Gauntlet Dark Legacy: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Gauntlet Dark Legacy (2000) is a hack and slash/beat 'em up video game developed by Midway Games West, available on Arcade, XBOX, NGC, PS2. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 66/100 on IGDB.

What is Gauntlet Dark Legacy about?

Gauntlet Dark Legacy is the follow-up to Gauntlet Legends and another installment in the long-running Gauntlet series of hack-and-slash action games. As with all the Gauntlet games, you play a medieval fantasy character who, along with allies if you have them, fights his or her way through hordes of evil creatures on the never ending quest for more gold and perhaps even an eventual goal.

This version contains the characters and levels from Gauntlet Legends, plus the new characters and levels from the Dark Legacy arcade game, with a few extra levels thrown in.

There are eight characters to initially choose from: the mighty Warrior, the deadly Valkyrie, the quick-footed Archer, the powerful Wizard, the spellcasting Sorceress, the stalwart Knight, the valiant Dwarf, and the chaotic Jester. Although there are similarities between characters from the two games, each character looks and play

Key details

Gauntlet Dark Legacy was released in 2000 and supports single player, co-operative, split screen. Platforms: Arcade, XBOX, NGC, PS2. Developer: Midway Games West.

Should you play Gauntlet Dark Legacy?

Reviews are mixed, but Gauntlet Dark Legacy retains a dedicated player base among hack and slash/beat 'em up fans.