{"id":59,"date":"2008-10-19T11:24:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zephyrusanemoi.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:11:36","slug":"hit-glowworm-with-stick-eat-glowing-fruit-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/hit-glowworm-with-stick-eat-glowing-fruit-repeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit glowworm with stick\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0eat glowing fruit\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0repeat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dammit! I should have worn my closed-toe sandals! Screw it, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just club the damned thing to death\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/h4>\n

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Alright radioactive slug, let's do this!<\/p><\/div>\n

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While not on the Virtual Console, and not actually a game I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m currently playing, Battle of Olympus<\/em> has been on my mind of late.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d you might ask. You didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, I know. Just saying. You might<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got two words for you: Zelda II: The Adventures of Link<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wait, one, two, three, four\u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0forget it.<\/p>\n

Battle of Olympus is the single most awesome side-scrolling Zelda II clone ever. EVER<\/em>. Let me explain. You play this little Greek dude who sets out on a quest to rescue some girl that was kidnapped by Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Epic, right?<\/p>\n

You start off by naming your character and the heroine, who has absolutely no part in the story except that she was kidnapped. Then, you head into battle with all the monsters that have plagued Greek mythology for years: blue worms, red snakes, flying medusa heads\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe usual.<\/p>\n

As you progress, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll meet a few gods, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give you some gifts like new sandals, better weapons (including a sword that shoots lightning bolts in exactly the same manner as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153zaps\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from Link\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sword in Zelda II, except you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need full health to do it).<\/p>\n

Okay, so the gameplay isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really something that blows away the competition. Two years after Zelda II and there really has been zero competition up to this point. So, instead of competing, we just steal liberally. The company that created this game is called Infinity. They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even exist anymore (it must be assumed, as they have no page of their own in Wikipedia<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The graphics for this game are top notch for a(n) NES title, especially considering it was released in the US in 1989, six years before Nintendo would finally pull the plug on the system.<\/p>\n

When I finally get a chance to sit down and play this game again (i.e. if it ever comes out on the Virtual Console), you will get a proper review of it. Until then, if you have this game, pull it out and play it again. If not, I highly suggest finding a method of playing it and proceeding.<\/p>\n

(Ed. note: It would appear that your character is named Orpheus and your girlfriend is Helene. Also, apparently you think she dies, when really Hades has forced her to become his bride. In all, it really doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s way more fun when you make up your own story to go along.<\/p>\n

For instance, when I play, my name is Mario, and my princess is in another castle.)<\/p>\n

(Originally posted August 16, 2007)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dammit! I should have worn my closed-toe sandals! Screw it, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just club the damned thing to death\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d While not on the Virtual Console, and not actually a game I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m currently playing, Battle of Olympus has been on my mind of late. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d you might ask. You didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t, I know. Just saying. You might. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[128,135,136],"tags":[47,73,76],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classicgamingsporadically","category-games","category-video-games","tag-gaming","tag-nes","tag-nintendo","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8,"url":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/welcome-to-cgs\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":0},"title":"Welcome to CGS","author":"Jared Cash","date":"October 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Total Recall, easily one of the worst games I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever played, is redeemable for only one reason\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Virtual glory-holes. 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