The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games

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The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games
The Gladiators Galactic Circus Games cover.jpg
Developer(s) Eugen Systems
Publisher(s) Arxel Tribe, Tri Synergy
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • FR: October 20, 2002
  • EU: November 29, 2002
  • NA: March 06, 2003
Genre(s) Real-time strategy

The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games is a 2002 real-time strategy video game.

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Plot

Major Greg D. Callahan of the United States Marine Corps gets shot through a black hole and ends up in an alien world where he must fight in gladiator-style fights in an arena, and help a character named Princess Lydia.

Gameplay

Players play through three strategy campaigns without the complication of resource-gathering and city-building. The arena announcer gives the player goals which they must complete to succeed.

Critical reception

Gamezone said the game would appeal to lovers of the Heavy Metal comic. [1] IGN praised the game for offering mind-numbing fast-paced enjoyment. [2] [3] Andy Eddy of GameSpy said the game had a promising concept that fell apart in its execution. [4] Bob Colayco of GameSpot wrote that the gaming experience was soured by issues regarding its difficulty, interface bugs, and save-game problems. [5]

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  2. "The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games (PC)". IGN. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
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  4. "GameSpy.com - Review". 2005-03-28. Archived from the original on 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2017-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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