Title:
American Gladiators
Rating:
E
Genre:
Sports
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IGN Score:
5.7
Release Date:
1991-01-01
Game Summary:
Each joust event involved four different gladiator battles atop platforms, with a series of joust platforms to be jumped across in between battles.
Human Cannonball also required four gladiators to be beaten with perfectly timed leaps off the rope while the gladiator’s platform moved up and down, making the task more difficult. In this event and the Joust, gladiators screamed gratuitously (and often humorously) as they were knocked off the platforms.
The Wall featured numerous screens full of handholds and footholds with various obstacles, walls and floors. It also featured the occasional treacherous stretches with empty spaces that included very few handholds to navigate in order to advance. The gladiators were plentiful and attacked at different points in the wall level. They also moved twice as fast as the character. The wall was a particularly tough event due to its difficult controls that involved repeated rhythmic tapping of the A and B buttons with the directional pad to simulate the movement of the left and right hands to different handholds.
Assault featured a battle with a gladiator in a moving target at the top of the screen (unlike the stationary gladiator in the television series) which took between three and six successful hits to subdue, while the player’s character could absorb three before being defeated.
The most accurate representation of any event in the game was Powerball, an event where the player could not lose a ’life’ like in the other events. The player can even gain a 1UP if they evade the three gladiators and score a ball in each of the five baskets. (Players could also earn two more extra lives if they accomplished this task again in the same time limit, which decreased between levels.)
Human Cannonball also required four gladiators to be beaten with perfectly timed leaps off the rope while the gladiator’s platform moved up and down, making the task more difficult. In this event and the Joust, gladiators screamed gratuitously (and often humorously) as they were knocked off the platforms.
The Wall featured numerous screens full of handholds and footholds with various obstacles, walls and floors. It also featured the occasional treacherous stretches with empty spaces that included very few handholds to navigate in order to advance. The gladiators were plentiful and attacked at different points in the wall level. They also moved twice as fast as the character. The wall was a particularly tough event due to its difficult controls that involved repeated rhythmic tapping of the A and B buttons with the directional pad to simulate the movement of the left and right hands to different handholds.
Assault featured a battle with a gladiator in a moving target at the top of the screen (unlike the stationary gladiator in the television series) which took between three and six successful hits to subdue, while the player’s character could absorb three before being defeated.
The most accurate representation of any event in the game was Powerball, an event where the player could not lose a ’life’ like in the other events. The player can even gain a 1UP if they evade the three gladiators and score a ball in each of the five baskets. (Players could also earn two more extra lives if they accomplished this task again in the same time limit, which decreased between levels.)
Platform:
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Publisher:
GameTek
Developers:
Incredible Technologies
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Players:
1
Country of Purchase:
United States
Graphics:
8-bit
Input Devices:
Controller Game Pad
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Media Type:
Cartridge
Game Modes:
Single Player
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Packaging:
Jewel Case
Date Added:
2018-07-03 13:00:40
