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Gauntlet III: The Final Quest

Gauntlet III is an action-based dungeon exploration game. Like in the predecessors you empty areas infested by all kinds of enemies while running for the exit. Like this was rather a straight forward thing in…

31 December 1991

Gauntlet III: The Final Quest is an adventure, released 31 December 1991 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Gauntlet III: The Final Quest is

Gauntlet III: The Final Quest was released in 1991. It was published by Tengen. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gauntlet III is an action-based dungeon exploration game. Like in the predecessors you empty areas infested by all kinds of enemies while running for the exit. Like this was rather a straight forward thing in the first two games, it's not that easy to finish a level anymore. While you only had to run until you find the exit (and besides killing hordes of enemies you probably find some keys to unlock doors leading to deeper dungeons) you might have to solve a few "quests" to proceed to the next level in this installment. These "quests" are very basic, for example you have to find object A, then bring it to B, advance to C and finally go to D to uncover the exit. While the first two games had…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Gauntlet III: The Final Quest launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.

Official trailer

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When did Gauntlet III: The Final Quest come out?
Gauntlet III: The Final Quest was released on 31 December 1991 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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