Swords and Sandals Classic Collection — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| More new fan mods added to the Classic Collection! | 2026-06-28 | Greetings mighty gladiators! Its hard to believe ( and kind of cool to think ) Swords and Sandals is now over 20 years old! Truly they say time flies and it does feel like an eternity since I first coded up the little cartoon gladiators who would enter the arena back in Swords and Sandals I. What's even cooler, in my opinion, is that the S&S series has some of the most awesome dedicated fans a game developer could ever hope for. Over the years they've been making mods for the various S&S games, extending them and changing all sorts of parameters to give them a whole new life. Some of the most popular mods I started adding to the Classic Colle |
| Swords and Sandals III is getting a remaster! | 2025-04-26 | Greetings, mighty gladiators! By far one of the S&S questions I am asked most is "When are you going to do a remake of Swords and Sandals III?" (The other question I always get asked is "What's up with the S&S 2 comma glitch, was that on purpose?" - nope, that was just the work of shoddy programming!) I'm thrilled to at last be able to announce a Swords and Sandals III remaster is in the works - and the Steam Page has just gone live. Check out the new Steam page for the game here! Swords and Sandals III Redux is being made using the S&S Immortals engine from 2023, with a few tweaks and changes to suit the faster pace of S&S 3. The gameplay wi |
| Fan Mods arrive in the Classic Collection! | 2024-07-24 | Greetings gladiators, and welcome to version 1.5 of the Swords and Sandals Classic Collection! While this update does not change much in the classic versions of each of the games, there are now TEN new mods for the games. These mods have been created by the legendary community of S&S fans on the official S&S Discord channel. These mods are spread throughout S&S 1, 2, 3 and 4 and some of them radically change how the game is played, with all new champions, XP boosts, new skills and more. Important note - this update now works on Windows and Mac, but for some reason Achievements will only be triggered on Windows machines. Looking at a fix for M |
| Special announcement - Come and check out my new game, Gorgon Shield! | 2023-09-26 | Greetings gladiators! As many of you know, I'm taking a (hopefully well earned) break from the long running Swords and Sandals series to recharge and restore my creative capital. I am definitely keen to return bigger and better than ever with more gladiatorial action in the next few years, but until them I've been working away at another game dev project since May this year. Behold, Gorgon Shield! This is an idea I've been sitting on for nearly a decade. Imagine if you will, four heroes climbing a tower on a shield. For much of the game, you don't control the heroes directly, instead you rotate the shield. If your barbarian faces the Melee pl |
| V 1.4.4 - Fixes for Swords and Sandals 4's Steam Overlay and unequipped enemies | 2023-07-24 | Hey gladiators, this is a small maintainence patch for Swords and Sandals IV. When Steam updated its UI recently, it broke compatibility with the S&S Classic Collection - I've been able to fix that, let's hope this fix doesn't open the floodgate to other issues! I think it should be alright, I tested all the games and the Steam Overlay shows up again. Also a small fix for enemy gladiators in S&S IV appearing to have no armour/weapons. Thanks as always for your continued support of this ancient and hallowed series, haha :) I've taken a break from the series for a little while ( as I've been working on the remakes, sequels, spinoffs pretty much |
| V1.4.0 : Fix for S&S IV end game gold | 2023-04-02 | • Potential fix for Windows 10/11 Black Screen Bug • Swords and Sandals IV : Gladiators now gain correct amount of gold after each game played |
| Steam Achievements Come To The Classic Collection | 2021-08-19 | Gladiators, it's time to return to the world of Tavern Quests! One of the most requested features I've been asked over the years is for the ability to save all four human players in S&S IV. This was a major challenge to add into the game, but I've finally wrangled it together! Check out Tavern Quests, play a game with up to 4 human players and at the end of the game, all human players will be able to visit the shops, and if you have enough XP, level up also - as well as all their progress will finally be tracked. You can now properly compete against family, friends and foes to see who the greatest Tavern Quests player of all is. In addition, |
| Swords and Sandals Immortals announced! | 2021-08-06 | Gladiator! Grab your sword, equip your sandals and take on the world in multiplayer Swords and Sandals! Brutal turn-based combat where gladiators can lose limbs, wield guitars and yell so loudly enemy heads will fall off. This is the most fun you'll ever have in the arena! After six months in development, I'm proud to announce that Swords and Sandals Immortals now has a coming soon page and trailer here on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1707650/Swords_and_Sandals_Immortals The game isn't due until around April of 2022 but I have huge plans for it, including a full single player campaign that continues the story from Swords and Sand |
| The Yeti Project .... Nerfed | 2020-11-30 | Greetings gladiators! This is a patch I've been planning for the Classic Collection for quite a while. Firstly, the most controversial arena champion in all of S&S by far is the Yeti Project! So many people have asked me to nerf him ( ie to make him easier to kill ). However, many purists argued against that, preferring the challenge. Now the option is yours - before the fight, you will be approached by someone who offers to sell you a potion for 1000 gold. This potion will then be used to 'nerf' the Yeti Project, essentially making him a lot easier to kill. Secondly, and probably most important of all is this : many users have brought up the |
| Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley joins the Classic Collection! | 2020-05-18 | Continue your journey through the Swords and Sandals archives with the bizarre, hillarious curiosity, Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley! As another special thank you to everyone who has bought the Classic Collection over the years, we have decided to include Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley in the collection! This oddity of a game was a joint project with Kryptix Entertaimnent to promote their line of Gross Out trading cards. It was built using the Swords and Sandals 2 combat engine way back in 2007. While the game itself has nothing at all S&S universe, it is a much-requested game that has been included in the Classic Collection for p |
| Mini Fighters joins the Classic Collection! | 2020-01-06 | Begin the new year with a new addition to the Classic Collection, Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters! As a special thank you to everyone who has bought the Classic Collection over the years, we have decided to include Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters in the collection. This previously mobile-only game was originally designed as an ultra fast, slimmed down version of Swords and Sandals 2. It was released as simply 'Swords and Sandals' on iPhones and Android phones way back in 2011, and then re-released in 2018 as Mini Fighters. We hope you enjoy this simpler, slightly different take on the classic! (Please note, this game is 480 x 320 resolution |
| Latest patch : S&S 3 can now save up to 10 gladiators! | 2019-07-02 | Good morning gladiators! One of the big complaints about the Classic Collection was that in S&S 3, you could only save one gladiator. In the old Fizzy versions, you could save up to ten, so understandably a lot of people were confused and annoyed about the restrictions on the new one. Long story short, technical issues with S&S 3 had kept me from being able to save more than one gladiator in the game, but I've completely re-written the save game system using the same ancient code as the old game. After installing this patch, you'll be able to save up to 10 gladiators. For those who already have a saved gladiator in S&S 3, I am *fairly* confid |
| New patch : You can now quit games back to the main menu! | 2019-06-24 | Hey everyone! Apologies for the delay in patching the Classic Collection! I've been super busy lately, between this game, looking after my little son, maintaining the mobile versions of the games and working on the new game Spartacus, my time has just felt non-existent! Good news is there's a new patch up for the game! Here are some of the latest additions / fixes - this is for Windows only right now but a Mac patch is coming soon too. Global Changes] Players can now return to the main menu by clicking Quit Game. This was a lot trickier to implement than I thought, but it's working now. You can go back and forward between games without having |
| Latest patch : minigames unlocked, savegame fixes for S&S 4 and more | 2019-04-23 | Hey gladiators, I hope you're enjoying the series! I'm as always working hard to iron out as many bugs from the past as I can. Here are the latest updates: SWORDS AND SANDALS 3 Fixed a bug where gladiators with special characters (,!,$ etc) would corrupt the save game ( You may have to clear save data from the title screen or delete your character if strange things are still happening ) Misc fixes on some tweens SWORDS AND SANDALS 4 Unlocked all minigames for people to play straight away (more fun that way!) Fixed a bug where gladiators with special characters (,!,$ etc) would corrupt the save game ( You may have to clear save data from the t |
| S&S Crusader : Sieges patched ! | 2019-04-21 | Greetings gladiators! The latest patch has just gone live, with some love shown to S&S Crusader - sieges should be working properly now. S&S 3 was also patched. See the notes below - more patches to come this week! * SWORDS AND SANDALS CRUSADER Fixed a bug where sieges faded to black but wouldn't progress Fixed a bug where catapults weren't hitting towers properly Fixed a bug on combat where troops paused before returning to formation Fixed a bug on Survival mode with Shi-Tzurantula appearing too early Potential fix for allied computers causing some turns to freeze * SWORDS AND SANDALS 3 Fixed a bug where gladiators could fall off the left/ri |
| Patch - fixed invisible weapons in S&S 4 and equipment bug in S&S 3 | 2019-04-20 | Hey everyone, I've just patched S&S 3 and 4 with the following fixes: Swords and Sandals III: * Fixed a bug where weapons could not be equipped * Changed things so you must unequip your weapon before equipping another * Fixed invisible weapons Swords and Sandals IV: * Fixed invisible equipment bug * Fixed a bug where weapons could not be equipped * Changed things so you must unequip your weapon before equipping another * Fixed invisible weapons * Removed lag on S&S IV character load screens I'm aware of more bugs in the games (specifically around Crusader, some of the minigames and the spell bar in S&S 3) ... I'll be patching these over the c |
| New patches for S&S 3 and 4 and Crusader | 2019-04-20 | Hey everyone! I've just patched the following games in the Classic Collection: Swords and Sandals III Fixed a bug where gladiators with dual wield skill couldn't equip weapons in their off hand Added a short musical interlude on the Arena Champion Pillars Screen Swords and Sandals IV Sped up transitions (fade to white) between menus Main Menu buttons appear faster Fixed a bug where music kept playing when mini games ended Fixed a bug where buttons sometimes appeared blurry Swords and Sandals Crusader Fixed a bug where buttons sometimes appeared blurry I'll try and keep patching these games as often as I can - just also know that the code for |
| ** HOTFIX for empty folder / missing EXE file , issue is solved! ** | 2019-04-19 | Hey all, some early buyers of the game have reported there was a missing executable file in the game and nothing could be played. Apologies for the stuff up - there was an error (my fault) in the Steam build upload process. Try downloading the game again and it should work. Thank you so much for buying S&S Classic, we truly hope you enjoy the games. Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios |