<s>
Gauntletak	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Donald	O
R	O
.	O
Lebeau	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
in	O
1984	O
with	O
a	O
full-version	O
available	O
for	O
registration	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
titled	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
,	O
but	O
was	O
renamed	O
after	O
the	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
arcade	O
game	O
from	O
Atari	O
Games	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
saucer-shaped	B-Language
ship	O
using	O
a	O
joystick	O
and	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
fire	O
weapons	O
in	O
eight	O
directions	O
,	O
both	O
at	O
the	O
terrain	O
(	O
to	O
dig	O
holes	O
or	O
tunnels	O
)	O
and	O
at	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
an	O
arsenal	O
of	O
different	O
weapons	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
:	O
fusion	O
bolts	O
,	O
homing	O
missiles	O
,	O
flares	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
that	O
have	O
different	O
effects	O
For	O
example	O
,	O
fusion	O
bolts	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
counter-missiles	O
in	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
;	O
they	O
explode	O
when	O
they	O
hit	O
other	O
objects	O
,	O
including	O
explosions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
,	O
Atari	O
Games	O
released	O
the	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
(	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
another	O
Atari	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
Dandy	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
having	O
trademarked	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
after	O
talking	O
with	O
his	O
lawyers	O
,	O
Donald	O
renamed	O
the	O
registered	O
version	O
of	O
his	O
game	O
Gauntletak	B-Application
to	O
avoid	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
