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Capcom: SVC Chaos as an angelic being guarding the entrance to the Heaven World, which is patterned after the stages from her video game. Princess Athena in other games Īside from Psycho Soldier introducing her modern-day descendant, Athena Asamiya, Princess Athena faded out of SNK's spotlight until fourteen years later, when she appeared as Athena Asamiya's 'Another Striker', a special helper character, in The King of Fighters 2000.Īfterwards, she becomes a secret boss in the dream match game SNK vs.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Athena on their Septemissue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

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The game was released on the Nintendo Switch in the Nintendo eShop on 13 December 2018 by Hamster Corporation as part of their Arcade Archives series and also on the PlayStation 4 on 19 December as part of the same series. Both the arcade and NES versions of Athena are included in SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2018. Only the NES version was released for North American homes until the PlayStation Network saw a release of the arcade original in 2011.

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Conversions were also done for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 in 1987 by Ocean Software and released under their Imagine label. Without some items, she cannot make it through the adventure.Īthena was later converted for the NES by Micronics. Princess Athena has to defeat enemies such as the final boss by using various mythological weapons, items and equipment. The game features certain role-playing video game elements to complement the platform action. The use of certain weapons such as a hammer allows Athena to break through stone blocks, sometimes revealing not only armor but magic items such as Mercury's sandals that, when worn, allow her to make great leaps. Her journey requires leaping and climbing as well as fighting through the land's eight hazardous worlds, each leading up to an oversized enemy that must be dealt with before proceeding to the next area. Upon landing, unarmed and nearly nude, the princess only has her kicks to fend off the approaching monsters, but she may collect the dead enemies's various weapons and also has the chance to find shields, headgear and armor to cover her body, however, these will be lost after withstanding some attacks. Princess Athena herself is named after the Greek goddess Athena, while Dante is based on Cerberus. Many of the game's elements are inspired by Greek mythology or ancient Roman culture, such as weapons, equipment, items and enemy designs.

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She readied to fight for her life and arm herself, with no other choice than to face the ruthless Dante and every obstacle on her way, to free this kingdom and make it back alive to her own.Īfter Athena defeats Dante, it all begins anew in the sequel, Athena: Full Throttle, in which the princess, again bored, opens the 'Door Which Shouldn't Be Opened B', disregarding her loyal maid Helene's advice, and they both fall to Elysium World, where they face off against other villains. After her flowing dress was lost while catching the wind for her fall, the perilous adventures of Princess Athena began as she landed in a wilderness overrun by beast-like warriors and more dangers than she could ever wish for. As she dared cross the doorway, it caused her to fall from the skies and to another realm called Fantasy World, which was dominated by the evil Emperor Dante. One day, she opened the 'Door Which Shouldn't Be Opened' in the basement of Castle Victory, said to lead to a savage and deadly place. She was bored of the monotonous daily life in the palace and desired exciting adventures. Athena was the young, headstrong princess of the heavenly Kingdom of Victory.

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