[stmercy2020]

Okay.  I've watched American Gladiators several times in the distant past- I remember the great ones like Zap, Ice, Siren, Gold for the ladies, and Turbo, Tower, Nitro for the men- but it's been a long freakin' time.  What I'm looking for- as a form of research for a Sylph story with crossover possibilities- is a description of all the games people remember.

Here's the specific information I need:

Name of the game
Rules
Number of gladiators involved
Specific obstacles faced

As I said, I'm moderately familiar with the games, but it's been (many) years.  All help would be greatly appreciated, of course, and could potentially (very likely) lead to a fun story…

[David C. Matthews]

I remember "Atlasphere" – I think it may have been my favorite.

Each contestant is encased in a large (10' diameter or so) wire-mesh sphere which they would roll around the court (much like a hamster in a ball); their goal was to score as many points as possible by rolling these balls onto targets which would emit a jet of (I presume) dry-ice mist to indicate a successful hit.  The Gladiators also roamed the court in spheres of their own, their objective being to obstruct the contestants and prevent them from scoring.

And of course there's the event I like to refer to as the "Q-Tip Joust", because the heavily-padded sticks they used looked like, well, giant cottom swabs.

(Not much on remembering specifics like rules, etc.; sorry.)

[TC2]

Eliminator, the huge obstacle course at the end of the game.

Cannonball, competitors have to try to knock gladiators off the podium.

Powerball, basically a form of football with some harsh tackles, the one who gets the balls in the most bins wins.

Assault, player can grab weapons to shoot a bullseye over the gladiator, or pass the finish line, they must not get hit by the balls shot at them.

The wall, competitors must reach the top of the wall without being pulled down by a gladiator.

Hang 10?  Don't remember the name.  Player must navigate from one end to another by swinging on olympic rings.  While at the same time avoiding the gladiator trying to hunt them down.

[cpbell0033944]

And of course there's the event I like to refer to as the "Q-Tip Joust", because the heavily-padded sticks they used looked like, well, giant cottom swabs.

I presume Q-Tip must be a proprietary brand; in the UK we call them cotton buds.  I suppose in the Deep South, a cotton bud would be a friend who owned a plantation. ::)

[David C. Matthews]

I presume Q-Tip must be a proprietary brand; in the UK we call them cotton buds.  I suppose in the Deep South, a cotton bud would be a friend who owned a plantation. ::)

Yeah, "Q-Tip" is a brand name; "cotton swab" is the generic term here in the US.  Although it's like "Kleenx" and "Scotch tape", the brand name slowly becomes the generic term.

Uh oh, topic drift!!  Getting back on subject…

…uhhh, TC2 pretty much covered all the other games I remember.

[stmercy2020]

Gentlemen, I thank you all!  I'm working on putting together this story and I hope to have copy ready in just a few weeks- maybe in time for Thanksgiving, God willin' and the crik don't rise…

If anyone can describe the eliminator in detail- I remember bits and pieces of it, but not the order in which different obstacles were faced…

[TC2]

First you gotta climp up the reverse treadmill ramp, remember that thing with the red and blue arrows pointing downward?  Yeah gotta climb that thing first to reach the platform.

Once on the platform you need to get on the ceiling bike pedals, so that instead of using your legs your using your arms and hands to pedal across.

Then you cross the rolling platform which has punching bags swinging back and forth, if you fall off you will end up face to face with a gladiator that will slow you down.

Then you climb up the net to reach the zip line up top, once you reach the zipline you obviously zip down and drop onto a safety mat.

After dropping down you jump some hurdles and then pick a "door" to run through labelled 1 through 4.  If you pick the wrong door you will be blocked by a gladiator.

Pass the doors and you win the game.

Now if you're going on the eliminator from later seasons.

Instead of hurdles the competitors have to scale a brick wall using a rope, I've seen many contestants fail that one compared to the previous seasons.

But that is the eliminator event in a nutshell.

Here are other games listed on Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gladiators

I only remember sky track where they race on a ceiling track.

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