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American Gladiators

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PlatformSNESYear1992
PublisherGameTekDeveloperImagitec Design
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Two Player, Licensed
PlatformSNES
Year1992
PublisherGameTek
DeveloperImagitec Design
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, 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.
 
GoodBad
  • 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
 
2Simple 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.

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