Trivia / Gladiators (1993)

• What Could Have Been: According to designer Jon Norris, this was originally intended to be a pinball based on The Legend of Zelda, to be released after the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World tables. Midway through development, Gottlieb had an agreement for the American Gladiators license on the condition that they have a game released quickly. This pin was rethemed and reprogrammed to match, but the deal fell through — and without time to revert the game to Zelda, it was decided to release it as Gladiators.