Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gauntlet is the name of a fantasy-themed hack and slash 1985 arcade game by Atari Games. Released during the emergence of popularity of other role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, the game was a sensation, being one of the first true dungeon crawl arcade games. It was ported over to the Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, J2ME, Macintosh, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the ZX Spectrum. Three sequels, Gauntlet II (1986), Gauntlet Legends (1998) and Gauntlet Dark Legacy (2000) were also released.