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 SNES version is superior to any other 16bit version since it has slightly better visuals compared to the Atari ST, Amiga and Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. The major difference is the higher color palette while the sprite and background details are more crisp on the Nintendo's console. The SNES version (along with the Mega Drive) features in-game music while the home computers Amiga and Atari ST are limited to sound effects only (a lack of in-game music is quite odd for an Amiga game of the 90s). The SNES sound effects are almost identical to the Amiga's (with a little more echo added).

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 SNES version is at 13:35.