Originally Posted by Mareg:
It was an Sidescrolling action game from the Arcade.
It was a 90s game.
Single player game.
It involved you controlling a fully armored gladiator/warrior. You had full control on the direction of your attack and the position of your shield. You could attack high/mid/low with your weapon.
The main thing about the game is that, as you fought the opposing enemies, your armor/shield would gradually deteriorate and pieces of armor would actually fall off.
The game was insane at visual quality for its time. I'm pretty sure it was extreamly violent and sporting buckets of bloods.
Also, I seem to remember the your character along with the enemy were taking much of the screen. Big guys hacking at each others basically.
Gladiator?
VideoMan said:
Wow thanks, that was exactly it. Guess my memory wasn't soo good about the year of release. It looked soo rad back then. I had a very high resolution extreamly realistic graphic picture in my mind. looking back at screenshots, it looks like a NES game lol.
Thanks VideoMan.
Oh and this is a very informative site about the game :
http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Gladiator_(arcade_game)
And some interesting tibits that might explain why I remembered this game soo vividly :
In the original Japanese version of the game, and in the first U.S. release (entitled "Golden Castle"),
the female enemy Irene's bare breasts were exposed when her breastplate was removed. In the final U.S. release, a bikini top was added to obscure them. The game is also notable because the main character's sprite is half the height of the screen, which is much larger than the sprites in most arcade games released at the time.