Get Medieval

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title: "Get Medieval" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1998-video-games", "action-games", "cdv-software-entertainment-games", "fantasy-video-games", "microïds-games", "monolith-productions-games", "multiplayer-and-single-player-video-games", "top-down-video-games", "topware-interactive-games", "video-game-clones", "video-games-about-dragons", "video-games-developed-in-the-united-states", "video-games-featuring-female-protagonists", "video-games-scored-by-daniel-bernstein", "video-games-with-pre-rendered-3d-graphics", "windows-games", "windows-only-games"] description: "1998 video game" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Medieval" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1998 video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Get Medieval
image	GetMedieval.jpg
developer	Monolith Productions
publisher	Monolith Productions
Microïds
designer	Chris Hewett
Jace Hall
producer	Chris Hewett
programmer	Brian L. Goble
John LaCasse
Bryan Bouwman
artist	Garrett Price
Israel Evans
Aaron Carlson
composer	Daniel Bernstein
Guy Whitmore
released
genre	Dungeon crawl, hack and slash
modes	Single-player, multiplayer
platforms	Windows 95
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|title = Get Medieval |image = GetMedieval.jpg |image_size = |developer = Monolith Productions |publisher = Monolith Productions Microïds |designer = Chris Hewett Jace Hall |producer = Chris Hewett |programmer = Brian L. Goble John LaCasse Bryan Bouwman |artist = Garrett Price Israel Evans Aaron Carlson |composer = Daniel Bernstein Guy Whitmore |released = |genre = Dungeon crawl, hack and slash |modes = Single-player, multiplayer |platforms = Windows 95

Get Medieval is a 1998 hack and slash dungeon crawl video game developed and published by Monolith Productions and Microïds for Microsoft Windows. The player controls one of four characters looking for the exit in a series of dungeons. The game is similar to that of the 1985 Atari Games arcade video game Gauntlet.

Gameplay

It can be played in three modes (Dragon Quest, Random Dungeon, Custom Dungeon) and on four difficulty levels. The game's four player characters: Archer (Eryc), The Barbarian (Zared), The Sorceress (Levina), and The Avenger (Kellina), differ only in speed and strength. The slowest character (Zared) is the strongest, the fastest (Eryc) the weakest. Players can find Attack and Defense upgrades, losing them once their characters die. In the multiplayer mode, the game can be played via hotseat or network.

It includes world editor called "GMedit" (or "WapWorld") for making custom levels.

Plot

The female warrior Kellina's father was killed by a giant dragon that terrorizes the kingdom and dwells in a dungeon protected by its minions. Kellina and her friends embark on a quest to kill the dragon.

Reception

| align = left | GR = 68% | CNG = 8/10 | CGSP = | CGW = | EPD = 6/10 | GamePro = | GameRev = B | GSpot = 7.1/10 | IGN = 6.1/10 | NGen = | PCA = 3/10 | PCGUS = 65%

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. *IGN*s Trent C. Ward complimented the game's presentation, but felt that the humor in the game was overdone. Jason D'Aprile of GamePro noted the game's similarity to Gauntlet, but praised the game's sound effects and overall look. *GameSpot*s Tahsin Shamma wrote, "this game may be Gauntlet, but Gauntlet is still a lot of fun." GameRevolution called it "a nice update to a classic game [that] understands its limits and accepts its fate with wry humor." Next Generation wrote, "does the game offer anything new? Not really. But if you want to see how the pre-Pentium crowd lived, Get Medieval offers a pleasurable peek at the arcade arenas of the past, complete with chuckles."

Reviews

• SF Site

References

References

1. "New Releases".
2. Gall, William. (September 14, 1998). "Get Medieval Review".
3. "Get Medieval for PC". [[CBS Interactive]].
4. Dembo, Arinn. (September 22, 1998). "Get Medieval". [[CNET]].
5. Altman, John. (August 10, 1998). "Get Medieval". Strategy Plus, Inc..
6. Ardai, Charles. (November 1998). "(Re-)Running the Gauntlet (''Get Medieval'' Review)". [[Ziff Davis]].
7. Miller, Sean. (March 10, 1999). "Get Medieval". Greedy Productions.
8. D'Aprile, Jason. (1998). "Get Medieval Review for PC on GamePro.com". [[International Data Group.
9. Dr. Moo. (October 1998). "Get Medieval Review". [[CraveOnline]].
10. Shamma, Tahsin. (August 27, 1998). "Get Medieval Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]". CBS Interactive.
11. Ward, Trent C.. (August 31, 1998). "Get Medieval". Ziff Davis.
12. (December 1998). "Get Medieval". [[Future US.
13. Lee, Ed. (October 1998). "Get Medieval". Imagine Media.
14. Poole, Stephen. (October 1998). "Get Medieval". Imagine Media.
15. "The SF Site Featured Review: Get Medieval".

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