Gauntlet: Dark Legacy for Xbox Video Review

Gaming Pastime reviews Gauntlet: Dark Legacy for Xbox.
Developed and published by Midway Games, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy was released for Xbox in April, 2002. Dark Legacy is an expanded version of Gauntlet Legends that's easy to pick up and play and is best enjoyed with friends.
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[@pippo17173]

I played this game so much on my gamecube.

[@TheTrueFool]

Me too. I recently replayed it on Dolph- I mean the gamecube.

[@paraplonk7269]

Same. It's one of my favorites.

[@SerafiniAGaunt]

@@paraplonk7269 Check out our remaster! discord.gg/EDKEF5

[@enragedsage8376]

Omg lol. I did too !!!!

[@tashamobley6202]

WHAT THE FUCK?! I thought it was just playstation. I have never seen it for GameCube or Xbox😭😭😭

[@XenonXyanide]

This game seemly gets forgotten about, and love how you're covering some of the more obscure titles from the 6th generation. It's my favourite generation purely on the basis of the OG Xbox and its excellent library. Very nostalgic time for me.

[@Gamingpastime64]

I find Xbox versions of multiplatform titles from that gen don't get enough love. But maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, too.

[@SerafiniAGaunt]

Check out our remaster! discord.gg/EDKEF5

[@Thor-Orion]

I feel the same way about the GameCube. It’s my favorite system ever.

[@aleksjones3287]

@@SerafiniAGaunt do you have a newer link?

[@Langbang2121]

One of the greatest games of all time!

[@donaldduck119]

I spent countless hours on this game. I can only hope for a remaster.

[@Thor-Orion]

Truly. Hundreds of hours of fun with friends.

[@receivegreatest6802]

@@donaldduck119 I really hope they revive this

[@vicse7en41]

Indeed!!!!!!!!

[@malicioustactics6846]

I really do agree. Yeah it's repetitive but it's so fun. So many good times and countless hours spent playing this.

[@Martok77]

Gauntlet Dark legacy on the PS2 was really fun

[@H0T5H0TJ0N]

Vegetaplays The ps2 is how I played both legends and dark legacy. Same

[@TheGemini5]

I LOVE this game!! I just don't understand why they never made it backwards compatible with the 360 or even Xbone! It's readily 4 players and could easily be set up for achievements. Sigh...Thanks for reviewing this. I have now subbed!

[@ElGaby323]

Currently playing through this game with my 8 year old daughter. Recently bought a PS2 to relive childhood memories with her together. So many amazing games to choose from on PS2, I don't miss modern gaming at all.

[@nickporter975]

This is hands down one of my all time favorite games. It was one of the first games i got for ps2 and i remember having the multitap and playing with my brother and parents. Clicked on this as soon as i saw the thumbnail

[@GodofWarChuka]

I just got a copy of this game off EBay. I loved Legends on Dreamcast, which I beat a number of times years ago. I like my modern games, like Cyberpunk 2077, etc. But, as an older and Solo player, I love Games like this. Even as a kid on the Colecovision, NES, etc. I was solo probably 90% of the time. I got burned out from 2007 to around 2018 with being online with games like COD and Destiny. They’re fun, but repetitive, and there’s a lot of toxic cheaters online. Especially First person shooters. I’m actually happier and more relaxed playing solo games. Old and new. Nice video! 👍

[@miguelangelthomas5154]

Who else used to play with the jester? He was always my favorite.

[@easymoney8754]

Jester is the best character honestly

[@aithjawcraig9876]

I was always jester lol

[@Thor-Orion]

My best friend at the time always played Jester, so I leveled my version of Jester was my solo character. His speed definitely made him fun. But in co-op with my friend group I used my Dwarf a lot. But we all had multiple characters for different friend configurations.

[@MemoryDealer]

Amazing soundtrack in this game :^)

[@7Metal7Monkey7]

Blue Wizard yes

[@aqua8083]

agreed

[@wayatvideos2142]

No. It's not always best to engage from a distance. Using the melee combos (not the team combos) allows for crowd control. You can do these combos by pressing the heavy-attack after a succession of quick melee attacks. Depending on how many quick-attacks you can squeeze in before pressing the heavy-attack button will determine the combo move performed. It's actually much nicer to turn OFF the auto-attack option in the menu in order to make the melee combos more intentional. Also, you should have mentioned that you can use potions in three different ways: tapping the potion button simply uses the potion like normal; double tapping will wrap the player in a magic shield; and holding the potion button will throw the potion like a grenade. I don't think you mentioned that you could strafe either, which is very important when fighting bosses or avoiding arrows in a mob. You can also dash to stagger the generals (although it doesn't always work), or zip past those annoying spike traps; plus dashing automatically puts you block mode, so if something hits you while you're on the move it will be blocked. The heavy attack can make golem monsters flinch (put their guard up), which you can use as time to build up a melee combo on them, or just wait for the shield to come down and blast them with a special attack. I could go on, but I don't want to write a book here. I hate to say it buddy, but you fell victim to Gauntlet: Dark Legacy's inability to teach players the finer details. You shouldn't have to replay any levels to beat this game even on hard difficulty (unless you missed a crystal or something). I personally enjoy ignoring the shop to really add a survival feel to the game.

[@SlyBeast]

Love this game! In college, my roommates and I would spend hours playing this. A lot of the enjoyment comes from playing with your friends due to it - as you perfectly said - being "repetitive as fuck".

[@Thor-Orion]

It never seemed repetitive when you played with friends for some reason. They’d be yelling at my stumpy dwarf to hurry up because he has the slowest rate of movement and would slow down the group’s progress on levels. But when the enemies got close it was always my dwarf rushing in to save their fast asses

[@dennismaddison5702]

This is the first video game That I ever played :D

[@Thor-Orion]

I had it for the GameCube. My best friend and I played together SO much. We both had a copy for the cube so we each played solo at home if we unlocked a new character we wanted to use in co-op and needed to level it. We had multiple different playthroughs that we utilized for different configurations of friends. Hundreds of hours of fun. Such an amazing game.

[@Punisher9419]

This game was my childhood. I played it on the PS2.

[@jollyrancher8727]

I always play this with my brother and the cooperation saves us from the repetitive levels. Who needs food more? Who has less potions? Low on keys, you can get the key ring bro, stuff like that. We only compete against each other when it comes to XP and who can punch the bosses more without being knocked down. Farming the bosses was always fun because we'd fight to get the kill. God forbid we're separated on screen and one of us is attacked by Death. That's when we panic. And the combo powers are phenomenal, especially if you have the sorceress which is who I main (Medusa actually), if she activated the combo move, any gargoyle, general or golem is a 1-shot down. Super OP.

[@serioussilliness2064]

12:00 and with that, the most honest assessment was made in our timeline.

[@Gobbedlygook]

Man, this game was amazing when I was a kid. I’m going to pick up a copy

[@easymoney8754]

I just saw a sealed copy on ebay for n64 for like $1500 im so mad i lost my copy😂😭

[@Pin3C0ne]

Always looking forward to your reviews man! Never know what to expect and that’s awesome.

[@Ghost-pk4ns]

The most slept on game ever had hella fun with family and friends.💯

[@jagaloon14]

The soundtrack is really spectacular. If there is anything about this game that still stands out and holds up to modern titles, it’s definitely the mood and feel of each stage

[@Shlankyman545]

Replay value out of this world. My cousin and I once sat down and replayed the entire game in one night. Great memories.

[@SevenSecondsArise]

I love this one. I hate the gauntlet on the PS4. Dark Legacy is just amazing.

[@joeprime1164]

This is by far the greatest and most lengthy gauntlet of all time! In which other versions afterwards are lack luster and hollow! Very upsetting this game has not been ported to psn or ps4, very upsetting! INDEED!

[@SerafiniAGaunt]

We're working on a remaster! :D Come see! discord.gg/EDKEF5

[@mackmag00]

Just picked uo this game for the OG xbox and started playing last night. Great video, lots of good info, still five years later.

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

I bought the four player multi controller for on the PS2 just for this game. It’s one of my most cherished game memories from my college years.

[@linktheordonianhero9098]

It feels good seeing all of this footage with Red Archer. She's my go-to

[@escothaprophet3430]

Memories unlocked lmao. I remember constantly hearing blue wizard leveled up😂

[@adrizenna]

I'm only a minute into the video and I'm shocked that anyone can willingly hate Gauntlet. This game will be in my casket at my funeral.

[@songokusan9059]

You not the only one. I love this series

[@shadowhexus1860]

Ahhh the childhood nostalgia this was one of mine and my mums favorite games when I was a child it's a pretty rare game so im lucky to have been able to play this gem

[@gorgongorgon263]

Antideath halo is probably the best item :)

[@duncanclark8933]

Gaming Pastime is the ultimate put-on-to-go-the-sleep show for me. Not that it's boring, but the narration is so smooth, the games are always fresh, and there always seems to been an episode I haven't seen before. Keep it up guys.

[@moonyogurt]

Melee combos, he didnt do one of them, thats the main reason i played this game lmdao

[@timothymoore2197]

I played Green Archer, my two older brothers played “Blue Warrior” and I forget the color, but the “Jester” Playing with multiple people can be annoying sometimes though (if they like being a smartass), since if someone wants to stay in the environment, all players have to move their characters to the next trail progression. All players have to progress and sometimes the “scenes” make one or two players lag behind and get past the hazards while the other player has already passed them

[@leokeyxleokeyx9570]

i remember this game fondly playing with friends at an arcade

[@Notsoscarred]

I remember plugging in 4 controllers and farming that worm boss and collecting all the money on one character lol

[@SvenCosplay]

I miss this game so much!

[@that420guy831]

this was a superb review, the only thing I wish you covered better was the different characters

[@JKAV_76]

My dad used to play this with us as kids, definitely a good time for the family lol

[@TheWhatMASTER]

Always loved playing gauntlet back on the ps2 when I was younger and had the other gauntlet on ps1. The dwarf was my favorite character 😂

[@Shotgun93Alexander]

If they made a remaster to this game I’d buy it

[@JnGArtimation]

Where my Yellow Wizards at?

[@stacyvasquez737]

This game needs publish this was my favorite game

[@SerafiniAGaunt]

We're working on a remaster! :D discord.gg/EDKEF5

[@sampai5717]

Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows was my favorite game in this series

[@needsanameedit4982]

I really wish this series would get a proper remaster or PC port, so much fun co-op potential here. Myself and 2 friends spent a Saturday and just ran through the whole game in 15 hours of backstabbing fun.

[@derekknowles5805]

this Halo 1 and 2 Fuzion Frenzy Simpsons Hit and Run were my favorite games on original xbox

[@joeprime1164]

Plan and simple if anyone has played the series from 85', should know repeativeness is what gauntlet is FOREVER about. If your as old as I am, this is what you felt this series should've evolved too which made it much fun

[@ThommyofThenn]

Midway is so associated with MK for me, i never really considered they had other titles. Neat!

[@Momoka7]

No, you are not the only one. I love Gauntlet games since I played Gauntlet 2 on my NES. Later got Gauntlet 4 on Sega Mega Drive and Gauntlet Legends on N64, loved that. Though I had a Sega Dreamcast ... I only played Phantasy Star Online on it ... no Gauntlet Dark Legacy which I regret.

[@trueh8]

The first realm use to scare me, to the point where I couldn't sleep lol

[@FunnyGA1ex]

As soon as I booted up Mortal Kombat Deception on my ps2, I'm gosh, what's that one game I rented from Movie Gallery and played with my neighbor friends!? Once I got to the G's on Metacritic on all ps2 games ever, as soon as I saw the case that I somewhat remembered what it resembled which was a bunch of characters with a green color to it. I saw it and I'm like, I'm 99% sure this is it! And after hearing the diablo like gameplay and sound effects. I'm like Amazon that shit right now! Here it comes! So excited 😁

[@zydian_]

Very informative. The exploit and hints could've stayed out, it's always more fun to discover those things yourself imo.

[@samflood5631]

I remember playing this game during my first year of college. I had such a fun time playing as either a Warrior, Elf, Valkyrie or Knight and fighting the Lich Executioner. I do wish that there would be a new Gauntlet game sometime in 2025 or 2026 for both the PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch. A new Gauntlet Game where you can play more classes than just the female Human blue Valkyrie with a sword, male Human red Warrior with an axe, male Elf Green Archer with a bow and arrow and female Human Yellow Wizard with a staff Here are my ideas for the new classes for the new Gauntlet game Human Paladin. Color: White. Weapon: Hammer. Male Halfling Thief. Color: Purple. Weapon: Daggers. Male Dark Elf Warlock. Color: Black. Weapon: Wand. Female Dwarven Engineer. Color: Orange. Weapon: Rifle. Male Ogre Barbarian. Color: Crimson. Weapon: Axes. Male Faun Amazonian. Color: Brown. Weapon: Spear. Female Human Songstress. Color: Pink. Weapon: Lute. female Merfolk Guardian. Color: Cyan. Weapon: Trident. Female Kitsune Samurai. Color: Gold. Weapon: Katana. Male Djinn Bandit. Color: Silver. Weapon: Daggers. Male

[@87south]

me and my brother use to play this all the time. good ol dayz

[@toussaid5340]

I loved this game so much. Played with my cousins when I was ages 4-10.

[@ferris2323]

I am getting bored with the current titles I have so I’ve been looking up throwback games I used to play at my friends house on their Xbox growing up and this is the gem of the bunch

[@TykonBlue]

Gahd yes, fantastic game. Did a 3 player playthrough with my friends just this year. So good!

[@RKVersion1]

Good grief those HIDEOUS camera angles, that's one thing I don't miss but the gameplay still looks super great.

[@franksinatra2024]

The soundtrack is so good. So much fun with this game man

[@namelessking3826]

U made my night brother thanks for the upload

[@blightcraftgamma]

Awww. you did not mention the anti-death items.

[@RacerC45]

My first exposure to this game was the arcade game long ago, then at my cousin's house on his PS2, then I bought the Gamecube version. What's weird about that version is that enemy health bars don't appear for whatever reason.

[@Someguyonline7732]

This game was the shit on the ps2 when i was in middle school

[@Delenter]

I still have Gauntlet Ledgends on the N64, I had a lot of fun with it!

[@masonmartinez3471]

I love this game so freaking much and so dad I have no one to play with

[@DoCKathos]

Aw man the N64 Gauntlet was easily the best version of the game and I played it so much with my friends. Gauntlet 2014 was fine, but wasn't as fun or memorable as the arcade games were. I'd love to get a new arcadey gauntlet game that I could play through with my friends, maybe with a little bit of extra depth to the characters.

[@KevTheGalaxybender]

Any plans on reviewing Seven Sorrows and 2014

[@b_a_n_s_h_e_e9054]

You've been tapdancing on my childhood with your reviews.

[@napkinrolling2929]

This game is honestly one of my favorites

[@DH-ew9op]

I honestly think these games should get a full remaster

[@kuwabarathegoat1511]

Swear to gawd this game had some of my favorite boss battles

[@biggiebeats1490]

Thank you for this, you're an OG man keep it up 🤑🤟👽

[@corenasue]

Imagine they did a Gauntlet dark legacy type game but with Nicktoon characters like you have Spongebob as a Knight Danny Phantom as the Warrior Jimmy Neutron as the Dwarf Timmy as the Wizard Jenny as the Archer Zim as the Jester and Kitty Katswell from Tuff Puppy as the Valkyrie and finally Lucy Loud as the Sorceress and they have 1 Nicktoon character that is the same class as them that you have to unlock with the coin mini game and they use weapons from their universe on the monsters.

[@Joker938]

What's the game called?

[@jthablaidd]

I wish gauntlet had a comeback

[@DoctorInk20]

I love the arcade-y fun of this game. Thanks for talking about it. 😁 First played this yeeeeeeaaaaaars ago with my friend, who's now a huge RPG buff. He _loathes_ this (for basically the same reasons you mentioned), but I have a big soft spot for it, especially since we don't see a lot of these types of games or even this particularly more colourful form of *swords and sorcery* anymore. Must hunt down a copy for myself. Thinking about it, GDL reminds me of the original _Marvel Ultimate Alliance_ (that's well worth a look) in that it's more _an arcade, action brawler with RPG elements,_ rather than a straight RPG, if ya get me.

[@chrisozorio2487]

Im playing this on my steam deck and im hoping they remaster this one day

[@adolfozaragoza6086]

Will you ever Review Conflict Desert storm? The Cooperative play on those games (Desert storm series) is awesome !!!

[@MrBenMcLean]

I really liked the Jester. Dark Legacy feels completely different from other Gauntlet games to me because of these new characters. But I wouldn't want to play this game solo. The gameplay is simplistic because it's a party game. Anyone should be able to pick it up and start playing. As a single player experience, I wouldn't bother with it.

[@EuroMIX2]

Me: Awkwardly playing this mostly solo because I can't find anyone to play it with me.

[@Jokerwolf666]

I still have the original xbox game and no xbox and I was sad to see that it never got backwards compatibility. This is easily one of those games they could do a proper remaster of and I think it would sell like crazy. Maybe make a few little game play tweeks here and there but that's all they would need to do.

[@jessegman1869]

Bro I love this Game!

[@ISoloYouRelax]

I need someone to make a video about all the ports and if there is a difference between the ports.

[@wayatvideos2142]

Not too many differences for Gauntlet: Dark Legacy ports (that I know of), except for the PS2 version which does NOT have a player inventory; whereas Gamecube and Xbox have them. And the American Gamecube version does have quite a few bugs: like a few of the legendary weapons don't work, or the bug where your eleventh item is inaccessible for the entire game.

[@hunter371]

I played the PS2 version back in the day. This one looks so much cleaner

[@patrickrutherford5553]

I loved the inventory System on the N64. I loved selling all my items to help me purchase permanent upgrades - Can you do that on dark legacy?

[@ez6791]

so much nostalgia, super fun

[@JMLRetroRoom]

I have it for GC but the Xbox has a better resolution so I’m looking to pick it up. I’m sure it will look even better using the Pound Link adapter and mCable. This game is awesome. We played it but didn’t finish it a couple of years ago due to my dodgy capture device at the time.. Looking to start over on Xbox and finally beat it.

[@badaiyo]

Keep em coming!

[@sampsqwantch4612]

also if you hit death 100 times with a ranged attack it goes away

[@DanielGomez-cf6vk]

I have it on the ps2 Xbox and GameCube playing GameCube version again

[@RichardMitchell-nk9ec]

Steal scorns power feel scorns power turns into a human demon freak

[@garrettdoan4611]

Can we not just get a version of the game on switch or even Xbox one like come on it’s almost 2022 I’m sure people would love to buy the crap outta this game it would be amazing

[@kuwabarathegoat1511]

One of my favorite games as a kid. Me n my nephew spent an entire summer beating it. By the halfway mark I swear we was some sweats over there screaming callous n shit like a couple of cod losers lol

[@H0T5H0TJ0N]

Great game. Nice reviews man

[@stuntmandev2327]

All ranges seems like it would get boring to me because not enough to differentiate between

[@albaniaball3774]

You should review bully scholarship edition.

[@alexanderledvina8743]

Another guy who started with the original arcade ones and tried shitting on the Legends and Dark Legacy. No way. This is one of my favorite games. I get a hard on everytime I hear "In an ancient time an evil mage Garm". I think PS2 version has wAy better graphics. The graphics for Xbox you're showing is closer to the PS1 version

[@vicse7en41]

Green Wizard needs food badly.

[@SerafiniAGaunt]

Hey guys! My team is working on a remaster of this game. So far, we have a working prototype available to watch with Red Warrior. Come see on our Discord! discord.gg/eNqSenD

[@tashamobley6202]

I would kill to play this on the Switch! Lol

[@HYPNOGLANCE87]

I recently picked this up at my retro game store for 22 dollars,looks like those 22 dollars was worth spent.