God of Thunder

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Description

The mighty god Odin goes from time into deep sleep. During the time of such an "Odinsleep", the mischievous god Loki stole from Odin his favorite land, Midgard, and populated it by monsters. But Odin has a son - Thor, the god of thunder. Using his powerful hammer Mjolnir, Thor must travel to Midgard, face Loki and his assistants, and reclaim the land for his father.

God of Thunder is an action game with strong elements of puzzle-solving. Thor explores Midgard, fighting enemies in action-based combat, using his hammer or lightning attacks. Many hazards are there to make the hero's life difficult, and the player must solve puzzles to protect Thor and advance the story. The puzzles range from simple exercises in re-arranging objects to more complex examples that occupy the entire screen. Most of the game is viewed from a top-down perspective, though there are platform sequences as well.

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Alternate Titles

• "GoT" -- Informal name

Part of the Following Group

• Mythology: Norse / Germanic

User Reviews

Not the best in the world, but still a fun game.	DOS	Ravenous (3)
Great, old-fashioned fun.	DOS	Jaromir Krol (269)
Great game for 8 years old	DOS	L L (2)
A passable game I do not particularly like.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4634)
A game that even beats Zelda: Link's Awakening!	DOS	Jim Fun (243)

Critic Reviews

Top Secret	DOS	Dec, 1994	9 out of 10	90
GameHippo.com	DOS	Oct 19, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Abandonia Reloaded	DOS	Oct 01, 2006	4 out of 5	80
Examiner	DOS	Jan 22, 2014	4 out of 5	80
Freegame.cz	DOS	Feb 25, 2007	77 out of 100	77
VictoryGames.pl	DOS	Jan 21, 2007		40
PC Shareware	DOS	Apr, 1997	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Genre?	15	Rola (8277) Jul 15, 2012

Trivia

Freeware release

The author of the game, Ron Davis, made it available as freeware, along with the manual and the official hint book - they all can be found at: http://www.adeptsoftware.com/got/

Source code release

The author of the game, Ron Davis, has also made most of the source code available. It can be found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/god-of-thunder-1994-dos-game/

Related Web Sites

• Odin's Beard (The ultimate fansite for God of Thunder, containing information about from the story and characters to all the tiny aspects of the game you didn't ever think about.)