Athena (game)

Athena is a platform arcade game, produced and published in 1986 by SNK. It was later ported to the NES. The NES version was developed by Micronics. Only the NES version has been released in North America. Conversions were done for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1987 by Ocean Software under their Imagine label.

Story
Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and defensive warfare, has grown bored with the luxurious life her fellow-deities live on Olympus, and sets out in search of adventure.

Trivia

 * Princess Athena's basic apparel is a red bikini which became a hot topic soon in Japan, and made her an iconic character in bikini, probably the second most representative in Japanese fiction works, after Lum Invader of Urusei Yatsura.
 * Princess Athena's bikini fashion also appears in Athena Asamiya's maximum special move in KOF '97 due to its reputation.
 * To defeat the evil emperor Dante, Princess Athena must need the help from a Titan goddess who will give her a crucial item in a hidden stage. Without it, Dante would be invincible and there would be no way to beat him. The Titan goddess also appears in SVC Chaos, beside Athena during her opening pose until the fight begins.
 * Princess Athena's exceed moves in SVC Chaos are inspired by the materials of her original arcade game, in which some enemy (even some stage boss) becomes her ally after she conquered the whole world. The weapons and equipments also appear in her exceed moves, such as Lion's Shield, Shell Necklace and Wings of Pegasus.

Characters

 * Athena