ESRB: Eidos runs Gauntlet on DS

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Feb 15, 2008 4:52 pm PT

Ratings board lists new version of Midway's arcade dungeon crawler with Tomb Raider maker attached as publisher.

The Midway Games name is closely associated with a number of classic arcade franchises, such as Spy Hunter, Rampage, Defender, Joust, and Mortal Kombat. But perhaps none is more closely associated with the publisher than the four-player dungeon-crawling action game Gauntlet.

That made it all the more interesting earlier this week when the Entertainment Software Rating Board updated its online database with a listing for a new Gauntlet game on the Nintendo DS, one published by UK-based Eidos. Rated T for Teen, Eidos' Gauntlet was issued content descriptors for blood, fantasy violence, and alcohol references, a combination of warnings more in line with an update to the series along the lines of the Gauntlet Legends or Seven Sorrows games than the arcade originals (remakes of which have been rated E for Everyone).

When asked for comment, a Midway representative told GameSpot, "There is nothing that we can comment on at this time." Representatives from Eidos have not responded to GameSpot's inquiries. The ESRB has also removed the game from its online database, although a representative had not clarified the reasons for the removal as of press time.

If the listing proves accurate, it would not be the first time another publisher has handled Midway's seminal arcade action series. Atari published home versions of Gauntlet Legends, Microsoft and Sony handled the publishing on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network downloads in the series, and Destination Software released a Game Boy Advance combo cartridge that paired the original arcade game with another fondly remembered Midway franchise, Rampart.

37 Comments

  • Sins-of-Mosin

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 10:25 am PT

    Lets hope they put the time and money behind the developement.

  • j03yAsunder

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 7:48 am PT

    If its anything like Legends and Dark Legacy, I'm definitely buying this! I just hope they learned their lesson from 7 Sorrows...

  • Lord_Artix

    Posted Feb 18, 2008 4:45 am PT

    @another_drew
    No, I don't have it in any form whatsoever, and lol @ Dreamcast news.

  • URError

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 8:03 pm PT

    Thats right put it on the good portable system the DS not that crap the PSP

  • Cyber-

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 7:58 pm PT

    They need to push the online component in this.

  • one_of_panda

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 3:03 pm PT

    Sweet! I love Gauntlet and the DS.

  • Tranceplant

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 2:33 pm PT

    Nice! Gauntlet on Wi-Fi would be cool.

  • roger_tyler

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 11:52 am PT

    I do hope it's like Legends/Dark Legacy - I admit that they aren't good games by most measures (if any), but nostalgia is a strong force for me.

    I loved playing Legends on Dreamcast with my brother, and my girl and I played a lot of Dark Legacy on Xbox when we first met - it'd be great to play it on our DSs now

  • macdre13

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 11:39 am PT

    Yay im glad to hear this i still own Gauntlet Dark Legacy for Ps2 it would be sweet if it came out for DS .. heres to hoping it will be good!

  • XxFulgrimxX

    Posted Feb 17, 2008 12:04 am PT

    Deus Ex is not a horrible game

  • chimera01

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 10:16 pm PT

    Great news. Just when i thought this title couldn't be beaten into the ground any further.

  • staticgod

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 5:46 pm PT

    this game sucks

  • Hitman2500

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 5:14 pm PT

    I hope the Gauntlet game is not like seven sorrows but more like Gauntlet Dark Legacy. Or Make it Gauntlet Dark Legacy for the DS!

  • damariofan

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 4:51 pm PT

    whos still going to buy from eidos?

  • footfoe2

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 11:26 am PT

    Eidos makes terrible games

  • another_drew

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 10:11 am PT

    They should have rated it M for Mediocre. Legends was a decent game, but definately not the best. It's a fun party game but shoddy single player, here's hoping for something more out of the DS version.

    @ Lord_Artix - Do you perhaps have it download from XBL Arcade? Because it gives you updates based on what system you play the game. I have the old Dreamcast version so mine says ESRB: Eidos runs Gauntlet on DS - Dreamcast news at GameSpot.

  • guppieface

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 9:24 am PT

    maybe it will be good. maybe. gauntlet has a lot of nostalgia tied to it, thats probably its strongest point. they would have to deepen the experience for it to be worth buying after all these years.

  • Maersyndel

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 7:59 am PT

    I don't have a DS but for the love of god can they please not make any of the buttons be infinte health? Totally ruined the PSN version.

  • Gamebills

    Posted Feb 16, 2008 6:47 am PT

    Gauntlet Legends rules!

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