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The Gladiators is a colorful and unusual-looking real-time strategy game. The story follows the misadventures of military hero Major Greg Callahan. After the Vietnam war, Callahan becomes an astronaut and gets launched into a black hole. After entering the mysterious vortex, he ends up trapped on an alien planet where the primary form of entertainment is gladiator combat. The gladiators serve as field generals and lead troops into battle for the entertainment of stadium spectators. In this arena, he's forced to fight the reigning champion, General Maximix and his galactic robot army, as well as a demon named Fargass and his hordes of monsters. Helping Callahan is the alien princess Lydia, who signs Callahan on as her champion in the competition.
The Gladiators' comic-book-style graphics are colorful and vibrant. On the battlefield, the units are smoothly animated and the weapon effects are violently over the top--dead units spill a great deal of blood, and mechanical units break up in spectacular explosions. You can rotate the screen to any angle, and zoom in to get a closer look, although you'll spend the vast majority of your time zoomed out to see as much of the field as possible.