<s>
Gauntlet	B-Device
is	O
an	O
unreleased	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
dungeon	O
crawl	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Backbone	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1985	O
arcade	O
game	O
by	O
the	O
same	B-Device
title	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Press	O
releases	O
and	O
previews	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
characterized	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
retro	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
gameplay	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
with	O
some	O
additions	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
character	O
leveling	O
system	O
introduced	O
in	O
Gauntlet	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gauntlet'''s	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
were	O
said	O
to	O
include	O
ranked	O
deathmatch	O
,	O
team	O
deathmatch	O
,	O
and	O
capture	B-Application
the	I-Application
flag	I-Application
styles	O
of	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Wi-Fi	O
features	O
were	O
said	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
dedicated	O
server	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
and	O
its	O
Friend	O
Code	O
system	O
,	O
featuring	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
available	O
locally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
possibility	O
of	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
Gauntlet	B-Device
title	O
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
by	O
an	O
ESRB	O
listing	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
|The	O
playable	O
demo	O
version	O
of	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
displays	O
this	O
"	O
Coming	O
2008	O
!!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
a	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
via	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
service	O
during	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
still-unreleased	O
game	O
had	O
received	O
several	O
reviews	O
in	O
the	O
gaming	O
press	O
,	O
from	O
magazines	O
such	O
as	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
,	O
and	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
rumors	O
began	O
circulating	O
that	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
had	O
been	O
canceled	O
by	O
Eidos	O
,	O
though	O
no	O
official	O
statements	O
were	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
involved	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
was	O
found	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
rated	O
Teen	O
on	O
the	O
ESRB	O
web	O
site	O
under	O
a	O
new	O
publisher	O
,	O
Majesco	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
implying	O
that	O
a	O
release	O
may	O
still	O
be	O
a	O
possibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
being	O
unreleased	O
,	O
its	O
engine	O
was	O
reused	O
by	O
Backbone	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
tie-in	O
game	O
G.I.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
:	O
The	O
Rise	O
of	O
Cobra	O
,	O
(	O
released	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2009	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
itself	O
a	O
Gauntlet''-style	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
.	O
</s>
