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darkhades
01-05-2008, 03:58 PM
Hey all, Iam trying to remember a arcade game from my past, and I figure this is the best place to ask. It's been a long time and I was pretty young when I played it, so the details are pretty thin. I am sure the game is at least 20 years old.

You played as a character equiped with a suit of armor, sword and shield. I believe you played using two control sticks, although I could be way off on this detail. I think one stick controled your shield, and the other stick your sword. Your character would move left to right on screen, you would have to avoid obstacles by either blocking with you shield or attacking with the sword. Eventually you would reach a boss character that was equipped with armor, sword and shield similar to you. When fighting you could perform 3 basic attacks, (I think) either high attack, mid attack, or low attack. When you managed to land an attack on your enemy, a chunk of armor in that area would fall off and expose that part of the body. If you landed another attack in the same area you would either damage or defeat the enemy.

That's pretty much all I remember, I don't even remember if this game was good or not. Oh, one other small detail, I remember one boss character was decked out in a purple suit of armor, and I believe this one wielding two swords.

Thanks in advance

Damaramu
01-05-2008, 04:20 PM
Sounds like Gladiator to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1TIOI-DI20

Lerxstnj
01-05-2008, 04:42 PM
FYI...

Gladiator is on Taito Legends for Xbox & PS2 if you are interested in owning it.

darkhades
01-05-2008, 04:45 PM
That's the game, thanks alot guys. Definately gonna pick up Taito Legends to try this again.

LOL
01-05-2008, 04:59 PM
Taito Legends is a fantastic collection. Rastan, Thunderfox, Great Swordsman...endless fun.

dylan0228
01-05-2008, 05:41 PM
I remember that game! Don`t remember where I played it. I thought it was cool then.

gamebotonline
01-05-2008, 06:06 PM
Gladiator is awesome and the Taito Legends version is excellent AND it has a ton of other great games!

venturousviking
01-05-2008, 08:50 PM
Wow....I forgot all about this game. This was a good game as I remember back in the day. Thanks for bringing it up !!