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Global Gladiators

Global Gladiators (also known as Mick and Mack: Global Gladiators) is a 1992 platform game by Virgin Interactive, originally programmed by David Perry (who at the time had already moved to the United States…

31 December 1992

Global Gladiators is a platform developed by Virgin Games USA, released 31 December 1992 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Entertainment System and Amiga.

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What Global Gladiators is

Global Gladiators is a platform game developed by Virgin Games USA and released in 1992. It was published by Tec Toy. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Entertainment System and Amiga.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Global Gladiators (also known as Mick and Mack: Global Gladiators) is a 1992 platform game by Virgin Interactive, originally programmed by David Perry (who at the time had already moved to the United States and was located on the recently formed Virgin Games USA development studio) for the Mega Drive/Genesis and eventually ported by other Virgin Interactive teams in Europe (with the help of Graftgold and Krisalis Software) to the Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear and the Commodore Amiga. A Super Nintendo port was also in development but was never completed for undisclosed reasons, though a prototype exists on the Internet. The game is loosely based on the McDonald's fast food chain and has…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the McDonald's series

Global Gladiators is the fifth of 22 entries we hold in the McDonald's series. The next entry was McDonaldland in 1992.

See all 22 McDonald's games in release order →

What it launched against

Global Gladiators launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.

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When did Global Gladiators come out?
Global Gladiators was released on 31 December 1992 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Entertainment System and Amiga.

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