Gauntlet preview for Nintendo DS

Another arcade classic gets a new lease of life on the DS later this year: this autumn will see the release of the Eighties maze-em-up Gauntlet. With over 40 dungeons to hack, slash and loot your way through, this faithful recreation will be a real trip down memory lane for fans of the original, and the co-operative play of the classic game is here too in the multiplayer format of the DS game. We've gone hands on this month with Gauntlet on the DS - find out all about it in this issue of HGZine!

Click here to read the Gauntlet preview for Nintendo DS now!

Gauntlet preview for Nintendo DS
Venture into any seaside arcade in the mid-to-late Eighties (or even later than that) and apar t from the faint whiff of urine, you'd almost certainly see a cabinet with four joysticks and four sets of but tons, and of ten with four young men shouting at the screen and nudging each other every now and again. Gauntlet was the name of the game, and its age- def ying blueprint of competitive co-operative play has been imitated many times since. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates' multiplayer? Just Gauntlet in shiny new three dimensional clothes .

Even with such a proven formula, the announcement of a new handheld version was a bolt out of the blue. Though with the DS gaining in popularity all the time, it makes sense to release a multiplayer-focused game when nearly everyone's got the console in question. Sensibly, Eidos has also included an online option for those with strange game-phobic chums.