# ID this arcade game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [March 11, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922 "2022-03-11T21:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/1 "2022-03-11T21:19:41Z")
You were a gladiator, and you kept moving to the side, gradually losing pieces of armor. The joystick lets you move your shield up and down. It was pretty detailed, from what I recall. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/2 "2022-03-11T21:23:47Z")
Is this it? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E34K5RLq8ig/maxresdefault.jpg "1986 Gladiator Arcade Old School Game Playthrough Retro Game") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E34K5RLq8ig) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/3 "2022-03-11T21:27:32Z")
YES. Thank you! It was so weird but I can’t put my finger on why. Is it really just called Gladiator? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/4 "2022-03-11T21:29:00Z")
No idea - I just searched for ‘gladiator side-scroller arcade game’ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/5 "2022-03-11T21:30:23Z")
_Sigh_ That probably should have been my first move. Thank you again. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/6 "2022-03-11T21:36:35Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Is it really just called Gladiator? Yep. > **[Gladiator - Arcade - Games Database](https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/arcade/gladiator)** > > Gladiator on the Arcade. Published by Taito. Developed by Taito. Released in 1986. Download game manual. View video of game. Screenshot of game. Title screen. Cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/7 "2022-03-11T21:37:23Z")
I remember the demo of that game. “Agathon!” “Irene!” (Pronounced “E-ren.” Also the only boss the demo doesn’t insult.) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/8 "2022-03-11T21:54:42Z")
And of course [there’s a TV tropes page.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Gladiator) ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/9 "2022-03-13T01:08:12Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > YES. Thank you! It was so weird but I can’t put my finger on why. Looking at the video, I think it was just weird on its face… ---
**Author:** ![TonyInMN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TonyInMN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonyInMN)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-arcade-game/960922/10 "2022-03-14T15:38:10Z")
I played this a ton in my first year of university in England. It was call The Great Gurianos (at least in th arcades I played in). [https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/arcade/great\_gurianos](https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/arcade/great_gurianos)