It’s a Dandy dungeon out there, for sure it is — and Dark Chambers marks the conclusion to one of the earliest and most notorious legal disputes in gaming.
John Palevich’sΒ DandyΒ begat Ed Logg’sΒ Gauntlet,Β though the former wasn’t too thrilled with the fact that the latter didn’t credit him. ThenΒ GauntletΒ begatΒ Dark Chambers, which did credit Palevich — who had also settled out of court with Atari by this point, too. And we were left with several versions of a rather entertainingΒ Gauntlet-alike that ditched some of the annoyances of the arcade game!
The history of how a lot of old games came to be is deeply fascinating.
One such tale that I’ve found rather interesting is how Atari’sΒ Dark ChambersΒ found its way to release. This is a game that has its roots in John Palevich’s Dandy,Β which is the reason the all-time classicΒ cooperative top-down dungeon crawler Gauntlet exists, but then there’s also several versions ofΒ Dark ChambersΒ out there to enjoy, too.
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