Athena (video game)
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Athena is a platform arcade game, produced and published in 1986 by SNK. It was later ported to the NES. Only the NES version has been released in North America. Conversions were done for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1987 by Ocean Software under their Imagine label.
The NES Version was developed by Micronics, a company known for producing low quality NES ports of video games.
The game's title character, Athena, would later go on to appear in the game Psycho Soldier as Athena Asamiya. She, along with Kensou from Psycho Soldier, would appear as a team in the The King of Fighters series, and has appeared in every game in the series so far. She also appeared in Capcom vs. SNK 2 and SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom. In The King of Fighters and Capcom vs. SNK 2, the character was based on her appearance in Psycho Soldier; in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, it was based on her appearance in her original game, serving as an angelic counterpart to the demonic Red Arremer from Capcom's Ghosts n' Goblins series.
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Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and defensive warfare, has grown bored with the luxurious life her fellow-deities live on Olympus, and sets out in search of adventure.
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[edit] External links
- Athena at NBC Museum of SNK Playmore
- Athena at MobyGames
- Athena at GameFAQs
- Seanbaby's review of Athena
- Athena page located at NES HQ
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