Athena| 1986 |
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Developer: SNK
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
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Athena VGMuseum Game Endings
Athena on CAESAR
Athena high score and replay at MARP
Athena on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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Nova 2001
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Alpha Mission / ASO
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Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
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Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
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The Next Space
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Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
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Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Athena (c) 1986 SNK [Shin Nihon Kikaku].
This is a pretty hard platform game where you take the role of Athena fighting your way through different worlds inhabited by all kinds of different enemies, ranging from moving pears to huge golems and flying devils.
You start out with nothing more than your feet to fight with and no more protection than Athena's underwear (she actually loses her dress in the intro to the first world) but can collect a huge number of different weapons and armour, as well as a great number of power-ups ranging from the usual more-power-for weapon or armour, through boots that allow her to jump higher and wings for flying, to one where Athena becomes a semi-god and actually growths to twice her usual size and gets a huge burning sword and full armour.
The worlds are filled with stone blocks that can be smashed when searching for secrets and items, as well as several levels connected by ladders or other means of transportation.
Athena is a great game, and will give even the most hardened platform-player a real challenge, for it is NOT an easy game, even with the dip switches in 'Easy' mode.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : 'UP'
Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) YM3526 (@ 4 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 4-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Sword, Jump
- TRIVIA -
Athena was released in July 1986.
The main character, Athena, appears in The King of Fighters series.
The 'Athena' logo on the title screen appears in 1991's "Sengoku" by SNK. In level 2, there is a store called 'Boutique Athena' in the background with the original 'Athena' logo.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Test mode : hold START during machine boot.
* Something not found in the manual to this game is that there exists a 'secret' mode of the game - if you set dip switch 7 of bank 2 to 'ON' you will get one life less than usual (2 instead of 3 or 5), but the life meter will start at 22 and not 12 or 14 which is the standard. This will make the game much more interesting.
* Every time you die you loose every equipment you collected up to that point, unless you also have a 'K' Item in your inventory. If you have it, when you die you will only loose the 'K' but keep the rest of the items.
* There is a secret level that can be reached collecting a magic key on the Ice, Hell or Sky world. Other may exists. This world is called 'World of Labyrinth'.
* When you complete the 'World of labyrinth', you will meet an angel. Do NOT attack her, but wait until she drops an harp. If you collect it, it will work as a perpetual 'K' item, and you will never loose your items again when you die.
* When you complete the 'World of labyrinth', you will be returned to the level following to the one you picked up the key on.
- SERIES -
1. Athena (1986)
2. Psycho Soldier (1987)
3. Athena - Full Throttle (2006, Mobile Phones)
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1987, "Athena [Model SFX-AT]")
* Computers :
Commodore C64 (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=142&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Athena (c) 1986 SNK [Shin Nihon Kikaku].
This is a pretty hard platform game where you take the role of Athena fighting your way through different worlds inhabited by all kinds of different enemies, ranging from moving pears to huge golems and flying devils.
You start out with nothing more than your feet to fight with and no more protection than Athena's underwear (she actually loses her dress in the intro to the first world) but can collect a huge number of different weapons and armour, as well as a great number of power-ups ranging from the usual more-power-for weapon or armour, through boots that allow her to jump higher and wings for flying, to one where Athena becomes a semi-god and actually growths to twice her usual size and gets a huge burning sword and full armour.
The worlds are filled with stone blocks that can be smashed when searching for secrets and items, as well as several levels connected by ladders or other means of transportation.
Athena is a great game, and will give even the most hardened platform-player a real challenge, for it is NOT an easy game, even with the dip switches in 'Easy' mode.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : 'UP'
Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) YM3526 (@ 4 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 4-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Sword, Jump
- TRIVIA -
Athena was released in July 1986.
The main character, Athena, appears in The King of Fighters series.
The 'Athena' logo on the title screen appears in 1991's "Sengoku" by SNK. In level 2, there is a store called 'Boutique Athena' in the background with the original 'Athena' logo.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Test mode : hold START during machine boot.
* Something not found in the manual to this game is that there exists a 'secret' mode of the game - if you set dip switch 7 of bank 2 to 'ON' you will get one life less than usual (2 instead of 3 or 5), but the life meter will start at 22 and not 12 or 14 which is the standard. This will make the game much more interesting.
* Every time you die you loose every equipment you collected up to that point, unless you also have a 'K' Item in your inventory. If you have it, when you die you will only loose the 'K' but keep the rest of the items.
* There is a secret level that can be reached collecting a magic key on the Ice, Hell or Sky world. Other may exists. This world is called 'World of Labyrinth'.
* When you complete the 'World of labyrinth', you will meet an angel. Do NOT attack her, but wait until she drops an harp. If you collect it, it will work as a perpetual 'K' item, and you will never loose your items again when you die.
* When you complete the 'World of labyrinth', you will be returned to the level following to the one you picked up the key on.
- SERIES -
1. Athena (1986)
2. Psycho Soldier (1987)
3. Athena - Full Throttle (2006, Mobile Phones)
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1987, "Athena [Model SFX-AT]")
* Computers :
Commodore C64 (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=142&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
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00000000 FE1C 00000059 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
21800000 0918 000000C3 FFFFFFFF Invincibility
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon
00010000 FD38 00000020 FFFFFFFF Bat
00018000 FD3A 00000023 FFFFFFFF Bat (2/2)
00010000 FD38 00000024 FFFFFFFF Hammer
00018000 FD3A 00000027 FFFFFFFF Hammer (2/2)
00010000 FD38 00000034 FFFFFFFF Crossbow
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00010000 FD38 00000028 FFFFFFFF Mace
00018000 FD3A 0000002B FFFFFFFF Mace (2/2)
00010000 FD38 0000001C FFFFFFFF Flaming Sword
00018000 FD3A 0000001C FFFFFFFF Flaming Sword (2/2)
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 -----------------------------------------
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 These Collected Items cheats tend to be
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 slightly buggy - the descriptions maybe
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 wrong too..
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 -----------------------------------------
00000000 FD3B 0000001F FFFFFFFF Always have Dragon's Helmet (Buggy)
00000000 FD3C 0000001F FFFFFFFF Always have Warrior's Armour (Buggy)
00000000 FD3D 0000001F FFFFFFFF Always have Lion's Shield (Buggy)
00000000 FD3E 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Blue Ring of Wisdom
00000000 FD3E 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Red Ring of Wisdom
00000000 FD3F 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Green Necklace of Fighter
00000000 FD3F 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Gold Necklace of Fighter
00000000 FD40 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Blue Crystal Ball
00000000 FD40 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Red Crystal Ball
00000000 FD40 0000008F FFFFFFFF Always have Treasure Box
00000000 FD41 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Ikarus's Boots
00000000 FD42 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Pot of a Life
00000000 FD42 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Lamp of Guidance
00000000 FD43 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Siva's Mirror
00000000 FD43 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Leda's Mirror
00000000 FD43 0000008F FFFFFFFF Always have Ide's Mirror
00000000 FD44 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Messiah's Key
00000000 FD44 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Harp of Protection
00000000 FD45 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Necklace of a Shell
00000000 FD45 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Wings of Pegasus
00000000 FD46 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Slate of K
00000001 FD3B 0000001F FFFFFFFF Get Dragon's Helmet Now! (Buggy)
00000001 FD3C 0000001F FFFFFFFF Get Warrior's Armour Now! (Buggy)
00000001 FD3D 0000001F FFFFFFFF Get Lion's Shield Now! (Buggy)
00000001 FD3E 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Blue Ring of Wisdom Now!
00000001 FD3E 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Red Ring of Wisdom Now!
00000001 FD3F 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Green Necklace of Fighter Now!
00000001 FD3F 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Gold Necklace of Fighter Now!
00000001 FD40 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Blue Crystal Ball Now!
00000001 FD40 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Red Crystal Ball Now!
00000001 FD40 0000008F FFFFFFFF Get Treasure Box Now!
00000001 FD41 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Ikarus's Boots Now!
00000001 FD42 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Pot of a Life Now!
00000001 FD42 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Lamp of Guidance Now!
00000001 FD43 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Siva's Mirror Now!
00000001 FD43 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Leda's Mirror Now!
00000001 FD43 0000008F FFFFFFFF Get Ide's Mirror Now!
00000001 FD44 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Messiah's Key Now!
00000001 FD44 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Harp of Protection Now!
00000001 FD45 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Necklace of a Shell Now!
00000001 FD45 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Wings of Pegasus Now!
00000001 FD46 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Slate of K Now!
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 FD2F 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 FD17 000000A8 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1 Turn ON when you start playing or Energy Display 'Life' may not show
00010000 FD37 0000007E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1 (2/2)
00000000 FD18 0000000C FFFFFFFF Infinite Strength PL1
00000000 FD19 0000008F FFFFFFFF Infinite POW PL1
01000000 FD55 00000020 00000020 Rapid Fire PL1 Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 FD93 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 FD7B 000000A8 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2 Turn ON when you start playing or Energy Display 'Life' may not show
00010000 FD9B 0000007E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2 (2/2)
00000000 FD7C 0000000C FFFFFFFF Infinite Strength PL2
00000000 FD7D 0000008F FFFFFFFF Infinite POW PL2
01000000 FDB9 00000020 00000020 Rapid Fire PL2 Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
20900000 0076 00000AB8 FFFFFFFF Unlocked Test Mode Reset the game to enable it
20800000 0A52 000000C9 FFFFFFFF Skip RAM/ROM Check It's better to use together with Pre-Enable
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00000000 D7F1 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00000000 FE1C 00000059 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
21800000 0918 000000C3 FFFFFFFF Invincibility
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon
00010000 FD38 00000020 FFFFFFFF Bat
00018000 FD3A 00000023 FFFFFFFF Bat (2/2)
00010000 FD38 00000024 FFFFFFFF Hammer
00018000 FD3A 00000027 FFFFFFFF Hammer (2/2)
00010000 FD38 00000034 FFFFFFFF Crossbow
00018000 FD3A 00000037 FFFFFFFF Crossbow (2/2)
00010000 FD38 00000018 FFFFFFFF Red Sword
00018000 FD3A 0000001B FFFFFFFF Red Sword (2/2)
00010000 FD38 00000028 FFFFFFFF Mace
00018000 FD3A 0000002B FFFFFFFF Mace (2/2)
00010000 FD38 0000001C FFFFFFFF Flaming Sword
00018000 FD3A 0000001C FFFFFFFF Flaming Sword (2/2)
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 -----------------------------------------
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 These Collected Items cheats tend to be
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 slightly buggy - the descriptions maybe
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 wrong too..
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 -----------------------------------------
00000000 FD3B 0000001F FFFFFFFF Always have Dragon's Helmet (Buggy)
00000000 FD3C 0000001F FFFFFFFF Always have Warrior's Armour (Buggy)
00000000 FD3D 0000001F FFFFFFFF Always have Lion's Shield (Buggy)
00000000 FD3E 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Blue Ring of Wisdom
00000000 FD3E 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Red Ring of Wisdom
00000000 FD3F 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Green Necklace of Fighter
00000000 FD3F 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Gold Necklace of Fighter
00000000 FD40 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Blue Crystal Ball
00000000 FD40 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Red Crystal Ball
00000000 FD40 0000008F FFFFFFFF Always have Treasure Box
00000000 FD41 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Ikarus's Boots
00000000 FD42 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Pot of a Life
00000000 FD42 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Lamp of Guidance
00000000 FD43 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Siva's Mirror
00000000 FD43 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Leda's Mirror
00000000 FD43 0000008F FFFFFFFF Always have Ide's Mirror
00000000 FD44 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Messiah's Key
00000000 FD44 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Harp of Protection
00000000 FD45 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Necklace of a Shell
00000000 FD45 0000008B FFFFFFFF Always have Wings of Pegasus
00000000 FD46 00000087 FFFFFFFF Always have Slate of K
00000001 FD3B 0000001F FFFFFFFF Get Dragon's Helmet Now! (Buggy)
00000001 FD3C 0000001F FFFFFFFF Get Warrior's Armour Now! (Buggy)
00000001 FD3D 0000001F FFFFFFFF Get Lion's Shield Now! (Buggy)
00000001 FD3E 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Blue Ring of Wisdom Now!
00000001 FD3E 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Red Ring of Wisdom Now!
00000001 FD3F 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Green Necklace of Fighter Now!
00000001 FD3F 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Gold Necklace of Fighter Now!
00000001 FD40 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Blue Crystal Ball Now!
00000001 FD40 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Red Crystal Ball Now!
00000001 FD40 0000008F FFFFFFFF Get Treasure Box Now!
00000001 FD41 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Ikarus's Boots Now!
00000001 FD42 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Pot of a Life Now!
00000001 FD42 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Lamp of Guidance Now!
00000001 FD43 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Siva's Mirror Now!
00000001 FD43 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Leda's Mirror Now!
00000001 FD43 0000008F FFFFFFFF Get Ide's Mirror Now!
00000001 FD44 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Messiah's Key Now!
00000001 FD44 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Harp of Protection Now!
00000001 FD45 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Necklace of a Shell Now!
00000001 FD45 0000008B FFFFFFFF Get Wings of Pegasus Now!
00000001 FD46 00000087 FFFFFFFF Get Slate of K Now!
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 FD2F 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 FD17 000000A8 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1 Turn ON when you start playing or Energy Display 'Life' may not show
00010000 FD37 0000007E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1 (2/2)
00000000 FD18 0000000C FFFFFFFF Infinite Strength PL1
00000000 FD19 0000008F FFFFFFFF Infinite POW PL1
01000000 FD55 00000020 00000020 Rapid Fire PL1 Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 FD93 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 FD7B 000000A8 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2 Turn ON when you start playing or Energy Display 'Life' may not show
00010000 FD9B 0000007E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2 (2/2)
00000000 FD7C 0000000C FFFFFFFF Infinite Strength PL2
00000000 FD7D 0000008F FFFFFFFF Infinite POW PL2
01000000 FDB9 00000020 00000020 Rapid Fire PL2 Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
20900000 0076 00000AB8 FFFFFFFF Unlocked Test Mode Reset the game to enable it
20800000 0A52 000000C9 FFFFFFFF Skip RAM/ROM Check It's better to use together with Pre-Enable
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