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Gladiatorial

Sport theme

A contest for the entertainment of spectators in which bloodshed or death of one or more the contestants is probable, expected, or required.

39
games
24
platforms
Joust (Arcade)
Joust
ARCD 1982
I Ludicrus (Atari ST)
I Ludicrus
ST 1989
Joust (Atari ST)
Joust
ST 1986
Lancer (Tandy Color Computer)
Lancer
COCO 1983
Gladiator (Atari 400/800)
Gladiator
A800 1983
Joust (Commodore 64)
Joust
C64 1985
The Last Gladiator (Apple II E)
The Last Gladiator
IIE 1983
Joust (Amstrad CPC)
Joust
CPC 1986
Joust (ZX Spectrum)
Joust
SPC 1983
Joust (ColecoVision)
Joust
COL ? *
Joust (Atari 7800)
Joust
7800 1987
I Ludicrus (Amiga OCS)
I Ludicrus
OCS 1989
Related:
* Combat blood sports
It should be noted that death in the Roman gladiator game was not as prevalent as is wildly assumed. But they were often accompanied by executions of criminals who did not participate in the games. Gladiators themselves could generally expect a normal lifespan.

Popular tags

joustlike

Games by year

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The first Gladiatorial video game was released in 1977.

Atari, Williams and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Platforms

Apple II E 4
Tandy Coco 4
MS-DOS 3
Linux 3
C64 3
Atari ST 2
Atari 400/800 2
Arcade 2
Amstrad CPC 1
Jaguar 1
Atari 7800 1
Amiga 1
ColecoVision 1
Atari 2600 1
NES 1
GB 1
ZX Spectrum 1
QL 1
Lynx 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Atari 5200 1
TRS-80 1
VideoBrain 1
GBC 1

Most common companies

Atari7
Williams2
Electronic Arts2
CRL2