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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(guesst @ Aug 1 2006, 09:31 PM) [snapback]246361[/snapback]</div>Oh snap, I remember this one! I think I remember discovering it about the same time as I did Fantasy Empires. :titan:

Oops, you said at the top of the review that there's no multiplayer. Then you make a big deal of the multiplayer... just a little bug.

They have a version called GladiatorX if you own a modded xbox.

I played it once and it freaking ruled!

Wow... You just made my day!

I played the shareware version of this game a loooooooong time ago... And never found it anywhere else! In fact, I quite forgot it but I remembered the game completely as soon as I looked at the pictures. :D

Time to play this until I drop. :max:

There's an open source-version of Gladiator which can be downloaded for free from http://snowstorm.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/s...i?page=openglad

It includes a scenario editor and lots of bugfixes. Also, it can be run from Linux.

light you're lighters for gladiator!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(XoutbackX @ Aug 3 2006, 04:26 AM) [snapback]246511[/snapback]</div> :huh: Eh? What is that supposed to mean?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Aug 3 2006, 12:18 PM) [snapback]246557[/snapback]</div> :huh: Eh? What is that supposed to mean?
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I think that's like when you're at a rock concert and the audience flicks their bic to show support for the band... that sort of thing.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eagle of Fire @ Aug 2 2006, 03:41 AM) [snapback]246389[/snapback]</div>Seconded. :brain:

errm...how do i attack? do i just move into an enemy? it seems that way, but can someone confirm it?

One word: Nice.

As for controls, you can press asterisk '*' to open the first player's menu and then press 'k' to set up your keys. They're already assigned before doing this in case you just don't want to mess with it. All the documentation is included in the game's zip file (README.TXT). You can attack by moving into an enemy or by pressing 'Insert'/'NumPad 0' (default).

I remember this game...I'd always get hammered, though, as everyone tends to wander off on their own and blunder into the enemy...is that supposed to ahppen?

Yeah, this game is amazing, and also very under-rated. Get a couple of friends to join in, and this game is a blast.
To attack, press numpad 0 (or reconfigure the controls - get to the options menu by pressing asterisk, then press K to set the controls). You might be able to melee attack by running into enemies, but most classes have projectile attacks.
The AI does seem a bit weak, and your allies do seem to wander off quite frequently, especially mages, who have a bad habit of teleporting randomly. Usually though, they don't get into too much trouble - if they run into enemies they can usually handle themselves.
It seems like a good strategy to opt for a few high level characters, as opposed to lots of lower level characters - you might even want to go solo with one extremely high level character.

Could this be upgraded to version k? The ghost scare bug makes it difficult to play through.

The review mentions barbarian boulder hurl which is not available in j, the version up for download. I tried to find my copy but all I had on my 486 was J
just like on here.

nice! i have been looking for this game ever since my faithfull 486 decided to explode & take all my godlike good 'ol games with it to the otherworld and if i did understand corretly this is full version as i had some demo version back in the days if i remember correctly o.O

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(zori @ Oct 27 2006, 09:09 PM) [snapback]263911[/snapback]</div>Hiya, folks! Glad to hear y'all enjoyed the game (even with sometimes stupid AI) -- we had a blast making it, and played lots of hours of 4-player version.

I think I have the "K" version on my system somewhere, and I'll upload it once I'm back at my main machine; I'd be happy to get the most recent version up for you.

--Tom

kinda like a medieval version of counter strike 2d