Gods

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Set in the Ancient Greece, you are a mighty warrior who has a chance to beat the Gods and gain immortality. To achieve this you must fight mythological creatures (like Griffins, Satyrs, Warriors and more), confront big bosses, avoid traps and solve some minor puzzles through the game's different levels. On the way, you'll need keys to open wooden doors and you must find some valuable goods that'll make you stronger (like potions, weapons and more). Gods follows the standards of a multi-directional scrolling action adventure with platform and slash 'em up elements and a few catchy puzzles to solve (mainly activating certain combinations of levers / switches in order to open doors). There is a variety of weapons to collect which are crucial since you start your fight throwing small daggers. Each level is swarmed by flying or walking monsters of any size. There are also some traps here and there, like spikes, flames, arms coming from walls and more. In each stage your goal is to find -and open- the door to the exit and beat up the big (sometimes REALLY big) boss. The difficulty level increases gradually, which makes the game highly playable though it sometimes gets frustrating when trying to jump from one platform to the other and there are too many foes attacking you at the same time.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Amiga version is a candy to the eye and it features great, shinny graphics, fantastic sprites (some of them large enough), smooth scrolling and fluid animation. It runs at 320x256 pixels with 20 to 60 colors on-screen. Soundwise, the Amiga version offers stereo digitized sound FX (such as the footsteps or sighs of the protagonist, the slow grind of the spikes and the deep voice that announces the arrival of an enemy patrol). The Amiga's sound prowess also offers a wonderful intro tune, composed and performed by the Nation XII band.

GAMEPLAY SAMPLE VIDEO
On our video below you may watch the Atari ST, Amiga, Sega Mega Drive, SNES plus a 2018 remastered version of the game.
The Amiga version is at 04:36.