<s>
Dandy	B-Application
(	O
later	O
Dandy	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
dungeon	O
crawl	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
published	O
by	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
equipped	O
with	O
bows	O
and	O
unlimited	O
arrows	O
fight	O
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
containing	O
monsters	O
,	O
monster	O
spawners	O
,	O
keys	O
,	O
locked	O
doors	O
,	O
food	O
,	O
and	O
bombs	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
the	O
exit	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dandy	B-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
John	O
Howard	O
Palevich	O
for	O
his	O
undergraduate	O
thesis	O
while	O
attending	O
MIT	O
,	O
drawing	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
,	O
Defender	B-Application
,	O
and	O
arcade	B-Application
maze	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1985	O
Atari	O
Games	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Gauntlet	B-Device
built	O
upon	O
the	O
core	O
design	O
of	O
Dandy	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
from	O
Palevich	O
was	O
settled	O
out	O
of	O
court	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gauntlet	B-Device
designer	O
Ed	O
Logg	O
later	O
called	O
Dandy	B-Application
a	O
direct	O
influence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electric	O
Dreams	O
Software	O
published	O
versions	O
of	O
Dandy	B-Application
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dandy	B-Application
was	O
reworked	O
into	O
Dark	B-Application
Chambers	I-Application
,	O
without	O
Palevich	O
's	O
direct	O
involvement	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Dandy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
D&D	O
,	O
the	O
common	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dandy	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
maze-like	O
dungeon	O
,	O
seen	O
from	O
an	O
overhead	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portions	O
of	O
the	O
mazes	B-Application
are	O
blocked	O
by	O
locked	O
doors	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
opened	O
with	O
keys	O
found	O
throughout	O
each	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
monsters	O
are	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
during	O
its	O
pre-game	O
creation	O
and	O
appear	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
that	O
level	O
is	O
entered	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
are	O
produced	O
in	O
skull-shaped	O
monster	O
generators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
move	O
and	O
shoot	O
via	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
and	O
use	O
keypresses	O
to	O
eat	O
food	O
and	O
activate	O
bombs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
that	O
eventually	O
became	O
Dandy	B-Application
had	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1982	O
as	O
Thesis	O
of	O
Terror	O
,	O
Jack	O
Palevich	O
's	O
MIT	O
bachelor	O
's	O
thesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
was	O
for	O
a	O
five-person	O
game	O
:	O
four	O
players	O
using	O
an	O
Atari	O
computer	O
as	O
graphical	O
terminal	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
fifth	O
player	O
acting	O
as	O
dungeon	B-Device
master	I-Device
controlling	O
the	O
action	O
from	O
a	O
separate	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
constraints	O
prevented	O
the	O
dungeon	B-Device
master	I-Device
role	O
from	O
being	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
machine	O
,	O
a	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
Pascal	O
Workstation	O
in	O
the	O
HP	B-Device
9000	I-Device
family	O
,	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
file	O
server	O
,	O
sending	O
new	O
maps	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	O
on	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Defender	B-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
contributed	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
the	O
smart	O
bomb	O
(	O
potions	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
several	O
"	O
half-forgotten	O
"	O
maze-exploration	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
which	O
contributed	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
using	O
keys	O
to	O
unlock	O
doors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dandy	B-Application
was	O
not	O
influenced	O
by	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
roguelike	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
Palevich	O
was	O
unaware	O
of	O
Rogue	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
helped	O
design	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
unreleased	O
Atari	B-Device
Sierra	I-Device
personal	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
name	O
,	O
Dandy	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
phonetic	O
pronunciation	O
of	O
D	O
and	O
D	O
,	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
a	O
generic	O
term	O
for	O
dungeon	O
adventure	O
role-playing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Removing	O
this	O
feature	O
sped	O
up	O
level	O
changes	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
state	O
no	O
longer	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
out	O
to	O
disk	O
before	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
was	O
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
enabled	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
cassette	B-Device
tape	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
disk	O
;	O
on	O
the	O
tape	O
version	O
the	O
cassette	B-Device
tape	I-Device
was	O
stopped	O
between	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
started	O
again	O
to	O
load	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palevich	O
programmed	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
with	O
an	O
AXLON	O
RAMPOWER	O
128K	O
memory	O
expansion	O
card	O
and	O
the	O
SynAssembler	O
from	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
advertised	O
Dandy	B-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
great	O
new	O
team	O
game	O
...	O
Bring	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
friends	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
APX	O
folded	O
,	O
Antic	O
Software	O
published	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
Dandy	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1985	O
,	O
Atari	O
Games	O
released	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
,	O
a	O
project	O
led	O
by	O
Ed	O
Logg	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
fundamental	O
gameplay	O
as	O
Dandy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
speech	O
given	O
at	O
the	O
2012	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
,	O
Ed	O
Logg	O
said	O
that	O
Dandy	B-Application
served	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
Electric	O
Dreams	O
Software	O
,	O
having	O
failed	O
to	O
secure	O
the	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
license	O
,	O
acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
home	O
computer	O
ports	O
of	O
Dandy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
intent	O
to	O
release	O
their	O
game	O
as	O
Dauntless	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
dispute	O
with	O
U.S.	O
Gold	O
who	O
were	O
publishing	O
the	O
computer	O
versions	O
of	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electric	O
Dreams	O
published	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
Dandy	B-Application
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
released	O
a	O
Dandy-like	O
game	O
named	O
Dark	B-Application
Chambers	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
7800	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
(	O
with	O
the	O
packaging	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
XEGS	I-General_Concept
games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
