Athena (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Athena


caption = Game flyer
developer = SNK
publisher = SNK
distributor =
designer =
series = "Athena" series
engine =
version =
released = vgy|1986-vgy|1987
genre = Platformer
modes = Single-player
ratings =
platforms = Arcade, NES, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
media =
requirements =
input = nihongo|"Athena"|アテナ|Atena is a platform arcade game, produced and published in 1986 by SNK. It was later ported to the NES. The NES version was developed by Micronics. 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.

ynopsis

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.

About Goddess Athena

General CVG character
name=Athena


caption=
firstgame="Athena (video game)"
series="SNK vs. series
The King of Fighters
artist=
voiceactor= Mie Itō
Haruna Ikezawa
inuniverse=SNK character
birthplace=Kingdom of Victory
birthdate= July 5th
measurements= 79/56/81
bloodtype= O
fightingstyle= Sword and Magic
weapon=Sword
likes= flowers
dislikes= monsters| nihongo|Princess Athena|アテナ姫, also known as Goddess Athena, is a fictional character from the SNK's arcade game "Athena" (being the protagonist of this game), which was later ported to several platforms. She is also the ancestor of Athena Asamiya from "Psycho Soldier" game and "The King of Fighters" series.

History

Athena is a selfish princess of the "Kingdom of Victory", which inhabits a mysterious world. She was bored with the monotonous life day by day in her castle and desired exciting adventures. One day she opened the "Door Which Shouldn't Be Opened" in the basement of Castle Victory, and fell to another world called Fantasy World which was dominated by an evil emperor Dante, a creature based on Cerberus.

After Princess Athena defeated Dante (in the sequel '), she is again bored with the peaceful days without adventures. This time she opens the "Door Which Shouldn't Be Opened:" "B""', disregarding the advice from her loyal maid Helene, and they both fall to the Elysium World to face a bunch of new villains.

The game features traditional RPG elements. Princess Athena has to beat the boss of each stage by using miscellaneous mythological weapons, equipments and items. Without some items, she can not make it through the adventures. Everything in the game is inspired by Greek mythology or ancient Roman culture including weapons, equipments, items and enemy designs. Needless to say, Athena herself is named after the Greek goddess Athena.

Appearances

After the first adventure, Princess Athena faded out of SNK's stages until fourteen years later, she appears as Athena Asamiya's Another Striker in KOF 2000.

Then she becomes the secret boss of the dream match game "" as an angelic being guarding the entrance to the Heaven World, which is supposed to be one of the stages of her arcade game. Contrarily, the Capcom character Red Arremer as another secret boss guards the entrance to the Hell World.

Due to her defeat (which is caused by player's character) in "SVC Chaos", she is sent to Earth, the human world, by Kamisama for further training through the fighting tournament summoned by WAREZ in SNK Playmore's next dream match game "Neo Geo Battle Coliseum" as a playable hidden character. Although NGBC's background stories are exhaustively given to every character, it's not a canonical continuation to each game's own title, neither is "SVC Chaos".

Also, apart of those titles, appears in the "" trading card game series, as an SNK character card or as an Action/Counter card.

ee also

*"Athena"
*""
*Athena Asamiya
*List of Famicom games
*List of NES games
*SNK vs. series

External links

* [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/nbc/museum/athena/ "Athena"] at NBC Museum of SNK Playmore
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*moby game|id=/athena|name="Athena"
*WoS_game|id=0000307|name=Athena
* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=athena&page=detail&id=142 "Athena"] at [http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=news Arcade History]
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*jp icon [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/nbc/museum/athena/index.html "Athena" video game] in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum Official Website
*jp icon [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/nbc/character/athena.html Athena's profile] and [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/nbc/gallery/athena.html story] in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum Official Website
*jp icon [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/mobile/i-mode/special/athena_ft.php Athena: Full Throttle Official Website]