Herc's Adventures
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| Developer(s) | Big Ape Productions |
| Publisher(s) | LucasArts |
| Release date(s) | July 31, 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Sega Saturn |
| Media | 1 CD-ROM |
Herc's Adventure is the title of a video game released for the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn by LucasArts Entertainment in 1997. The overhead, action adventure format was similar to Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Up to two players can pick among three ancient Greek heroes; Herc (Hercules), Atlanta (Atalanta), or Jason, who are on a quest to defeat Hades and save the Goddess of nature, Persephone.
[edit] Game play
The characters pick up various weapons, i.e. bombs, bear traps, spears, laser guns, lighting bolts, wild chickens and frogs. Gyros increased your health bar, and each hero had a second strength bar that depleted whenever your character ran or picked up and carried an object. Both your health and strength needed to be increased by buying lessons from a strength trainer or buying more gyros from a vendor.
The challenge in the game was often involved in using the map in order to get to a god's temple, and learn what villain you need to defeat in order to grab one of the special keys needed to enter Hades palace.
[edit] Humor
The game had plenty of cartoony humor. Your travels take you to ancient Egypt and the Amazon where you battle, among other villains, space aliens. At the end of the game when you defeat Hades you learn that he is really a giant robot and your character is then allowed to wander through a recreation of a Lucas Arts Entertainment office where you can see the men and women that created the game.
Every time you died, you were sent down to Hades' underworld and needed to fight your way to the exit in order to get a chance to continue.
