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American Gladiators

American Gladiators Title American Gladiators Screenshot

Platform SNES Year 1992
Publisher GameTek Developer Imagitec Design
Region NA Language English
Tags Action, Sports, Two Player, Licensed
Platform SNES
Year 1992
Publisher GameTek
Developer Imagitec Design
Region NA
Language English
Tags Action, Sports, Two Player, Licensed

A recreation of games from the 1989 television series, American Gladiators has you competing in seven events to achieve the highest score against a computer opponent. Includes assault, cannonball, atlasphere, jousting, powerball, the wall, and eliminator events as well as digitized pictures of the gladiators. There are single match and a tournament mode that allows you to go through all games multiple times.
 
Good Bad
  • Digitized title screen
  • Cropped screen on some events
  • Missing animation frames
  • Laggy controls that don't do what you want them to do
  • Cannot skip intro screens
  • Repetitive music
  • Unfair competition
  • No game selection or ability to practice
  • Both modes are generally the same
Good
  • Digitized title screen
 
Bad
  • Cropped screen on some events
  • Missing animation frames
  • Laggy controls that don't do what you want them to do
  • Cannot skip intro screens
  • Repetitive music
  • Unfair competition
  • No game selection or ability to practice
  • Both modes are generally the same
 
2 Simple mini-game compilations like this need good controls however this game just makes me angry. The games are boring, lack proper control, and feel unfair.

American Gladiators Screenshot 2 American Gladiators Screenshot 3

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