Coliseum Demo v1.6: 20MB

NEW! Updated to 1.6

Now you can take a whack at managing a stable of gladiators!  This is an executable file, download and double click to install.

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Installs over retail version of game. Just double-click and it installs itself over the previous version of the game.

Note: Previous save games are NOT compatible with this version and will be lost when installing.

Bug Fixes:

• Corrected a problem with Head-to-Head losses not always being tallied correctly.
• Corrected a problem with the Season Number not incrementing up correctly if you keep all of your warriors in between seasons.
• Fixed a rare problem where news reports would report on a warrior on your team fighting that hasn't fought before.
• Fixed a problem where news reports would be cut off occasionally.
• Fixed occasional stat irregularities with injuries and spells.
• Fixed a bug where if you released a suspended fighter and signed a new free pool fighter, he would inherit the old warrior's suspended status

• Fixed a bug where if a CPU warrior retired early, it would sometimes clear the wrong set of stats, leaving an empty CPU slot

• Fixed the problem where the Exit Arena button would stay lit and active while simming matches, and clicking it again would reset the simming and cause stat problems
• Corrected some rare injury bug problems with CPU warriors

Tweaks:

• Adjusted the cost of enchantments up and reduced their duration ranges slightly
• Adjusted contract signing costs up slightly.
• Added a "poisoning" element to using enchantments as well as potions; using too many can have harmful results for your warriors in the long term, similar to potions
• Added a possible "Performance" bonus in combat which could occur if you pass a manager Performance stat check; also added possible combat bonuses for "experience" as a warrior moves into prime fighting years
• Tweaked the chance of deaths down slightly, so that your warriors will tend to live a bit longer and aging will be more of a factor 
• Tweaked the various ways manager stats can go up, so that they may change a bit more often
• Changed the enchantments to shuffle randomly more often if one is not currently active
• Redid and moved the Cancel Training button to be cleaner looking on the interface
• Added a warning on the Exit Game button text that the game data will be lost unless the game is saved before exiting
• Players now collect a 250 Gold award for qualifying for the playoffs, and 1,000 Gold award for winning a championship 

New Features:

• Added a "Tome of Champions", which keeps track of and stores tournament playoff champions for the last 50 seasons.
• Revamped Gambling in the game to be payout/odds-based, where the odds are based on the warrior's record and stats, to make gambling more challenging and balanced, and redesigned the schedule screen with new graphics, and added text explaining the betting system to the Schedule help screen
• Added fully implemented season fatigue, with a visible status bar. Now warriors, when fighting or training, tire and you must periodically rest them - Retooled the look of the Manager Options screen to be crisper and cleaner looking
• Added the current season record in parenthesis next to each warrior, along with their career record
• Retooled the development curve for warriors through ages 30-49 to be more distinct and slightly more varied
• Added a funeral screen that may pop up when warriors are killed, with new music, to enhance the visual impact of a death in the game
• Added current injury display to the Playoff screen
• Added access to the current news report via a new icon in the match-up screen to make it easier and more streamlined
• Added an option to delete existing saved games to the Save Game menu
• Added a selectable Season Length option (20, 30 or 40 days) when creating a new league

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Installs over v1.5 patch (available at right). Just double-click and it installs itself over the previous version of the game.

Note: Previous save games are NOT compatible with this version and will be lost when installing.

Bug Fixes: 

• Fixed a rare bug where you were not able to offer to sign a warrior to a contract at the end of the first contract you signed them to 
• Fixed a problem where the end of the last fight screen of the season appeared at the first fight of the next season if you failed to qualify for the playoffs 
• Corrected a bug that assigns a different warrior to a slot other than the one you picked in the Academy Draft 
• Fixed a glitch when loading a game where the first enchantment choice description wasn't filled in after loading 
• All "Error 9" and music-related crashes should now be resolved for those who had trouble with the game before 
• Fixed a bug that was introduced in 1.5 where the game crashed if you bought an enchantment and you did not have a Primary warrior selected 
• Fixed improper calculation where career kills were factored into the playoff tie calculation instead of current season kills 
• Corrected the Pre-Arena screen to display the warrior's current season record instead of their career record 
• Fixed a display glitch for Master Training that displayed the bonuses in the incorrect column 
• Auctions have been fixed to properly take into account only the warrior's base stats, not ones inflated from spells or potions 
• Also fixed auctions where a warrior with very high stats will not prolong an auction into a seemingly endless loop 
• Corrected a problem with stat enhancing enchantments that may cause them to keep adding their bonus to the warrior's stats over and over again

Tweaks/Enhancements: 

• Toned down the effects and speed of season fatigue slightly so that warriors can fight in more matches and have better chances to qualify for the playoffs 
• Going to 0 Gold at the start of a turn now ends the game in bankruptcy 
• Eliminated the Exit Arena button after a fight is complete, it now pops up the match simulation screen automatically after a few seconds, saving a click and speeding up the game a bit 
• Slightly improved the chances of training being successful and added a cumulative counter that increases the chance of a stat going up the longer it is worked on without going up 
• Saved games are NO LONGER deleted when loading them. Keep in mind you only have 3 saved game slots, so if all are filled, you must delete one of your saved games to save a new manager. 
• Created new icons for the match-up screen underneath your next opponent to make the look visually more attractive and consistent with other screens that use icons 
• Tweaked aging curve to be a little more unpredictable and to drop off a bit more with ages past 50 or so

New Features: 

• QUESTS - Added the training alternative where you can send a warrior on a quest to explore a faraway dangerous territory, at the risk of possible injury or death, for stat increases and gold 
• BRIBERY - You now may have the option of bribing your next opponent to go easier against your fighter in the upcoming match; possibility and amount based on the opponent's Intangibles and stats 
• PLAYOFF DISPLAY - You now can watch the progression of the playoffs, even if one of your warriors does not qualify 
• NEW - Added 10 new enchantments 
• BOX SCORE - The game now displays a stat box after each match that gives details about the match; Number of attacks, successful hits, hit percentage, average damage and more.

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