Get Medieval is an action

Action game

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 video game developed and published by Monolith Productions

Monolith Productions

Monolith Productions is a Kirkland, Washington-based computer game developer. Monolith is also known for the development of the graphical game engine Lithtech, which has been used for most of their games...

 for the PC

Personal computer

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. It was released in North America

North America

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 on August 22, 1998.

Gameplay

Get Medieval is an overhead shooter in which the player can control one of four characters in a dungeon, players can find Attack and Defense Upgrades, once you die you lose these upgrades. Also it can be played in 3 modes, Dragon Quest, Random Dungeon, or Custom Dungeon, and 4 difficulties Easy, Medium, Hard, Torture Chamber, it has 40 levels, and 20 types of enemies. This gameplay is almost identical to that of Atari's

Atari

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 arcade game

Arcade game

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 Gauntlet

Gauntlet (arcade game)

Gauntlet is a fantasy-themed hack and slash 1985 arcade game by Atari Games. It is noted as the first class-based multiplayer game. Released during the emergence of popularity of other role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, the game was a sensation, being one of the first true dungeon crawl...

.

Characters

The Archer (Eryc), The Barbarian (Zared), The Sorceress (Levina), and The Avenger (Kellina) differ only in speed and strength. The slowest character (Zared) is the strongest, the fastest (Eryc) the weakest.

Reception

The game received generally above average reviews, citing the improved graphics over Gauntlet. IGN

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 complimented the game's presentation, but felt that the humor in the game was overdone. GamePro

GamePro

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noted the game's similarity to Gauntlet, but praised the game's sound effects and overall look. GameSpot

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writes, "One fact will immediately become apparent when playing Get Medieval: This game is Gauntlet.

World Editor

This game comes with a world editor, which allows you to make custom levels, users can do everything that Monolith Games did in their levels.