About Athena
Athena is a 1986 side-scrolling platform game developed and published by SNK, in which players control Princess Athena as she traverses a series of mythological worlds in an effort to return to her own realm. The gameplay centers on navigating platform-based stages, defeating enemies, and collecting weapons, armor, and power-ups that enhance the protagonist’s abilities and survivability.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| arcade video game machine | July 1986 |
|---|---|
| Amstrad CPC | July 1986 |
| Commodore 64 | July 1986 |
| ZX Spectrum | July 1986 |
| Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | 5 June 1987 |
| PlayStation Portable | 7 September 2009 |
| PlayStation 3 | 17 December 2009 |
| Nintendo Switch | later, date unknown |
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Athena series
Athena is game 1 of 4. All 4 in order ›
- Athena 1986
- Psycho Soldier 1987
- Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life 1999
- Athena: Full Throttle 2006
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