Gladiator (1986) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Gladiator

AKA Ougon no Shiro (黄金の城, lit. "Golden Castle") and Great Gurianos (European PC ports) The player controls a gladiator/knight named Great Guaranos as he walks through a castle. Moving the joystick left and…

1 June 1986

What Gladiator is

Gladiator is an arcade game developed by Allumer, Ltd. and released in 1986. It was published by Encore. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

AKA Ougon no Shiro (黄金の城, lit. "Golden Castle") and Great Gurianos (European PC ports) The player controls a gladiator/knight named Great Guaranos as he walks through a castle. Moving the joystick left and right moves Great Guaranos left and right, and up and down is used to position Great Guaranos's shield. The game's three buttons correspond to a high, medium, and low attack with Great Guaranos's sword. Gladiator consists of 4 Stages. The first level is the 'Underground Chamber', 2nd is the 'Brick Corridor', 3rd is the 'Roof Top' stage, and the 4th stage is called the 'Mysterious 4-D World'. Your reward for completing the game is to enter the "Treasure Place".

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

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