minutes...
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Never was a fan of the Spectrum - I can see the pitchforks and torches hahaha. Now the C64 and then the Amiga I was jealous of them lol. I loved that Amstrad many memories and some very good games I don't understand why some people hate on it?
Gauntlet Slayer edition is one of the best games I own. I can play it by myself, with friends or with my kids on a local steam box in the family room. I really feel like its underrated as a true successor to the gauntlet franchise.
I agree. The only problem with it is the developer for the Slayer Edition only did PS4 games, and WB Games didn't give much of a crap to find another developer to port it to Xbox One and even the Switch.
@@bland9876 the reviews seem skewed - maybe as people reviewed the original then the slayer edition, which changed a lot of the mechanics and gameplay. Get it on sale for like £3, it's a good game, just limited/no endgame - really fun as a group tho.
Huh! It's pretty cool to learn that Xybots was started as a Gauntlet sequel! Especially since I'm currently developing a fantasy RPG, inspired by Xybots! The gameplay is basically Dungeon Master meets Punch Out.
@@Rendo86 Yes, I am familiar with Crossed Swords. It also influenced a few of my design decisions. Such as groups of monsters having two rows, and a "tag" system, to help each other out.
Would that make it more like Doom except with a level generator?? Or Shining the Holy Ark or Shining in the Darkness... I'm guessing more like a simplified version. If it's more like Xybots? Etrian Odyssey comes to mind... those are really fun! Never finished the 2 EO games I have... they get tough quick.
@@Grillenheimer I would love to see an update to the DC version of the Shining series. Or actually ANY of the Shining series! *EDIT* I put DC as "dungeon crawler" not for Dreamcast. I know the titles were on Genesis and Saturn.
Yes, Gauntlet and Gauntlet II are among my most favorite arcade games. Too bad I sucked at them, though-especially as a kid. Thanks for all the nostalgia and new information, Patman!
THANK YOU for acknowledging Dandy on the Atari! Most people don't know or dismiss the influence of Dandy on Gauntlet. Without Dandy, there'd be no Gauntlet.
Had Atari Inc not been broken up, the AMY sound chip - which John Palovich (sic) wrote code for, in addition to having written DANDY - could’ve ended up in the Gauntlet arcade games instead of the YM2151 audio chip. That would’ve changed a lot of what we consider distinct sounds to Gauntlet.
I remember beating Gauntlet Legends (or was it Dark Legacy) in the arcade. It gave you a code to send in for a free "I beat Skorne" t-shirt. I probably still have that shirt packed away somewhere...
I think that Nes version deserved a little more attention. It is fantastic, with great music and dared with her own story and changes in gameplay. For example, the search for passwords and the fight against the guardian. Excellent video, congratulations!
Agreed👍 Nes is my favorite version. The arcade was cool but in reality it's just a chaotic mess of a quarter muncher. The Nes version is a doable adventure!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I loved the video, I just wish the NES footage didnt have that filter. I hate that stuff, it's criminal. Let the pixels be free!!
I remember when i was a kid, my dad bought a arcade cabinet and it had i think 6 or 7 hit game on it. Punchout, Mario2, Contra, and Gauntlet!!! I cant remember the rest of the games. I always loved playing Gauntlet, so much fun!!! All my neighborhood friends would come over and we would play. Very good memories, I miss u and love u Dad!!!
I was a big time Atari personal computer game player back in the early 80s. Played Dandy Dungeon religiously and the moment I saw Guantlet in the arcades, i *KNEW* it was inspired by it. They definitely took it to the next level with the sound FX, voices, and graphics though.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries would love to throw some Patreon love to ya but times are tight since the lay off. Glad I have this channel to see me through it. Ty so much for your amazing videos.
yeah, just as iconic as altered beasts "rise from your grave" - even now gives me that little tingle! its funny how certain sound can transport you right back (like reinstalled C&C: tiberium sun and man, those death sounds...)
I remember the DAY this came out in 1985. Crowds all around it. Me on my tippy-toes trying to get a peek. Such a REGAL feel to it... and IT TALKED! And it talked GOOD. The voice samplings bought it 'to life'. After a while people got sick of it once they realized there was no end... such fond memories
Here’s a bit of history for Gauntlet: the sprites and levels for the game were drawn on the Atari 520ST. In fact, Atari used their 16-bit computers to draw the graphics for a lot of their arcade games during the mid-to-late 1980s. Another game that comes to mind is Toobin’. Since these games ran on dedicated PCBs, they always ran better than their home conversion counterparts.
@@niooi Let's not forget that Marble Madness was made by a 15 year old Mark Cerney who also helped make Sonic 2 as well as founding Naughty Dog. Now he's designing the PS5. Quite a resume.
For that to have happened, Ed Logg would’ve had to get his hands on an Atari 520ST before release. And that was after “Atari” had become 3 different companies. Ed Logg was at Atari Games which was the arcade company. The ST was from Tramiel’s Atari Corp. Even though they shared the same building for several months, the employees of those 2 companies weren’t supposed to be working together… although allegedly some did. Ed Logg did have an ST later at some point… and one of his favorite games on it was Tetris. He showed Atari Games’ management team it and convinced them to try to license it for the arcades…but that’s a different infamous story…
You know that feeling when you just discover a content creator, really like their delivery, then find they have a veritable mountain of existing content to explore? I think I'm going to need some popcorn...
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Amazing to think all of this was created from copying Gary Gygax's AD&D... Think of all the Swords and Sorcery games ... so many trace back to Dungeons and Dragons.
Great work. Nice that you mention Xybots. Most video game historians tend to miss that when talking about Gauntlet. By the way, Xybots deserves it's own video. No mention that Gauntlet for the NES was an 'illegal' game unauthorised by Nintendo? Well, most historians of video games bring that point up, so I guess you don't have to.
The video was already 32 minutes I didn't want to get into the whole legality of an unlicensed NES game. As you mentioned, other people have talked about it so didn't think it was necessary when discussing gauntlet. Thanks for the nice words anyway
Dark Legacy is my favorite and the only one in the series i’d come back to definitely needs a remake Seven Sorrows was a waste of time, never have i been so disappointed
@AldousHuxley's Ghost I basically grew up in a bowling alley. My dad Went bowling in leagues two or three nights a week and then I was in leagues on Saturday afternoons. The games you mentioned sound exactly like my bowling alley :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries were overdue for a new one. Honestly with today's computer power and graphics we could easily see 100 enemies on screen etc.
I bought the Atari 8-bit version and I was thankful it was made because Atari 8-bits usually don't get releases of things. They even released the Deeper Dungeons add on disk.
Gauntlet Dark Legacy and Gauntlet Legends were my childhood. Such great childhood memories playing that game. Special place in my heart. Great to see the game's history. Cheers.
Thank you for uploading this. Love the pacing and humour throughout. Just to clarify, Gauntlet 3 never made it to the shops on the C64, due to a multitude of reasons. Firstly, the machine itself was towards the end of its shelf life. Secondly, the game's isometric perspective (as per the amiga version), plus its size and complexity meant that making it a disk only product (or cartridge, which at the time weren't cheaper than disks in the U.K), was the only feasible option. And this wouldn't have been commercially viable , as the majority of C64 users in the U.K., and indeed europe, favoured tape versions due to the lower cost. Ergo, a poor return on investment due to potentially lower sales. As a result, the 80% or so completed game was shelved. I think it may have been a Software Creations project, which means it could have had the quality of their other conversions, such as Bionic Commandos & LED Storm. There is information about all this online. Furthermore, it's possible someone, perhaps from the original team, may have finished it and put it out in the public domain somewhere. All in all, it's a pity it wasn't released back in the day, as the music for it sounds fantastic, which isn't surprising considering it was composed by the Follin brothers. Maybe with the current resurgence of retro gaming, it might get an updated release. For example, Hunter's Moon (an absolute classic), has recently been re-released, with massive updates , including new levels, intro and outro sequences and new music too.
I thought I had read somewhere a long time ago that the third game did not come out on the 64 but I wasn't sure why. It makes sense though since it would only have been released on a disk format. When I saw software creations mentioned in regards to the Amiga version I got goose chills when thinking about some of their other games LOL. I will have to try the third one just for the music alone. Thanks for all the info
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No worries . The music is available on the HVSC (high voltage sid collection), which has been around and updated for well over a decade. You can use various SID players to listen to it.
Nes version had another problem. You had to go to certain rooms to get part of a code to give to the Master of the game to even play the last level and to fight the dragon. This code was different either to each character. So it punish you to skipping levels..
"The NES version of Gauntlet is a significant departure from the arcade original, keeping only the basic game formula and cast of enemies. 100 entirely new levels were constructed for this version, and the quest was given a definite goal: to retrieve a Magic Orb located in the 100th level, which could only be accessed by collecting portions of a password hidden in clue rooms scattered throughout the first 99 levels." Those passwords were a nightmare.
"In my opinion Gauntlet should always be played from a top down 2D perspective as found in the originals."Oh, no, sacrilege. Valkyrie sword-and-boarding through mobs of orcs and goblins in Gauntlet Legends is one of the high points of my casual gaming career.
this was fun to watch, most of these were all before my time except gauntlet legends. that was my first and only gauntlet game I've ever played. Me and 3 other friends used to play it on n64, good times.
Although the NES version was quite different from the arcade, and lacking in some ways, it also had some pluses. There was a password system allowing you to continue, collecting gold enabled you to upgrade your character, and best of all it had an ending.
Yep it sure did. Me and my friend were talking about beating it again. We use to mess with the passwords to get better items but this was before u could easily acquire info online.
Just like the Ikari Warriors trilogy video I wished there was coverage of the ports of the sequels, but that’s a lot to cover. I loved Gauntlet II & Gauntlet: The Third Encounter for the Atari Lynx & Gauntlet IV for the Sega Genesis were decent follow-ups. Really enjoying your channel and your videos!
I loved all the Arcade versions, those quarter - eaters. My favourite version was Gauntlet: Dark Legacy on the Nintendo Gamecube, with extra - sharp graphics and exclusive stereo sound. ( seriously, it was the only port in stereo that I know of and was a major selling point of the game ) On a similar note, I also loved Forgotten Realms' Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on the Gamecube as it is an official Dungeons and Dragons game, and boy did it look and play good~! The extra bonus of BGDA was that you fought against actual D&D monsters and bosses taken right from the original source material. Anyhow, thanks for another great review of this amazing game, Patman~!
I was a dev on Gauntlet Seven Sorrows. It was originally going to be more of an RPG for most of the development. The whole thing was switched to be a hack n' slash in the last 4 months with a ton of crunching.
Gauntlet Slayer edition the most recent edition of Gauntlet is hugely underrated. Me and my two sons fell in love with it and completed every aspect of the game. We still go back to it from time to time. Controls so well.
Really appreciated this documentary and learned a lot about the series, thanks for putting it together! There were a few opinions I was surprised at, like the slight dismissal of Legends / Dark Legacy, as those are some of my favorite, and how you like Seven Sorrows, as I felt that was the largest departure from the Gauntlet series. Subscribed, cause I'd love to hear more of what you have to say, thanks for making this!
Did not mean to dismiss legends or dark legacy as I really enjoyed the follow-up. Since I grew up on gauntlet I appreciated the back to the basics of seven sorrows. Thanks for subscribing and I appreciate the nice words
Legends and Dark Legacy were huuuuge at my house. I remember getting Seven Sorrows and only playing it once and being completely bummed out since it was way different than the previous. I'd love a remake of Legends/Dark Legacy or a game back in that style. Used to be such a great time with buddies. They definitely don't make them like they used to.
I remember playing the original Gauntlet game back in 1985 I was a little kid but that game blew me away since then I have played all of them so this game series definitely brings back memories to me so thanks.
The MSX version looked better than the Spectrum version too. You can see that in the video, so I’m not quite certain why he says it’s worse: the ghosts, piles of bones (ghost generators), etc. All look better on the MSX version in my opinion. The Nintendo version at the end looked wrong too... I take it that was an emulator with some kind of smoothing turned on making everything look so weird? On the genuine hardware, on a CRT TV, ALL these games looked and played very differently to how they look here. I remember the Spectrum, MSX and C64 versions very well.
One of my all-time fave games (and one of Atari Coin-op's very best), many great memories of unadulterated four-player chaos on both Gauntlet and Gauntlet II. The titles that came afterwards...yeah, not so much.
I think they got caught up in the 'everything must be in 3D' mindset that emerged in the early 90s, and ended up completely overlooking what made the first two great to begin with. Shame.
Great video! A couple of extra notes; The producer on Gauntlet Legacy/Dark Legacy was Mike Halley. He'd previously done the original Star Wars arcade game and the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom arcade game as well. The lead artist on Legacy and Dark Legacy was Steve Caterson, who went on to be lead artist on God Of War and produced the next couple God of War games after the original.
From the very first time I stumbled onto this channel, I've always found the presenter's voice reminds me of the digitized speech in Gauntlet. And now we have arrived. Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. But still, he really sounds like that computer voice to me. Thanks for the upload. Always enjoy them.
Holy COW NIPS! I forgot there was another after the '98 'Legends'! I barely remember this, but I may have thought Dark Legends was only made for Xbox. But ohhh man, arcade Gauntlet at the hockey rinks - that was priceless gaming.
I got to say, Gauntlet Dark Legacy was my favorite game in the series. I had so much fun playing 4 player game on it. With so many unlockables and ways to play, I loved every minute of it
Really enjoyed this video Patman, my brother and I had a blast playing Gauntlet on the C64 back in the day....still have the tune in my head lol We also got to play Legends in the arcades and had a blast with the password system as we were traveling cross-country with family at the time and got a kick out of picking up at a Vegas arcade where we left off in NYC.....that was the future, man :D It would be great if you would do a video someday of Shadow over Mystara (with a mention of Tower of Doom), as I think that is probably the best 4 player arcade ever, and one of the last that you could beat with a single quarter, if you had the skill....like Golden Axe 3, but with more depth.....I know that it is slightly niche even though it is D&D, but that has never stopped you before lol
Thank you, and thanks for sharing the memories. The password system was really unique and like you said as long as the Internet connection was working you could pick up play on a different machine no matter where you were. I will have to check in the game you mentioned, I don't have any recollection of it
I absolutely loved this game. I had this for the Spectrum & much later, for the Atari ST (and yes, the scrolling was awful - the more characters onscreen, the slower & jerkier the scrolling got). Way before I knew it couldn't be completed, I was determined to finish it & to that end played it for an entire day & night, getting to around level 120. I then put the game on pause all night only to find that the next day I could not un-pause it! I also got Gauntlet 2 for the latter machine & there was some kind of cheat which gave you an 'anch' (if that's the right spelling). Collecting it gave the player 50,000 health. Also worth a mention was the add-on called the Deeper dungeons for some of the home ports (the original Gauntlet with brand new, apparently fan designed levels - much harder & more devious!). I found a downloadable file, which, when the name was changed to trick MAME into thinking it was the original, allowed the deeper dungeons to be played as an arcade port. Great game, albeit tedious when playing alone.
I thought about mentioning the deeper dungeon pack (which I had for my Commodore 64) but the video was over 30 minutes already. It's too bad they didn't program a proper ending into the game
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries There was a rumour that you had to fight a big dragon on the 'last' level. I used to almost feel sorry for people who played it in the arcade who thought it had an ending. I saw a group of four people pump about £40 in 10p's (equivalent of 4000 odd coins) & not get anywhere, but as a set of games I loved it & felt it really came into its own when all 4 were playing it.
The warm memories I have playing this in the arcade and on the genesis are really precious to me! This is something I can fire up on my emulator at gatherings and we always have a fun time
I remember having this on the spectrum, and the extra dungeons expansion. You used to be able to level skip if you played the first line of code for the level the computer was expecting to load from the tape, after that line of the level was loaded you could fast forward it to any point of the tape you wanted.
I only started these games with the dreamcast gauntlet legends and gauntlet dark legacy for ps2 loved it tons hope they bring it back soon...VIVA la gaunlet
My brother, dad, myself, and some of our neighborhood friends played Gauntlet Legends on N64 religiously. There was always someone ready to pick up when you were done or wanted to take a break. We also had a 4 computer LAN setup so if you couldn't get in on Gaunlet/Goldeneye, you could jump into Quake or Warcraft. I loved that era of gaming. Our house became something of a local hub. Even if you didn't want to play games, you could always watch someone play.
I was brought into Midway Home Entertainment after being the lead designer on CAPCOM's Maximo Ghost to Glory to reboot Gauntlet, but got caught up in another one of Midway's mass layoffs :-(
I played one of the Gauntlet Legends/Dark Legacy games in a bar in London and it had that had the password system which meant every Friday after work, we would all continue our progress. I also played the original in a bar in Springfield, Missouri (almost certain it wasn't Illinoui) which catered to original cabinets. I also have the PS4 Slayer edition which is great for a 15 minute blast. Tough on your own however. Great vid as always PQC!
: ) It probably was Missouri. There is a Springfield in Illinois but it's in the middle of the state and where the fairgrounds are located. Hmmm, maybe you were in Illinois? The cities are far apart so...
@@fifthof9501 we were driving route 66 at the time and had looked up places to visit before hand. I have actually found the name of the bar, it's called "1984" and it is in Missouri. Worth a visit if you're ever nearby.
i remember the fist time i saw the stand up marquee for gauntlet 2 on nes, right by one for battletoads. i was born in 88 so i know i was very young and when i saw them my imagination went into hyperdrive!! my grandma god rest her bought it for me and the nintendo power that went with and i would spend hours and hours playing it. ahhh...good times. thank you patmac this was a good trip down nostalgia lane.
I don't have any of the computer ports, but I believe I own all of the console versions, including for the Atari 2600 and 7800 (both games published under the Dark Chambers title).
Missed is the Atari ST Gauntlet II, which ran much faster and smoother than Gauntlet. I was amazed by the improvement. Some code God must have fixed up the code to really make it shine. Otherwise, this is a good review of who made it. I enjoyed your video.
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This machine took a LOT of money from me and my friends LOL
"The Wizard needs cash.... badly!"
LOL
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries You know a game is well done when you just need to hear the Death noise and everyone panics :) "DOES ANYONE HAVE A POTION??"
@@papalaz4444244 LOL, I can remember that well
I still speak while inhaling to emulate that voice from time to time. Warrior needs food!
Yeah with a round of friends and beer this cabinet was a powerful coin magnet🤑
I loved the way the game would snitch on you: "Elf shot the food."
LOL, that was hilarious
“uh, sustenance” always made me laugh.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Blue Valkyre is about to die! (then came the annoying death buzz sound)
Lol, teamkiller!
This game was one of those games at the arcade that demanded attention. The sfx music and voices added so much. The simple, colorful and clear animations brought everything to life.
This was a classic.
Absolutely, it was the perfect storm
Well put.
I remember when this game came out. Eventually we had it at a local 7-11, where a kid broke into the back and kept giving everyone free credits. I recently acquired a TMNT machine, which was converted from an original Gauntlet to turtles. Also, I have a MAME cabinet, which was originally a Gauntlet: Dark Legacy machine from when I worked for namco. The 36" screen stopped working and it was too expensive, and not making enough money, to fix. So, the company had me scrap it, after sending all the main boards back to the home office, but rather than destroy it, I took it home and made it into a MAME machine.
That’s an awesome setup. I’m super jealous.
What was your function at Namco? An engineer? 🙂
Holy cow, that's awesome
@@DkViking1 I managed a couple of stores and a bunch of satellite locations, doing repairs.
I have lived only the tail end of the arcade era, but the more technology "progresses", the more i want to go back when the experience was really a social event
When you see it from the beginning You have a much greater appreciation for the early stuff such as Atari or even the Odyssey. Every week or so when you would go to the arcade it was a treat to see what new arcade games were there. It really was a social event
It was very cool. It became REALLY intense when the fighting game boom came around. I was just thinking about playing Renegade and Shinobi at Convenience Stores at the time. The home consoles brought in a new world but Arcades were really the beginning of the hobby as far as communities growing around them.
Yeah, we're at that age where games are played online and not shoulder to shoulder on the floor in front of a 150lb 30" tube TV... I miss those days of my childhood.
I was in the same situation. I remember getting into arcade games when, oddly enough, I would go to the dentist. Lol the dentist my mom took me to had arcade games you could play while you wait. Just the big ones like Pac Man and Centipede but it made the experience less traumatizing. I remember playing Gauntlet Legends later on and it blew my mind that I was able to save my progress with a password. I miss the days of asking my mom for some quarters and walking down to the arcade with my friend. Or even just sitting at home and playing games together on the old tube TV. I still game to this day, and it's amazing to see how far we've come with hardware and graphics. Can't wait to see where it goes in the future!
Fond memories of standing on a milk carton to reach the machine while the jukebox played and the teenagers smoked cigarettes. It was so much more than just the social experience. The amount of freedom that kids had back then compared to now would blow your mind. I was a latchkey kid babysitting my two younger brothers for a few hours after school everyday when i was 11 and nobody thought twice about it. DCFS would come and take the kids away today if that happened.
Gauntlet legends came out when I was 22 I still remember one particular weekend when my parents had gone on vacation and me and my friends hooked up my Nintendo 64 on their big screen, not that big by today’s standard. We played it basically for a full weekend. My friends going home at dawn Saturday and Sunday. The 64 having that awesome design to have four controllers plugged in was perfect for the game.
It was great for gauntlet, and especially great for wrestling games which I always enjoyed with my friends
I never had a 64. With the amount of money I dropped on gauntlet legends arcade I probably could have bought one.
Great for golden eye high school parties as well
I played Gauntlet with my friend on NES and he would follow my crackhead Elf. I played Gauntlet Legends on N64 and then I was following him.
Oh man wish I could hook up my ps3 to the projector and play Dark Legacy on the wall..
"How the company could release a game in this state is beyond me, unless it was just a quick cash grab."
Good thing we've come far enough that game developers never do such things anymore.
Truer words have not been spoken
Gauntlet: 2077 - coming to arcades near you
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries this video had so much missing information. dislike
"Warrior shot the food.”
Ubisoft sends its regards.
Dark Legacy is the mountain peak of Gauntlet.
Legends was the best tbh
1986 my best friend in the world just graduated from Boot Camp at Camp Pendleton California. We rented a Gauntlet arcade cabinet for the day and had a party for him. We all ate a giant 6' long sandwich, drank soda and played this game all day long. We were all in the military and yes we were nerds!
That's fantastic, sounds like a fun time. Thanks for sharing
During a 4 player game of the Gauntlet Legends Xbox port, I encountered one of the most hilarious bugs (or funky gameplay quirks) I've ever seen in any game in my life. There was a game mechanic whereby the zoom of the camera auto adjusted to the spacing of the characters to one another to keep all the characters within the frame regardless of where they moved. Well, in one level, there was a crazy tall elevator, and my 3 friends hopped on it without me and rode it up. I still remember my college buddy saying "Jim, where did you go?" and I replied, "I think I'm those 5 pixels over there...".
Apparently, the camera followed my three friends up the elevator while still keeping me in the picture, which led to clipping at the edge of the screen so I couldn't get on the elevator. And even on an 85" HDTV my character was like 5 pixels big at the bottom of the huge tower they had ridden to the top of. So my friends had to ride the elevator back down... as a result of watching my avatar's graphical transformation from a few pixels back into a character as the elevator went back down we were laughing on the floor for 15 minutes...
LOL that is hilarious. Thanks for sharing
I love this game remember playing it as a child in the Arcades and then on my old Amstrad CPC 464.......ooooohh the memories.
It was a pretty good version on the Amstrad, much better than the spectrum LOL
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Never was a fan of the Spectrum - I can see the pitchforks and torches hahaha. Now the C64 and then the Amiga I was jealous of them lol. I loved that Amstrad many memories and some very good games I don't understand why some people hate on it?
My friend always shot the food when I needed it. I have jerk friends.
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LOL, that's hilarious
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Gauntlet Slayer edition is one of the best games I own. I can play it by myself, with friends or with my kids on a local steam box in the family room. I really feel like its underrated as a true successor to the gauntlet franchise.
I agree,I just didn't like the zoomed out camera angle but it was still fun
I agree, It is very fun. Easy to start and enjoy the action immidiately.
I agree. The only problem with it is the developer for the Slayer Edition only did PS4 games, and WB Games didn't give much of a crap to find another developer to port it to Xbox One and even the Switch.
I think it has bad reviews on steam or something because I thought of picking it up and then I changed my mind after looking up reviews and stuff
@@bland9876 the reviews seem skewed - maybe as people reviewed the original then the slayer edition, which changed a lot of the mechanics and gameplay. Get it on sale for like £3, it's a good game, just limited/no endgame - really fun as a group tho.
Huh! It's pretty cool to learn that Xybots was started as a Gauntlet sequel!
Especially since I'm currently developing a fantasy RPG, inspired by Xybots!
The gameplay is basically Dungeon Master meets Punch Out.
have you heard of Crossed Swords? it's a fantasy RPG punch-out. adding a dungeon crawl to that sounds wonderful
@@Rendo86 Yes, I am familiar with Crossed Swords. It also influenced a few of my design decisions.
Such as groups of monsters having two rows, and a "tag" system, to help each other out.
Sounds very cool, keep me posted :-)
Would that make it more like Doom except with a level generator?? Or Shining the Holy Ark or Shining in the Darkness...
I'm guessing more like a simplified version. If it's more like Xybots? Etrian Odyssey comes to mind... those are really fun! Never finished the 2 EO games I have... they get tough quick.
@@Grillenheimer I would love to see an update to the DC version of the Shining series. Or actually ANY of the Shining series! *EDIT* I put DC as "dungeon crawler" not for Dreamcast. I know the titles were on Genesis and Saturn.
Yes, Gauntlet and Gauntlet II are among my most favorite arcade games. Too bad I sucked at them, though-especially as a kid.
Thanks for all the nostalgia and new information, Patman!
Absolutely, thank you.
THANK YOU for acknowledging Dandy on the Atari! Most people don't know or dismiss the influence of Dandy on Gauntlet. Without Dandy, there'd be no Gauntlet.
Absolutely,You can't have a gauntlet video without mentioning dandy
Had Atari Inc not been broken up, the AMY sound chip - which John Palovich (sic) wrote code for, in addition to having written DANDY - could’ve ended up in the Gauntlet arcade games instead of the YM2151 audio chip. That would’ve changed a lot of what we consider distinct sounds to Gauntlet.
Gauntlet 4 has one of the best soundtracks on the Genesis. Hell, one of the best of the 16 bit era.
Yes it was very good
I remember beating Gauntlet Legends (or was it Dark Legacy) in the arcade. It gave you a code to send in for a free "I beat Skorne" t-shirt. I probably still have that shirt packed away somewhere...
Very cool, never knew anybody who did that
I think that Nes version deserved a little more attention. It is fantastic, with great music and dared with her own story and changes in gameplay. For example, the search for passwords and the fight against the guardian. Excellent video, congratulations!
Thank you, I didn't like the NES version as much because it was a bit different from the arcade game
Gauntlet 2 looks so much better but has no password.
Agreed👍 Nes is my favorite version. The arcade was cool but in reality it's just a chaotic mess of a quarter muncher. The Nes version is a doable adventure!
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I loved the video, I just wish the NES footage didnt have that filter. I hate that stuff, it's criminal. Let the pixels be free!!
Gauntlet is one of my all-time favorites. Before I even gave this video a chance to start, I pressed the like button. 👍
Much appreciated! That's very nice of you thank you
Of course 😍
I kinda do that all the time lol
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries You forgot to mention the true final boss of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy.
I remember when i was a kid, my dad bought a arcade cabinet and it had i think 6 or 7 hit game on it. Punchout, Mario2, Contra, and Gauntlet!!! I cant remember the rest of the games. I always loved playing Gauntlet, so much fun!!! All my neighborhood friends would come over and we would play. Very good memories, I miss u and love u Dad!!!
All that is very cool. Thanks for sharing
I was a big time Atari personal computer game player back in the early 80s. Played Dandy Dungeon religiously and the moment I saw Guantlet in the arcades, i *KNEW* it was inspired by it. They definitely took it to the next level with the sound FX, voices, and graphics though.
I agree 100%
Patman QC: Uploads a new video.
Me: Put everything I'm doing on pause and get ready to be entertain by another great video game history video. :)
Me too lol
That is fantastic, glad you enjoyed the content so much.. Thank you :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries would love to throw some Patreon love to ya but times are tight since the lay off. Glad I have this channel to see me through it. Ty so much for your amazing videos.
Great video once again. Nothing can replace the arcade version of the game for Gauntlet!
Couldn't agree more! Thank you very much
Man! That "Welcome." at the very beginning put a childlike smile on my face.
You and me both, that's why I had to put it in right there :-)
yeah, just as iconic as altered beasts "rise from your grave" - even now gives me that little tingle! its funny how certain sound can transport you right back (like reinstalled C&C: tiberium sun and man, those death sounds...)
Having that announcer is always with me this game series so cool. Even in dark legacy where it was more common at that time to have voices in games.
The "welcome warrior" always sounded to me like "welcome lawyer"
"Red Wizard needs food."
The words echo in my head to this day.
Also, take this pity medal for having such a fast Prom Night🏅
LOL, thank you :-)
You forgot "... badly" 😄
I remember the DAY this came out in 1985. Crowds all around it. Me on my tippy-toes trying to get a peek. Such a REGAL feel to it... and IT TALKED! And it talked GOOD. The voice samplings bought it 'to life'. After a while people got sick of it once they realized there was no end... such fond memories
Absolutely, there was a ton of voice in the game and like you mentioned it was clear and very easy to understand. Thanks for sharing
Omg dark legacy was one of my all time favorites as a kid. I still have the app sound the jester made stuck in my head lol
Here’s a bit of history for Gauntlet: the sprites and levels for the game were drawn on the Atari 520ST. In fact, Atari used their 16-bit computers to draw the graphics for a lot of their arcade games during the mid-to-late 1980s. Another game that comes to mind is Toobin’. Since these games ran on dedicated PCBs, they always ran better than their home conversion counterparts.
Excellent, I did not know that. Thanks for the info
@@niooi Let's not forget that Marble Madness was made by a 15 year old Mark Cerney who also helped make Sonic 2 as well as founding Naughty Dog. Now he's designing the PS5. Quite a resume.
For that to have happened, Ed Logg would’ve had to get his hands on an Atari 520ST before release. And that was after “Atari” had become 3 different companies. Ed Logg was at Atari Games which was the arcade company. The ST was from Tramiel’s Atari Corp. Even though they shared the same building for several months, the employees of those 2 companies weren’t supposed to be working together… although allegedly some did. Ed Logg did have an ST later at some point… and one of his favorite games on it was Tetris. He showed Atari Games’ management team it and convinced them to try to license it for the arcades…but that’s a different infamous story…
Another high quality video about one of my beloved games. Well researched, great delivery and diction, thank you!
Much appreciated! Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the content and presentation
You know that feeling when you just discover a content creator, really like their delivery, then find they have a veritable mountain of existing content to explore?
I think I'm going to need some popcorn...
Thanks a lot, hope you enjoy the content
I remember playing gauntlet legends as a kid, good times, I wish they would put more midway arcade games on the switch
Thanks for the retrospective - way too many quarters dropped into this game as a kid
Thank you for watching :-)
This game is on ps3 I’m pretty sure so that’s cool
And that’s what got you into skylanders, I see the similarities between the two
I loved Legends and Dark Legacy. I'd really want a remaster with the same levels and new ones like what Dark Legacy was to Legends.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Amazing to think all of this was created from copying Gary Gygax's AD&D...
Think of all the Swords and Sorcery games ... so many trace back to Dungeons and Dragons.
Gauntlet Legends and Dark Legacy on the N64 and Gamecube had to be my favorites
Great work. Nice that you mention Xybots. Most video game historians tend to miss that when talking about Gauntlet.
By the way, Xybots deserves it's own video.
No mention that Gauntlet for the NES was an 'illegal' game unauthorised by Nintendo? Well, most historians of video games bring that point up, so I guess you don't have to.
The video was already 32 minutes I didn't want to get into the whole legality of an unlicensed NES game. As you mentioned, other people have talked about it so didn't think it was necessary when discussing gauntlet. Thanks for the nice words anyway
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It is ok. Prehaps you might want to do a video about Tengen in the future.
Or not. Your choice.
Dark Legacy is my favorite and the only one in the series i’d come back to
definitely needs a remake
Seven Sorrows was a waste of time, never have i been so disappointed
Spent many Saturday mornings at the local arcade playing this one.
So did I:-)
Me too.
@AldousHuxley's Ghost I basically grew up in a bowling alley. My dad Went bowling in leagues two or three nights a week and then I was in leagues on Saturday afternoons. The games you mentioned sound exactly like my bowling alley :-)
I was seven years old when I played legacy for the first time. I've been hooked to hack and slash and ARPGS ever since.
I really enjoyed the franchise over the years
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries were overdue for a new one. Honestly with today's computer power and graphics we could easily see 100 enemies on screen etc.
This is honestly the most entertaining channel I have been watching during lockdown! Keep going with the great content! ❤️
Thank you, that is very nice of you to say.
I bought the Atari 8-bit version and I was thankful it was made because Atari 8-bits usually don't get releases of things. They even released the Deeper Dungeons add on disk.
I had the deeper dungeon disc on the Commodore 64 and thought it was great
Dark legacy was my jam as a kid. I 100%d it and it gives a lot of hours of play time to do so. A lot of fun and the music is solid.
Facts!!
Gauntlet Dark Legacy and Gauntlet Legends were my childhood. Such great childhood memories playing that game. Special place in my heart. Great to see the game's history. Cheers.
SAME!!! My dad had those games and I played them a lot in my childhood
Did you ever use the secret character codes? @@MissKitty21
I remember sinking so much cash into Gauntlet at the arcade. This brings back great memories. Thanks for this great video!
Gauntlet is my jam!! Legends is my favorite. The N64 version in particular grabbed a couple hundred hours of my time.
Sounds like me :-)
Thank you for uploading this. Love the pacing and humour throughout.
Just to clarify, Gauntlet 3 never made it to the shops on the C64, due to a multitude of reasons.
Firstly, the machine itself was towards the end of its shelf life. Secondly, the game's isometric perspective (as per the amiga version), plus its size and complexity meant that making it a disk only product (or cartridge, which at the time weren't cheaper than disks in the U.K), was the only feasible option. And this wouldn't have been commercially viable , as the majority of C64 users in the U.K., and indeed europe, favoured tape versions due to the lower cost. Ergo, a poor return on investment due to potentially lower sales.
As a result, the 80% or so completed game was shelved. I think it may have been a Software Creations project, which means it could have had the quality of their other conversions, such as Bionic Commandos & LED Storm.
There is information about all this online. Furthermore, it's possible someone, perhaps from the original team, may have finished it and put it out in the public domain somewhere.
All in all, it's a pity it wasn't released back in the day, as the music for it sounds fantastic, which isn't surprising considering it was composed by the Follin brothers. Maybe with the current resurgence of retro gaming, it might get an updated release. For example, Hunter's Moon (an absolute classic), has recently been re-released, with massive updates , including new levels, intro and outro sequences and new music too.
I thought I had read somewhere a long time ago that the third game did not come out on the 64 but I wasn't sure why. It makes sense though since it would only have been released on a disk format. When I saw software creations mentioned in regards to the Amiga version I got goose chills when thinking about some of their other games LOL. I will have to try the third one just for the music alone.
Thanks for all the info
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No worries . The music is available on the HVSC (high voltage sid collection), which has been around and updated for well over a decade. You can use various SID players to listen to it.
As an OG player from the 80s, I absolutely love the 2014 Steam version Slayer edition. There is even a devoted discord for it with devs on it too.
I never knew that, thanks
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries this is it, for reference discord.gg/pdzHgM6 we do our own challenges as well besides those in the game.
Did you see the Gauntlet food truck that WB Games sent out to various cities during the release of Slayer Edition?
Nes version had another problem. You had to go to certain rooms to get part of a code to give to the Master of the game to even play the last level and to fight the dragon. This code was different either to each character. So it punish you to skipping levels..
Thanks for the info
Me and my friends use to spend hours playing Gauntlet Legends on the N64. Good times.
Thank you for all the memories you you bring back with these reviews PatmatQC. Great games, great videos.
Glad you like them! I appreciate the nice words, thank you
I loved playing Dark Legacy with my dad on the Gamecube when I was younger. The announcer's voice brings back so many memories.
That's very cool, I love hearing stories about families bonding over videogames
"The NES version of Gauntlet is a significant departure from the arcade original, keeping only the basic game formula and cast of enemies. 100 entirely new levels were constructed for this version, and the quest was given a definite goal: to retrieve a Magic Orb located in the 100th level, which could only be accessed by collecting portions of a password hidden in clue rooms scattered throughout the first 99 levels."
Those passwords were a nightmare.
"In my opinion Gauntlet should always be played from a top down 2D perspective as found in the originals."Oh, no, sacrilege. Valkyrie sword-and-boarding through mobs of orcs and goblins in Gauntlet Legends is one of the high points of my casual gaming career.
Excellent video! So much nostalgia playing in 80's arcades shoving so much money into the game!
Couldn't agree more! It gives me the warm fuzzies thinking about it :-) Thank you
i still have my xbox copy of dark lagacy, and a save five with 4 characters at level 50 because of a long weekend with friends back in high school
Sounds like fun
Love your content. If you take requests please do the 194X series and/or UN Squadron. Keep it up!!
Thanks! Will do!
this was fun to watch, most of these were all before my time except gauntlet legends. that was my first and only gauntlet game I've ever played. Me and 3 other friends used to play it on n64, good times.
It was a lot of fun, thanks
Although the NES version was quite different from the arcade, and lacking in some ways, it also had some pluses. There was a password system allowing you to continue, collecting gold enabled you to upgrade your character, and best of all it had an ending.
Yep it sure did. Me and my friend were talking about beating it again. We use to mess with the passwords to get better items but this was before u could easily acquire info online.
Just like the Ikari Warriors trilogy video I wished there was coverage of the ports of the sequels, but that’s a lot to cover. I loved Gauntlet II & Gauntlet: The Third Encounter for the Atari Lynx & Gauntlet IV for the Sega Genesis were decent follow-ups.
Really enjoying your channel and your videos!
I loved all the Arcade versions, those quarter - eaters.
My favourite version was Gauntlet: Dark Legacy on the Nintendo Gamecube, with extra - sharp graphics and exclusive stereo sound. ( seriously, it was the only port in stereo that I know of and was a major selling point of the game )
On a similar note, I also loved Forgotten Realms' Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on the Gamecube as it is an official Dungeons and Dragons game, and boy did it look and play good~!
The extra bonus of BGDA was that you fought against actual D&D monsters and bosses taken right from the original source material.
Anyhow, thanks for another great review of this amazing game, Patman~!
Oh my gosh! Still have the 2 Balders Gate games from the Xbox and still work on my 360!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. I was not aware of the stereo sound exclusivity thanks
I was a dev on Gauntlet Seven Sorrows. It was originally going to be more of an RPG for most of the development. The whole thing was switched to be a hack n' slash in the last 4 months with a ton of crunching.
Holy cow, so that's what happened
I love that I can check this channel regularly and constantly see new stuff. Thank you Patman!
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you for watching
Gauntlet Slayer edition the most recent edition of Gauntlet is hugely underrated. Me and my two sons fell in love with it and completed every aspect of the game. We still go back to it from time to time. Controls so well.
I will have to go back and play it again
Really appreciated this documentary and learned a lot about the series, thanks for putting it together! There were a few opinions I was surprised at, like the slight dismissal of Legends / Dark Legacy, as those are some of my favorite, and how you like Seven Sorrows, as I felt that was the largest departure from the Gauntlet series. Subscribed, cause I'd love to hear more of what you have to say, thanks for making this!
Did not mean to dismiss legends or dark legacy as I really enjoyed the follow-up. Since I grew up on gauntlet I appreciated the back to the basics of seven sorrows. Thanks for subscribing and I appreciate the nice words
Legends and Dark Legacy were huuuuge at my house. I remember getting Seven Sorrows and only playing it once and being completely bummed out since it was way different than the previous. I'd love a remake of Legends/Dark Legacy or a game back in that style. Used to be such a great time with buddies. They definitely don't make them like they used to.
You failed to mention the most satisfying aspect of Dark Legacy, the turbo attacks!!
Gauntlet dark legacy is my fav game of all time
The whole series is classic
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries bought a gauntlet dark legacy cab recently. So hype for it to arrive here. Thanks for this video. 10/10 info
I remember playing the original Gauntlet game back in 1985 I was a little kid but that game blew me away since then I have played all of them so this game series definitely brings back memories to me so thanks.
Absolutely, thank you for sharing and thanks for watching
The MSX version really didn't look that bad, TBH, and at least *appeared* to play fast.
The MSX version looked better than the Spectrum version too. You can see that in the video, so I’m not quite certain why he says it’s worse: the ghosts, piles of bones (ghost generators), etc. All look better on the MSX version in my opinion. The Nintendo version at the end looked wrong too... I take it that was an emulator with some kind of smoothing turned on making everything look so weird? On the genuine hardware, on a CRT TV, ALL these games looked and played very differently to how they look here. I remember the Spectrum, MSX and C64 versions very well.
You got this one right from the very start, the thumbnail catches you and the rest delivers 100%. Thank you sir!
Glad to hear it! Thank you very much
This game was also great for making new friends. As long as you did not shoot the food!
LOL, I agree
I really enjoyed the Gauntlet (2014) reboot. It was a return to form which a I appreciated.
Yes, very much so
I wish we could get another Gauntlet like Dark Legacy.
Yeah. The music was too unforgettable. Legit would scroll through the characters with music hyping me up for war.
I grew up on Legends (born in '02.) My dad got it for the N64 because he grew up playing the original cabs.
One of my all-time fave games (and one of Atari Coin-op's very
best), many great memories of unadulterated four-player chaos on both
Gauntlet and Gauntlet II. The titles that came afterwards...yeah, not so much.
The original two games were bona fide classics. I don't know what happened with the others
I think they got caught up in the 'everything must be in 3D' mindset that emerged in the early 90s, and ended up completely overlooking what made the first two great to begin with. Shame.
Excellent overview. This is one of my all time favorite games I still play. My wife and I play the PS2 versions every year or two.
Thank you very much
"IT TALKS!" Me, when I first saw Gauntlet in an arcade.
LOL, you and me both
Same here and I was five and Atari was the system everyone was playing.
Legacy is pretty awesome. Loved when playing the sorceress, as she leveled ip, her outfit gets skimpier!
Couldn't agree more!
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Great video! A couple of extra notes;
The producer on Gauntlet Legacy/Dark Legacy was Mike Halley. He'd previously done the original Star Wars arcade game and the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom arcade game as well. The lead artist on Legacy and Dark Legacy was Steve Caterson, who went on to be lead artist on God Of War and produced the next couple God of War games after the original.
Mike Has done a number of other classic Atari games Including a fantastic baseball game called relief pitcher. Thanks for the notes :-)
"I've not seen such bravery!" *Brutalmoose has entered the chat*
From the very first time I stumbled onto this channel, I've always found the presenter's voice reminds me of the digitized speech in Gauntlet. And now we have arrived.
Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. But still, he really sounds like that computer voice to me.
Thanks for the upload. Always enjoy them.
LOL, I've never been told that before. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks
Fun Fact: Dandy's name is a thinly-veiled reference to "D&D".
Thanks for the info
Holy COW NIPS! I forgot there was another after the '98 'Legends'! I barely remember this, but I may have thought Dark Legends was only made for Xbox.
But ohhh man, arcade Gauntlet at the hockey rinks - that was priceless gaming.
Such a classic game
I got to say, Gauntlet Dark Legacy was my favorite game in the series. I had so much fun playing 4 player game on it. With so many unlockables and ways to play, I loved every minute of it
I didn't plan it that much but I did enjoy it
This game along with gauntlet 2 was also used in lego dimensions midway arcade level pack
Fed a few quarters into this machine. Really was a fun game and the nes port was actually pretty good. Great video as always
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
I always enjoy your trips down memory lane.
Glad to hear it, Thank you
Really enjoyed this video Patman, my brother and I had a blast playing Gauntlet on the C64 back in the day....still have the tune in my head lol We also got to play Legends in the arcades and had a blast with the password system as we were traveling cross-country with family at the time and got a kick out of picking up at a Vegas arcade where we left off in NYC.....that was the future, man :D
It would be great if you would do a video someday of Shadow over Mystara (with a mention of Tower of Doom), as I think that is probably the best 4 player arcade ever, and one of the last that you could beat with a single quarter, if you had the skill....like Golden Axe 3, but with more depth.....I know that it is slightly niche even though it is D&D, but that has never stopped you before lol
Thank you, and thanks for sharing the memories. The password system was really unique and like you said as long as the Internet connection was working you could pick up play on a different machine no matter where you were. I will have to check in the game you mentioned, I don't have any recollection of it
I absolutely loved this game. I had this for the Spectrum & much later, for the Atari ST (and yes, the scrolling was awful - the more characters onscreen, the slower & jerkier the scrolling got). Way before I knew it couldn't be completed, I was determined to finish it & to that end played it for an entire day & night, getting to around level 120. I then put the game on pause all night only to find that the next day I could not un-pause it! I also got Gauntlet 2 for the latter machine & there was some kind of cheat which gave you an 'anch' (if that's the right spelling). Collecting it gave the player 50,000 health. Also worth a mention was the add-on called the Deeper dungeons for some of the home ports (the original Gauntlet with brand new, apparently fan designed levels - much harder & more devious!). I found a downloadable file, which, when the name was changed to trick MAME into thinking it was the original, allowed the deeper dungeons to be played as an arcade port. Great game, albeit tedious when playing alone.
I thought about mentioning the deeper dungeon pack (which I had for my Commodore 64) but the video was over 30 minutes already. It's too bad they didn't program a proper ending into the game
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries There was a rumour that you had to fight a big dragon on the 'last' level. I used to almost feel sorry for people who played it in the arcade who thought it had an ending. I saw a group of four people pump about £40 in 10p's (equivalent of 4000 odd coins) & not get anywhere, but as a set of games I loved it & felt it really came into its own when all 4 were playing it.
The warm memories I have playing this in the arcade and on the genesis are really precious to me! This is something I can fire up on my emulator at gatherings and we always have a fun time
I remember having this on the spectrum, and the extra dungeons expansion. You used to be able to level skip if you played the first line of code for the level the computer was expecting to load from the tape, after that line of the level was loaded you could fast forward it to any point of the tape you wanted.
I only started these games with the dreamcast gauntlet legends and gauntlet dark legacy for ps2 loved it tons hope they bring it back soon...VIVA la gaunlet
You should have played gauntlet II on the Atari ST. it has the samples and uses the 4 player adapter. I loved it as a kid.
I did play gauntlet 2 On the ST back in the day and really enjoyed it. It was much better than the first one. The Amiga version of it was even better
My brother, dad, myself, and some of our neighborhood friends played Gauntlet Legends on N64 religiously. There was always someone ready to pick up when you were done or wanted to take a break. We also had a 4 computer LAN setup so if you couldn't get in on Gaunlet/Goldeneye, you could jump into Quake or Warcraft. I loved that era of gaming. Our house became something of a local hub. Even if you didn't want to play games, you could always watch someone play.
I was brought into Midway Home Entertainment after being the lead designer on CAPCOM's Maximo Ghost to Glory to reboot Gauntlet, but got caught up in another one of Midway's mass layoffs :-(
That sucks, sorry to hear that
Great video as usual Sir. Happy memories of playing Gauntlet in the arcade and on my Com 64.
Glad you enjoyed it , I had for the Commodore 64 as well Along with the deeper dungeons pack. Thank you
I played one of the Gauntlet Legends/Dark Legacy games in a bar in London and it had that had the password system which meant every Friday after work, we would all continue our progress.
I also played the original in a bar in Springfield, Missouri (almost certain it wasn't Illinoui) which catered to original cabinets.
I also have the PS4 Slayer edition which is great for a 15 minute blast. Tough on your own however.
Great vid as always PQC!
: ) It probably was Missouri. There is a Springfield in Illinois but it's in the middle of the state and where the fairgrounds are located. Hmmm, maybe you were in Illinois? The cities are far apart so...
@@fifthof9501 we were driving route 66 at the time and had looked up places to visit before hand. I have actually found the name of the bar, it's called "1984" and it is in Missouri. Worth a visit if you're ever nearby.
The N64 game was my first experience with Gauntlet. Have some fond memories of that game.
The whole franchise is so good
i remember the fist time i saw the stand up marquee for gauntlet 2 on nes, right by one for battletoads. i was born in 88 so i know i was very young and when i saw them my imagination went into hyperdrive!! my grandma god rest her bought it for me and the nintendo power that went with and i would spend hours and hours playing it. ahhh...good times. thank you patmac this was a good trip down nostalgia lane.
Thanks for sharing your memories, glad you enjoyed the video :-)
I don't have any of the computer ports, but I believe I own all of the console versions, including for the Atari 2600 and 7800 (both games published under the Dark Chambers title).
They were good but nothing compares to the original
Missed is the Atari ST Gauntlet II, which ran much faster and smoother than Gauntlet. I was amazed by the improvement. Some code God must have fixed up the code to really make it shine. Otherwise, this is a good review of who made it. I enjoyed your video.
Thank you but I didn't miss it. This only involves conversions of the original gauntlet. Once I do gauntlet ii I will cover it.