The Horrible Histories™ brand is an internationally bestselling series of history books for children, with more than 20 million copies sold worldwide since 1993. Author Terry Deary and illustrator Martin Brown have brought the past to life for millions of children in an uniquely entertaining way. The computer game version of their Ruthless Romans book will provide whole families with a fun way to learn about Roman history. The main plot of Horrible Histories™ Ruthless Romans follows the struggle of young Rassimus to achieve glory as a gladiator and obtain his freedom. Rassimus, a slave and an ambitious gladiator-in-training, has been raised as a foundling by the great gladiator trainer Lucius Gladius, and spent nearly 12 years in his service. Lucius has now given him a chance to begin his training, and Rassimus hopes that he will be successful and one day become a citizen of Rome.
Source: Wikipedia, Game’s homepage
Minimum system requirements
* OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
* CPU: Pentium ® Core 2 Duo 1.4 GHz
* RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
* HDD: 2 GB free disk space
* Graphics: 128 MB Graphics Memory (GeForce FX 5200 or better)
* Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
* DirectX: Version 9.0c
Recommended system requirements
* OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
* CPU: Pentium ® Core 2 Duo 2.9 GHz
* RAM: 512 MB
* HDD: 2 GB free disk space
* Graphics: 256 MB Graphics Memory (GeForce GT 6800 or better)
* Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
* DirectX: Version 9.0c
