 During a speech given at the 2012 Game Developers Conference, Ed Logg said that "Dandy" served as direct inspiration for "Gauntlet".In 1988, Atari Corporation released a "Dandy"-like game named "Dark Chambers" for the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, and Atari 8-bit family (with the packaging in the style of Atari XEGS games).The manual states "Copyright 1983 John Howard Palevich.