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Revision as of 13:15, 21 October 2022

Gauntlet
Gauntlet cover
Developers
Atari
DOS Mindscape
Mac OS (Classic) Sorcerer's Apprentice Software Productions
Publishers
Mindscape
Release dates
DOS 1988
Mac OS (Classic) 1989
Taxonomy
Series Gauntlet
Gauntlet guide on StrategyWiki
Gauntlet on MobyGames
Gauntlet on Wikipedia
Gauntlet
Gauntlet 1988
Gauntlet II 1989
Gauntlet (2014) 2014

This page is for the 1988 game. For the 2014 game, see Gauntlet (2014).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Mac OS
The expansion, Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons, was only released for other home computer platforms.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Mac OS (Classic)
The DOS version does not store any data.

Save game data location

System Location
Mac OS (Classic)
The DOS version does not store any data.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
256x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use czarman's solution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Shared-screen.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA

Issues fixed

Freeze after character select (DOSBox)

Change DOSBox machine type[1]
  1. Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
  2. Change machine=svga_s3 to machine=ega
  3. Save your changes and close the file.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 256k
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References