Athena (video game)

Athena
Game flyer
Developer(s)SNK
Micronics (FC/NES)
Publisher(s)SNK
Designer(s)Koji Obata
Artist(s)Rampty
Platform(s)Arcade, Commodore 64, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Network, ZX Spectrum[6]
Release
  • Re-releases
    • NES/Famicom:
    • Nintendo Switch:
      • WW: December 13, 2018[4]
    • PlayStation Network:
      • WW: December 13, 2018[5]
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Athena (アテナ, Atena) is a 1986 platform arcade video game developed and published by SNK. Conversions were later released for the NES console and ZX Spectrum[7] and Commodore 64[8] home computers.

The game's protagonist, Princess Athena, has gone on to appear in later fighting games by SNK as a secret character or assistant to her descendant Athena Asamiya, a frequent main character in these games.

  1. ^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 18–9, 133–4. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. ^ Nintendo staff. "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "ATHENA". Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Arcade Archives ATHENA". Nintendo. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Arcade Archives ATHENA". PlayStation Store. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "Classic Game Room video game review show and website". classicgameroom.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
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