The cooperative arcade dungeon-crawler on NES: warrior, valkyrie, elf, wizard. Shoot hordes of enemies and grab food. Simplistic but still fun in multiplayer. A classic.
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Action4 players7+
Co-op
Description
Top-down action game featuring adventurers battling monsters in an endless dungeon. Published by Tengen, released in the USA in 1987. Four playable characters in top-down view battling dungeon corridor monsters and collecting gold and weapons. NES version of Atari's Gauntlet arcade.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
NES port of Atari's Gauntlet by Tengen, the unlicensed publisher whose carts bypassed Nintendo's quality control. Collecting interest rests on that Tengen status and the distinctive cartridge shell, a marker of the legal war between Tengen and Nintendo over the NES. Common and affordable loose, it makes sense within a collection focused on unlicensed publishers rather than for its arcade playability alone.
Is Gauntlet still worth playing in 2026?
A port of Tengen's arcade classic, Gauntlet has four adventurers of distinct classes explore dungeons crawling with monsters, picking up treasure, keys and food to survive endless waves. The joy of cooperative dungeon crawling and the tension of survival keep a retro charm, founding the genre. The NES version reduces the number of simultaneous players and the presentation has aged. A piece of history for fans of retro dungeon hack-and-slash and multiplayer.
