Current Events > Which event on American Gladiators was your favorite?

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Assault - Run from station to station and use the various weapons to try to hit the target above the gladiator, who is shooting tennis balls at you.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/8/AAEqD0AAEuVW.jpg

Atlasphere - Move around in an Atlasphere (a giant metal ball) in an attempt to position yourself on the scoring pods, as the gladiators try to get in your way in their own Atlaspheres.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/9/AAEqD0AAEuVX.jpg

Breakthrough and Conquer - Two games in one, as you first try to get past a gladiator to reach the end zone (American football), and then try to force a gladiator out of a small circular ring (sumo wrestling).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/0/AAEqD0AAEuVY.jpg

Gauntlet - Try to run past gladiators in a half pipe, as they attempt to thwart you with large, foam cylinders.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/1/AAEqD0AAEuVZ.jpg

Hang Tough - Move from about suspended rings as a gladiator tries to make you fall. Half points for surviving, full points for getting the gladiator to fall.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/2/AAEqD0AAEuVa.jpg

Joust - You and a gladiator stand atop separate pillars and use pugil sticks to try and knock each other from their pillar before time expired.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/3/AAEqD0AAEuVb.jpg

Powerball - Gladiators protect baskets in the center of the arena as you try to maneuver your way around them to drop balls in the baskets for points.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/4/AAEqD0AAEuVc.jpg

The Wall - You must climb a wall to the top before a gladiator can pull you off. You have a short head start on the gladiator.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/5/AAEqD0AAEuVd.jpg

The Eliminator - The end game obstacle course.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/6/AAEqD0AAEuVe.jpg

I liked powerball because I felt it was the game where the contestants could realistically beat the steroids just due to being quicker and more agile

Can I ask, You are talking about the inferior American Gladiators so why the utter fuck are you using a picture of the far superior British versions eliminator course?

Just to prove that it is the British eliminator he is using folks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3LABmIDBM

My favourite event was Powerball which was done way infinately superior in The British version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YU3YTEIr8

A couple of little facts for you, In the UK Version Assault was renamed Danger Zone and unlike the US version trhere was a time limit on how long you could take to fire each weapon before that weapon station exploded.

Joust was renamed Duel in the UK, We had a game called Joust in the UK. The game was played on Sky Bikes and contestants and Gladiators hit each other with combat clubs.

Definitely Assault. Always wanted one of those tennis ball cannons.

And they got Blazer and Taser and all kinds of asers!

Laser and Gemini.

Assault, I would love to blast people in the face!

I liked Assault, but remember my eyes were always glued to the screen for Joust when I was a kid. Fun stuff.

CassandraCroft posted...

Can I ask, You are talking about the inferior American Gladiators so why the utter fuck are you using a picture of the far superior British versions eliminator course?

Was just using a pic that shows multiple aspects of the eliminator at once. There arent a ton to choose from during a quick 10 second search.

Thanks for the pictures and explanations because I didnt know anything about this show and now Im interested.

Why is assault so popular when it requires the least amount of athleticism?

Does anyone remember the revival where Hulk Hogan was hosting?

PissedOffMonk posted...

Why is assault so popular when it requires the least amount of athleticism?

tennis. ball. cannon.

suprised not more votes for joust or atlasphere. those seemed like the more iconic ones to me

Ryven posted...

Does anyone remember the revival where Hulk Hogan was hosting?

I had a fantasy football team named 10 Big Points, Brother because Hogan said that to every single contestant after they won 10 points in an event.

Johnny, you just made it up the wall and won 10 big points, brother! How does it feel?

Every. Single. Time.

Bump

Here watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chgk3l-LybI

Thats a video of one of the worst injuries sustained on UK Gladiators. How that fall didn't kill Panther is some sort of miracle.

FelineCyborg posted...

surprised not more votes for joust or atlasphere. those seemed like the more iconic ones to me

I absolutely hated Atlaspheres. Oh look lets have a minute of contestants and Gladiators running around in giant Hamster balls trying to get them over smoke pods. Boring!

Give me games like Powerball, Duel or Pendulum.