Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators

Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators is a video game developed and published by KAZe for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay
Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators has four pinball tables, each with its own themes; Gladiators, Knight of the Roses, Dragon Showdown and Warlock. Points are earned by hitting various targets, lanes, ramps and bumpers in the playfield. Before launching a ball, players have the option to choose between three bonus options of varying nature, e.g. starting the currently lit bonus round, super kickback, activating the extraball and/or a random bonus target, 2x playfield, super jets, activating the deathwatch (out hole) bonus and various point bonuses. In addition to multiball rounds, each table has nine special bonus rounds culminating into an "Ultimate Round" when all bonus rounds have been completed (”Gladiator Show" for Gladiators, "Necromancer" for Knight of the Roses, "Banzai Showdown" for Dragon Showdown and "Last Judgment" for Warlock). The game ends when the player loses three balls in succession and/or any extraballs earned. The player's high scores for each table are then displayed in the "Last Gladiators Hall of Fame".

Reception
Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "With four tables from which to choose, and all the bonuses, jackpots, and skill shots offered in today's most advanced pinballs machines, Last Gladiators is not only convincing, but it's a great deal of fun. It would have been nice to perhaps have a choice of different perspectives, but at least the view offered is easy to work with."