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Arcade classic Gauntlet hacked to show entire dungeons on high-res displays

Rob Beschizza
Apr 23, 2025
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Though Super VGA hardly qualifies as high-resolution these days, 1024×768 is enough real estate to show the entirety of a level in Atari's arcade classic Gauntlet—originally displayed at a fast-scrolling, zoomed-in 336×240. Replicating the original hardware with a FPGA, John Smith hacked the game to play zoomed entirely out.

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