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From: dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.games.video,net.micro.atari8
Subject: Re: DANDY - "Gauntlet's Grandfather"
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Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 19:32:28 EST
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>    Some time ago, I noted that the old APX (Atari Program Exchange, long
> defunct) game DANDY seemed to be the inspiration for Gauntlet, and also
> noted that I thought it was available via ANTIC magazine.  Turns out
> I was more-or-less right on both counts.
Right.  Jack Palevich, the author of Dandy, got a ``free'' Gauntlet machine
from Atari Coinop.  In return, he signed papers saying that he wouldn't
try to sue them.  (He took the Gauntlet machine into work....)

> GET THIS GAME!
I agree.  It is one of the truly /great/ multiplayer games. You can
design (and store) your own dungeons, since there's a built-in dungeon
editor.


-Landon