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Instruction booklet · April 1993

American Gladiators

SimulatorSport1–16 playersPre-ESRB

The story

American Gladiators is licensed from the popular TV show of the same name. It features a series of events testing players' strength, speed and skill against a trained team of ten 'Gladiators', five male and five female. The female characters are Ice, Gold, Lace, Blaze and Zap, most of whom are known for their bodybuilding achievements.

Specifications

Released
April 1993
Developer
Imagitec Design
Publisher
GameTek
Players
16
Genre
Simulator · Sport
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
American Gladiators
Themes
Action
View
Third person · Bird view / Isometric · Side view
Multiplayer
Co-op · 2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Nintendo Power
11.3/20
AllGame
2.5/5
Aktueller Software Markt
4/12
AmAction
80%
Computer and Video Games
17/100
JP
19%
Official Nintendo Magazine
38/100
Super Play
16%
Total!
6%
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
5/10
VGS
38%
Electronic Games
75%
MegaTech
32/100
Sega Force
47/100
Sega Visions
53/100
Super Action
48%
BE KIND, REWINDApril 1993
#1 songInformerSnow
#1 albumThe BodyguardWhitney Houston / Soundtrack
Admit one · #1 movieCop and a Half$6,027,285 weekend
Vol. 3 · No. 85Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of April 2, 1993
Apr. 4

The World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania IX from Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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