American Gladiators Nes Game Review

The American Gladiators NES game was an instant classic when it hit the streets back in 1991. It sold quite a few more copies than your average game so you can still find the cartridges for relatively cheap almost 20 years later. The graphics were fairly average for when it came out with a few select levels having better graphics than some of the other ones.

There are quite a few different types of events much like the TV show. You will find the rock climbing wall, the joust, and even the human cannonball. It is very much an action game and would be similar to so many of the games based off movies that are popular for the XBOX and Playstation. Generally these games are considered to be much worse than other genres because they are so dependent on graphics and gameplay seems to be an afterthought.

However, American Gladiators breaks the mold especially for typical TV show or movie video games for the NES because so much more of the game is focused on events than on graphics. It is much more involved than say donkey kong because it requires a lot more timing of certain events.

For its time, American Gladiators for the NES was a relatively fun game without too much depth into story line. It is also kind of short if you have played the game before. However, it does bring some fun back into the typical lame action game. But overall, there are so many better games out there to play for different more modern systems that this one is not an essential game to go back and play. Perhaps you can stick with some of the newer TV show games that have been launched for the Playstation 3 recently. However, for those that played this one as a kid, it can still be mildly amusing to go back and play. Rating: 5/10

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