NES

The Battle of Olympus

Description

This game is much like Zelda II: The Adventure of Link turned into ancient Greece. You play as Orpheus, whose girlfriend, Helene, has been kidnapped by the demonic ruler of the netherworld called Hades. So begins the journey.

Just like in Zelda II, there is a top-down map of Greece with towns and other locations to explore. Each of these has side-scrolling sections in which Orpheus fights his way through the minions of Hades. There are various items one must get to continue to the next location, including swords, shields and crystals. There are three fragments of love hidden around; Orpheus has to find them before he can enter Tartarus and fight Hades to save his beloved Helene.

The monsters of the game are also based on the Greek mythology and it is pretty entertaining to confront cyclopes, minotaurs and pegasuses.

Alternate Titles

• "オリュンポスの戦い" -- Japanese Spelling
• "Olympos no Tatakai" -- Japanese Title

Part of the Following Group

• Mythology: Greek

Merchant Title Platform     Battle of Olympus, The- Game Cartridge for the Nintendo NES NES     The Battle of Olympus     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

A look back at this classic won't land you in Hades.	Paul Smith (59)
Link goes to Greece?	Multimedia Mike (16188)

The Press Says

Mean Machines	Sep, 1991	79 out of 100	79
Retrogaming History	Dec 22, 2008	7 out of 10	70
Power Play	Sep, 1991	68 out of 100	68

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

Trivia

The Battle of Olympus was marketed by Broderbund as part of its "Adventure Series."