<s>
American	B-Application
Gladiators	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Incredible	O
Technologies	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
by	O
GameTek	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
were	O
published	O
in	O
1992	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
,	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1989	O
television	O
game	O
show	O
American	B-Application
Gladiators	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
American	B-Application
Gladiators	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
changed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
faithful	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
television	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
events	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
were	O
joined	O
by	O
Atlasphere	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
always	O
played	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
order	O
:	O
Assault	O
,	O
Human	O
Cannonball	O
(	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
)	O
,	O
Atlasphere	O
,	O
Joust	O
,	O
Powerball	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Wall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
more	O
faithful	O
interpretation	O
of	O
American	B-Application
Gladiators	I-Application
,	O
adjustments	O
were	O
made	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generally	O
,	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
SNES	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
heavily	O
covered	O
,	O
whereas	O
other	O
ports	O
either	O
were	O
barely	O
reviewed	O
or	O
not	O
covered	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Actions	O
Steve	O
McNally	O
scored	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
80%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Swedish	O
magazine	O
Datormagazin	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
scored	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
received	O
overwhelmingly	O
negative	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rated	O
16%	O
by	O
an	O
August	O
1993	O
review	O
from	O
UK	O
SNES	B-Application
magazine	O
Super	O
Play	O
,	O
the	O
lowest	O
rating	O
yet	O
,	O
surpassing	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Pit-Fighter	B-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
and	O
GameTek	O
's	O
other	O
game	O
show	O
adaptations	O
like	O
Jeopardy	O
and	O
Wheel	O
of	O
Fortune	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
also	O
found	O
the	O
gameplay	O
awkward	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
too	O
simple	O
,	O
criticizing	O
the	O
control	O
setups	O
that	O
were	O
so	O
odd	O
and	O
not	O
like	O
the	O
real	O
experiences	O
a	O
player	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
manual	O
to	O
figure	O
them	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
System	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
thought	O
the	O
presentation	O
stayed	O
true	O
to	O
the	O
television	O
series	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
comparing	O
its	O
source	O
material	O
likeness	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
's	O
WWF	O
Super	O
WrestleMania	O
(	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keen	O
called	O
the	O
visuals	O
unfathomably	O
bad	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
and	O
"	O
the	O
biggest	O
pile	O
of	O
crap	O
we	O
've	O
seen	O
since	O
King	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
was	O
half	O
way	O
up	O
the	O
Empire	O
S[t]ate	O
Building	O
and	O
fancied	O
a	O
cack	O
!	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Davies	O
condemned	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
's	O
absence	O
of	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
repetition	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
dreadful	O
tune	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
favorable	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
port	O
,	O
Katz	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
